Posted 02.02.2011 at 6:05 pm
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Metal Laptop Stand, With Laptop
Chris Chlasciak
Laptop stands keep your computer cool, ventilated, and at a comfortable angle for typing, but they often seem expensive for what's essentially a bent piece of metal. Here's how to make your own easy and inexpensive stand from a metallic document holder, requiring only a few steps.
Metal Laptop Stand: Tools: Chris Chlasciak
1. Bend the long sides of a metal mesh document holder so that one is lying flush on top of the other.
2. Cut two blocks of rubber, and glue them onto the end of the top side of the document holder. Next, attach three strips of 1.5-inch-wide shelf liner to the edges of that side of the document holder with double-sided tape. This will prevent the laptop from slipping and getting scratched.
Metal Laptop Stand Stands Alone: Chris Chlasciak
3. Place the stand on a desk with the rubber blocks and the shelf liner face-up, and put your laptop on it. For more details on the project, search for “metallic laptop stand” on instructables.com.
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I made a rack very similar to the above with a cookie cooling rack from Walmart..$3; works well, and now am making a USB fan for underneath.
ahah I saw the picture and I was like, I have a rack that looks like that at home! lol
God that is painful to look at...maybe if it was a PC on the stand it wouldn't be so bad :-)
Here is what you need for cooling a MacBook Pro:
http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2009/Home/August/Week2/RDMHomeAug1209.htm#LapWorksAttache_InTheWild
Dual fans, adjustable angle, integrated USB hub...and more pleasant for the eye. Granted...it will set you back a few coins. Hey...in the end, will you really miss that cash?
http://www.rainydaymagazine.com
"We Entertain When It Rains"
Thats pretty badass!
@RainyDayInterns
Go peddle your wares elsewhere, nobody cares.
Or you could just shove anything under the laptop... I used a piece of tubing (trash) I found. Works great. Totally free. Cheers.