Laptop Mounts

[Nick]

If you're anything like me, you're always dragging your laptop everywhere and propping it up precariously in the truck or on your lap. I finally got annoyed with having the thing slide all over the place on the passenger seat, and setting it on my lap is certainly not going to make for a pretty site if the airbag deploys.

Not out the question with the type of testing I do...

So here's a quick write up on how to do a budget laptop mount in the truck.

The parts kit is mostly gas pipe, with the exception of a plexi-glass laptop tray. Simple yet effective.


First, go ahead and vacuum the truck, removing any french fries or shotgun shells that missed their mark.

BEFORE


AFTER


Next, you'll want to put all the pipe ends together loosely with the tray and find a best fit place for it in the truck. This turned out to be on the passenger side. I was originally thinking driver side.



Then you'll want to drill some holes using the base as a template. I had to remove the heat shield from underneath the truck to gain access to the bolts and they came through the body.



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[Nick]

Get some 1/4 by 3inch bolts with nuts and tighten the base down



Undercoat to prevent rust.




Then reinstall the heat shield.



Here's a pic of the finished base tightened down




to be continued

[Nick]

Use a pipe wrench to assemble the laptop arm and then slip and large flexy hose over it. Tighten the whole thing down. Notice the quick-disconnect base.



Attach laptop with extra long double sided velcro strap and use laptop to log chamber pressure.


or the scan tool




Hope you enjoyed it,

Nick

[h2oskibumz]

Nice! I'm a cheap B@#t@rd... so this suits me perfectly.

Project #34 for my truck... right behind my 60 Gallon RDS/Northern tank/toolbox... The 100 Gallon farm supply tank needs to go!

Great idea, nice write up. Thx!

[Fingers]

This is cheap:

Scrap piece of 3/8" ply



Strap it to the arm rest.



Put your laptop on it.




Strap the laptop down, if you want. But Nick's does look better. Maybe I need a coat of paint!

[Nick]

....wood belongs in the bed....

[RickDLance]

Or in the morning.

[minisub]

Duramax Diesel: $50,000
Built Transmission: $4,000
Laptop: $2,000
EFI Live: $750


Cheap Laptop mounts: PRICELESS

[blksmok]

Originally Posted by minisub

Duramax Diesel: $50,000
Built Transmission: $4,000
Laptop: $2,000
EFI Live: $750


Cheap Laptop mounts: PRICELESS

[swatkins]

Sometimes size does matter