Mobile bench station with screen
 

Alright men, here is the plan. What im looking for is a bench station that is easily mobile in the trunk of my SUV to take too and from my office and house :)


It needs to be layer to accommodate a PSU on the bottom with HDD's and DVD drive and then Have a top layer for motherboard.


Here is the kicker, I need a monitor mount built in with some sort of 90 degree locking arm to store the monitor while in transit face down to protect it somewhat.


SOOOOO, any thoughts on materials and or mock ups. I was thinking wood because I have easy access to it and saws etc and the weight of wood would help to stabilize a monitor arm.

-compact (maybe 2ft by 2ft?)
-weight (under 50lbs)
-looks dont matter toooo much but I like a clean build
-does not need water cooling stuff
-2 tiers
-Monitor 1680x1050 of less in size maybe 19"

Hope to hear your brainstorming ideas :)

Hey Al,

I can design and build this

I need the monitor though

I recommend a slide for the monitor to attach and detatch.

Folding it over creates problems as you would have to mount and disamount pots and cards and would have to get rid of any sort of PCIe fastening devices

easier to slide the monitor off and carry it seperate, to incorperate it woth out having to dismount on board hardware is possible but it would make it rather high and top heavy

I will draw it up and post it .... to build you would have to send me the monitor.

thanks WD I can make it but seeing a mockup would be great!

Will do, I will draw you up some plans that are cake to follow

What are your thoughts on the LCD ?

Im not sure on the LCD yet, def attached some. Maybe it could still fold over the top if there was like a foot of clearance?

It doesn't necessarily have to fold down either just an idea. Not going to be a big one or anything just 1680 so I can troll hw in heaven too

LOL

Alright I will put a pencil to paper and see if I can com up with something.

Problem is, does LN2 splash like dice???

it will make a mess out of an LCD if it does :shock:

ln2 does splash but it wouldnt damage the screen, the vapor would do more damage then the ln2 imo. Screen could be mounted on the front maybe?

Mount the PSU hdds and mobo IO panel on the opposite side that the monitor mounts too.

Should balance it out pretty well.

If you make it more than 18" wide, splash should not be a huge problem and you can still have simple access to the front edge of the mobo for 24 pin, power/reset/clear cmos buttons.

You could even take it a step further, and make the bottom level like 12 inches high so the motherboard area sits near the top of the LCD.

Slide in rails instead of a VESA mount would also let you flip the LCD around 180 degrees for protecting the screen during transport. (Like 1" thick U-Channel covered inside with foam tape)

Hmmmmm.

:thumbsup:

Very preliminary chicken scratch, let me know if you were invisioning something like this