Build your own monitor stand

Build your own stand for a monitor

How it all started?

When I bought my Dell ST2410b monitor for home, I wasn't planning of using it for coding so I didn't pay much attention on its stand, besides it was on sale !!!

Later a friend asked me to build a display program and I wished I could change monitor's orientation. As it didn't had the capability so I kind of lived with it.

The Mother of all inventions -Necessity

In April 2020 COVID-19 panadamic struck the world and forced us into lock-down. Like many fortunate ones, I also started working from home. Initially I was hoping that it would be for a short-time and then everything will be normal.

As the date started getting extending and I was getting problem in coding, I decided to build a stand that could allow changing orientation.

Any other feature, Yes! With horizontal orientation I needed to raise my monitor so adjustable height was also a must.

The very first step!

Like everybody, my first step was to ask my virtual teacher Google how to do it, and results it brought were for a raised shelves. So I decided to design one!

What have I got?

I removed and dismantled the existing stand, and then dismantling the monitor. The back cover had about 4" removable circle, which I thought could be for a model that probably comes with the kind of stand I am trying for.

This was very promising for me, indicating that this is where my stand should attach to the monitor.

Set to work

The first thing I did was made circular block to the size of the hole and long enough to protrude from the back cover.

Using this block through the hole marked center on the metal back plate of the LCD screen

Now I needed an Axle, about which the screen should rotate. I dug into my junk and found about less than half-threaded bolt but couldn't find a nut for it. "That's okay!" I said to myself, I can re-thread the bolt and re-thread a nut for it. 

Re-threaded nut and bolt

I needed the monitor to hold its horizontal and vertical position, for that I added a spring loaded small ball. I had a few balls from broken ball bearings and used spring from a dried ball point pen.

I also needed to have outward pressure, used a hard spring again from my springs stock.

For a stronger grip to metal plate, I screwed the circular block on a bigger piece of wood and fixed it using machine screws.

                                    Circular block fixed to LCD's back plate                                                                                                                      Parts put together   

In the picture on the right, you might notice shallow holes in the circular block. This arrangement didn't work out quite well as the ball does not protrude enough for a stronger hold. I plan to make a round tip pin with a collar as shown in between the two pictures.

Next I worked on making height adjustable mechanism by making dove tail cuts in two pieces, at  about 30-35 degree.

Made parts to hold the desired height.

                  The knob parts                                                                                                                 Assembled

Testing -The last step before completion

And finally after putting everything together!!!