1 year, 4 months ago
How might I build a rotating mount for an LCD?
I have a 23" LCD display on the way, and I intend to mount it to the wall, desk, or desktop. I would like to be able to rotate it between landscape and portrait without unbolting it from the mount every time. And most of all, I don't want to pay the price of the monitor again just for a mount!
Let's assume I already have a 100x100mm VESA mount. How might I build something to go between the mount and the monitor that could rotate? I have a few ideas, but I'd like to hear a variety of ideas before I actually try to design something.
Requirements:
Rotates between landscape and portrait relatively easily
Stays where I put it
Goes between a monitor and a mount
Easy to fabricate myself
Budget below $40 (not including my time)
Can support at least 5kg
Off-the-wall and so-stupidly-simple-I-should-have-thought-of-that suggestions are welcome! Also, if you happen to know of a commercial product in this price range, I guess that would do as well.
Thanks!
Let's assume I already have a 100x100mm VESA mount. How might I build something to go between the mount and the monitor that could rotate? I have a few ideas, but I'd like to hear a variety of ideas before I actually try to design something.
Requirements:
Rotates between landscape and portrait relatively easily
Stays where I put it
Goes between a monitor and a mount
Easy to fabricate myself
Budget below $40 (not including my time)
Can support at least 5kg
Off-the-wall and so-stupidly-simple-I-should-have-thought-of-that suggestions are welcome! Also, if you happen to know of a commercial product in this price range, I guess that would do as well.
Thanks!
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use a swivel plate. it's a thin profile pair of plates, with a bearing surface on the inside, so the plates freely rotate. The weight capability is well above 5kg even for the smallest models, and they maintain a slim form factor. Just make a pair of stops on the surfaces you mount it to so that it only rotates 90 degrees and you're all set.
oh, and you can buy one from a hardware store for about 8 bucks.
oh, and you can buy one from a hardware store for about 8 bucks.
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