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Finished my laptop stand..
I asked a little while ago where you personally preferred to have your laptop just to get some ideas.
Well i've just finished my laptop stand for my table.
Decided to go on the right as you can see.. I can store my SSL1 box and probably my external hdd when i get it (underneath the laptop stand in the corner 
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Thats a cool idea... did you secure it to your table at all? I'd be paranoid somebody would smack into it sending my beloved apple lappy tumbling down, resulting in a moment of utter heartbreak and furious anger.
I have a macbook pro I run Torq on and would liek to create my own laptop stand, as I do NOT see any reason to spend 80 bucks buying one off of Stanton or the other providers of said piece of kit. I'd ultimately liek to built a stand for my Torq Connective & my Trigegr Finger midi controllers as well, my set up right now is pretty cluttered.
I'm thinking like and angled upper platform liek yours to store the lappy, and some shelves or something... so I can put my Torq Connective in there and my firewire sound card and hard drive in too, much like you're trying to do. Looks pretty simple, can't wait to build my own!!
It's secured from the inside. Screws are just the right size so they don't stick out. Making it look like it's just 'glued' on.
I've given it a good test by pulling the laptop stand around a bit and it's attached to the table i made which weights in at about 75kilos so it's not going anywhere I made this stand because of that very reason though. Having my laptop just sitting behind my decks wasn't good enough.
If anyone knocks the laptop off the stand they're fingers shall be broken. It's written on the wall (kidding).
Definitely go for it mate, building it yourself is much more fun as you appreciate what you've put into it and can adapt whatever you're making to what you've already got. In my case i wanted it to look part of the table plus i could probably build another one for the other side if i were ever to get a cdj or Effects unit. Build a shelf between the two and hey presto.. having said that the thing would become completely immobile.
One idea i had was to build a cicular table that i'd attach on the ouside half way down the laptop stand to keep a few hdd's on or whatever else i needed a shelf for. But i've decided against it as i don't want people who usually stand around the area where the laptop is, knocking whatever i might have on that shelf down.
Either way, i'm very happy with it, and it's just the right distance away from me, i was afraid it would be too far away.
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| Originally posted by n3lly It's secured from the inside. Screws are just the right size so they don't stick out. Making it look like it's just 'glued' on. I've given it a good test by pulling the laptop stand around a bit and it's attached to the table i made which weights in at about 75kilos so it's not going anywhere I made this stand because of that very reason though. Having my laptop just sitting behind my decks wasn't good enough.If anyone knocks the laptop off the stand they're fingers shall be broken. It's written on the wall (kidding). Definitely go for it mate, building it yourself is much more fun as you appreciate what you've put into it and can adapt whatever you're making to what you've already got. In my case i wanted it to look part of the table plus i could probably build another one for the other side if i were ever to get a cdj or Effects unit. Build a shelf between the two and hey presto.. having said that the thing would become completely immobile. One idea i had was to build a cicular table that i'd attach on the ouside half way down the laptop stand to keep a few hdd's on or whatever else i needed a shelf for. But i've decided against it as i don't want people who usually stand around the area where the laptop is, knocking whatever i might have on that shelf down. Either way, i'm very happy with it, and it's just the right distance away from me, i was afraid it would be too far away. |
looks pretty great if you ask me
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| Originally posted by Dj Gracjan looks pretty great if you ask me |
in the end it does all come down to comfort. i have been looking through that bedroom dj setups forum as well to see what ppl have and am chipping away different ideas i like.
going to be making my table soon, but right now i'm in the process of building basstraps and getting my home studio set up with foam and sound proof that shit 
Here's mine, just some plywood, steel pipe fittings, and guywires made from stainless steel aircraft cables & turnbuckles. The post is a standard 1/2" x 3' threaded pipe. Height ends up just below elbow level which is good (no more bending over the equipment all night). Only takes 20x20" floor space. There is a 3" computer fan under the laptop for extra cooling. This one breaks down into 3 pieces that are easy to carry, I was going to make a one piece plywood table but at the time couldn't figure out a design that was small and lightweight.
The pipe fittings are available in 1/2", 3/4", and 1" sizes, called "floor flange" & "nipple" and look like this:
Takes a few minutes to set up because of the guywires, maybe bungee cords could be used instead to simplify it. It would be hard to actually tip over the table as it is more stable than you would expect, but you need to keep the party people at a safe distance.
I've used the same top piece in a DJ booth that had no extra floor space, on a 6" pipe screwed into a mini-base that is C-clamped to the regular club DJ table. You could use the pipe fittings idea to make permanent stands for a CDJ or laptop to be mounted a foot or so above other equipment on a wood DJ table (no guywires needed for such a small height).
I might make another version using a speaker tripod stand for the base, for faster setup.
wow that looks really good i like it
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