LAPTOP STANDS CAR TV
Before taking the kids on a cross country drive, I thought it’d be cool if they had a TV and their Playstation 2 in the car for the 3 day drive. I had to measure carefully to avoid drilling into them.Īnother semi-related project was my laptop DESK for the car. The holes I drilled were just a few inches from some important-looking tubes that ran into the engine. If you decide to drill holes into your floor, BE CAREFUL! There are things under the car that you don’t want to drill holes into. And before I got a Pocket PC, the kids and I used it for Geocaching all the time. It’s also nice for when I make stops and need to check email or whatever. (Someday I’ll round the corners on that piece.) I still use my homemade laptop mount whenever I take long trips where I’ll need my GPS. A person can still sit in the passenger seat if they’re not too fat and don’t mind being stabbed by the sharp edge of the metal piece along the front.
LAPTOP STANDS CAR INSTALL
The laptop mount attached to the screws with wingnuts, so I could easily install and remove it.Īnd that’s pretty much it. The screws stuck up about an inch from the floor but were only visible if the seat was all the way back. But that didn’t seem like it would be very sturdy to me, so I actually drilled some holes into the floor of my car and mounted it to the floor. My plans suggested mounting the bottom part on a heavy piece of wood that would sit on the floor. I also stuck some velcro strips on the fiberglass and matching strips on the back of the laptop, just to make sure it didn’t fly around the car while I was driving. I don’t know what that’s called either, but I found it at the hardware store and it only cost a few bucks. The metal piece along the front is meant to keep the laptop from falling off while you’re driving. I rounded the corners with a jigsaw and drilled 4 holes in the middle to mount the pipe. I cut a piece that measured 13.5″ by 11″ which is just slightly larger than my laptop. I decided to rebel and used fiberglass instead, mostly because I happened to have some in my basement. The ones I saw on Ebay for $200 used metal on the tops. The plans I was sent suggested using wood for the top. Here’s what it looked like, completely finished. I have no idea what it’s called, but it was right next to the gas pipes at the hardware store. Maybe less? I guess it really doesn’t matter, though The total cost for my materials was about $20 and it only took a couple of hours to put it all together.Ĭlick on this image and you’ll see that you need a 3″ pipe, a 4″ pipe and a 10″ pipe. Everything I needed was found at my local hardware store. I realize I could have just figured it out myself, but it was nice to have them tell me the exact measurements of pipe fittings I would need.Įven though I lost the original instructions for building one of these, I’m going to try and pass along the knowledge anyway.
LAPTOP STANDS CAR PDF
So I purchased it and was sent a PDF file, telling me which pipe fittings to buy.
LAPTOP STANDS CAR HOW TO
Then I saw an Ebay auction that showed you how to build your own laptop mount with pipe fittings for $2. So I look for laptop mounts on the net and find them selling for hundreds of dollars. The only problem was that I had to set my laptop on the passenger seat, making it hard to see since it was always slipping around. At the time I was driving across the country a lot, so my GPS was being extremely useful during this time. In 2004, I decided that I needed a laptop mount for my car, so I could surf the net and watch movies while I drive.
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