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K’NEX Laptop Stand
I have on my desk an M-Audio KeyStudio MIDI keyboard, along with my MacBook Pro and a keyboard and mouse. I wanted to build a laptop stand in the style of Griffin’s Elevator or the mStand, so that I can tuck my keyboard underneath my laptop, as well as raise the screen to a more comfortable viewing height. Looking around my garage for some materials to build something akin to this one, I found my box of K’NEX building toys and thought they might work.
In the box I found a flat piece I had built previously, and it would make for a very sturdy back panel for the stand. From there, I constructed the basic shape (a flat-edged C shape, looking at it from the side), and added structural support until it was able to support the relative heaviness of my laptop.
One cool benefit of using K’NEX is that you can add useful bits like cable management and such.
This is how the setup looks overall:
The stand sits on top of the keyboard for extra horizontal support:
The bottom struts sit below the keyboard:
The back is quite sturdy, having almost no give:
The back section is very dense:
I use rubber grippy-stuff (don’t know what the actually name of the stuff is) between the stand and the laptop for both scratch protection and to keep the laptop from sliding off the front:
With the lid closed, the angle is too extreme, but its perfect when open:
So there it is. Hopefully someone will get some inspiration from this and build something useful.
