• Construction

    Samuel Wittman • 05/05/2014 at 19:01 • 0 comments

    I'm not a hoarder, but I like to salvage scrap wherever I can. Having just moved into a new apartment, I've dealt with more than my fair share of IKEA packaging. The flat packs are great for random bits of foam and large expanses of clean cardboard. I spent an hour or two breaking it all down, cutting off flaps and adhesive and splitting the sides from the faces to help everything lay flat.

    I had been dying for a vertical monitor for coding, internet, and to have references open while I'm gaming (hardcore Minecraft). 

    Starting from a large piece of cardboard, I cut a 24" square. 

    To form the base, the square needs to be folded ACROSS the grain 8" from one edge. it's important that the corrugation runs vertically in our final product for stability. To help with folding, I ran the back edge of my scissors along a straight edge to crease the cardboard where I wanted to fold it.

    For vertical support, I cut along this crease 8" in from each side, and folded vertically.

    To help keep the monitor from tipping, I angled the bottom of each of the vertical flaps, cutting out a triangle 8" long and 1" tall.

    I used the cutout from one side to measure the other, because I'm lazy.

    For cosmetic purposes, I cut some of the excess off the vertical flaps and the base. I taped this excess to the back of the center column to support the screws.

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    Finally, I measured and poked the screws through. Most monitor mounting holes are 10cmx10cm centered, but some are 7cmx7cm. Fold and tape. Sorry for the poor quality image.