Recently we posted a completed computer gaming chair from Don Sturrock. I am in the middle of a project (details coming soon) where I want to mount a monitor to a horizontal pole. I remembered Don’s project and asked him how he attached his monitor. He was kind enough to share the details and a few pictures. I thought others would be interested on how to attach a monitor to pole or pipe, so here are the details:
Details from Don
For my monitor I used two flat 3"x5" nail plates from Home Depot and a 6" long piece of alderwood 1×4. I attached the nail plates to the 1×4 with six #4 x 3/4" screws and then lined up the monitor mount holes onto the plates, drilled them out, painted it with RustOleum Flat Black Enamel and used the screws from the monitor to attach to the plates (see pic). The metal clamps have a good bite on the pipe so I feel the monitor is secure (22" monitor).
I also sent a pic of the underside of the keyboard. you can see the velcro that attaches it to the 16" long 1×4 alderwood and the plastic clamps (sorry for the fuzzy picture).
Downsides of this Approach
In looking at this mounting approach, it may be inexpensive but there are probably some downsides to be recognized
Not sure how this will work on a vertical pole – Don mounted to a horizontal pole (that’s what I’m planning on doing.) I’m not sure how this would hold if mounted on a vertical pole or pipe.
Scratches up the pipe – Judging from the pictures, adjusting the monitor (because of the bite of the clamps) scratches up the pipe pretty good. If you’re doing something that has to have really clean look then this might not work for you.
The Alternatives
A decent pipe mount looks like it’s going to cost you a couple of dollars.
If anyone else knows of (or has an idea about) how to inexpensively attach a monitor to a pipe or pole, then please leave a note in the comments or shoot me an email: chris – at – simplifiedbuilding.com
jtwanderlust on Instructables built this really nice looking bed frame made from pipe and Kee Klamp fittings. His Instructable takes you from start to finish, showing you all the steps and pitfalls of the project. We love to see this kind of ingenuity among our customers. Our compliments to jtwanderlust.
Don Sturrock sent us this idea of a computer gaming desk made from Kee Lite aluminum pipe fittings and pipe. Using parts from our Sketchup Library, Don put together a frame that would support the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and chair. So far it is just a concept, but this kind of creativity and ingenuity is what we love to see from people who visit our site.
Recently the 2009 World Championship for Freerunning / Parkour were held in Great Britain. One of the things I noticed was that most of the tubular structures on the stage were constructed of Kee Klamp fittings. Freerunning appears to be an emerging urban athletic movement. If you’re a Freerunner, check out our fittings when building structures to swing, hang and hover on.
The UK has a new show, Bang Goes the Theory, that appears to be similar to our Myth Busters here in the US. In their promo piece they have a huge contraption that has several pieces that appear to be made form Kee Klamp pipe fittings. Check out other categories on our blog for more creative uses for Kee Klamp fittings.
My wife follows a number of “crafty” blogs and pointed out this PVC Playhouse project. The blog has a simple plan for building a nice looking PVC framed playhouse for kids. If you are thinking of putting together a project like this, take a look at our furniture grade PVC, PVC fittings, and PVC Snap Clamps.
Geekdad from Wired Magazine has posted a “how to” article on building a backyard movie theater. We’ve had people contact us about building these in the past, so I figured that I’d post up a link to their instructions. We carry PVC fittings that could be used to construct a movie screen structure. If you really wanted to add durability, strength, and weight you could try building it with with size 7 Kee Klamp or Kee Lite fittings and galvanized fence posts. Click here to see the instructions.
One of our customers, Dustin, came up with a creative use for our PVC fittings and Snap Clamps. He used them to create and setup a wall for his haunted house. Here is what Dustin had to say:
The first thing the patrons came to was the first PVC Hallway which was put together using the 3-way and 4-way furniture grade fittings and covered by black heavy weight vinyl sheeting held on with the snap clamps.
Skulls were stenciled onto the inside and outside of the sheeting. The hallway was very sturdy when put together and featured 2 strobe lights in the hallway itself. The effect was very creepy as the skulls would appear and fade with the strobe lighting flashes. Second was an ‘L” shaped room,that we had a live actor hide in. Again used the same basic parts to construct this room. In the dark,the room was almost invisible,and the actor would be behind you without the patron even knowing he was there. We had great success using your items.
Our haunt was such a success that we are expanding the haunt by triple the size it was this year! I look forward to doing much business with you.
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