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superjawes wrote:So what function are you looring for? Up/down tilting? L/R translation? Do you need them to come toward you or push back?
I'm thinking that you could use simple wall mounts and put those into a plate, then set said plate into some sort of track to move left and right. That bit shouldn't be too hard, but it wouldn't work if you needed more functionality than that.
EDIT: Also, if you can find a "stationary" mount that holds the monitors in place wrt each other, you can still use a track idea to get your left/right movement.
superjawes wrote:That picture actually helps a lot. If you can't find something to mount on your desk, you might have to fix something like that up yourself. As long as you don't mind putting a couple holes in the back corner of your desk, it shouldn't be hard to fix something there. That being said here is another find.
As another thought, have you thought of a way that you could link three independent arms together? You would lose some of the mobility of each individual arm, but you might not even need something fancy to keep the monitors moving generally together.
KinCT wrote:That's why the weakest I would use would be a 4x4 built into a wider base. That corner gives some extra breathing room if you need it, though, so building a makeshift "wall" pattern with triangular supports on the opposite side would be better. And hey, if you're going that far, why not give it some more weight. Make it wider and you can mount speakers up there. Although this is a drafting table. Having at least one lamp would probably be useful, too.superjawes wrote:That picture actually helps a lot. If you can't find something to mount on your desk, you might have to fix something like that up yourself. As long as you don't mind putting a couple holes in the back corner of your desk, it shouldn't be hard to fix something there. That being said here is another find.
As another thought, have you thought of a way that you could link three independent arms together? You would lose some of the mobility of each individual arm, but you might not even need something fancy to keep the monitors moving generally together.
That is pretty cool looking, but I can just imagine one of those Homer Simpson moments when, 7 minutes after installing, I power everything up, start up that game that I have been salivating to play on my new 3x27" Eyefinity setup, and suddenly the damned thing rips out of the stud I put it onto and collapses onto my desk. Oh, and knocks over a big glass of water onto my new Intel Core i7 build.