DIY Cardboard Laptop Stand
Posted on May 4, 2009 by Matt Embrey in DIY
DIY Cardboard Laptop Stand
Get your laptop off the table and stop hunching over to see the screen with this DIY cardboard laptop stand. It’s small, light, free & green and it will help you cut down on the trips to the chiropractor. Did I mention it’s super easy to make? I originally found this idea at Thingiverse.com, where Erik Skiff whipped up a pretty cool acrylic stand. I didn’t have any acrylic and more importantly I didn’t have a lazer cutter make the cuts, so I did it on cardboard. I modified the design a little so the pattern would fit on a regular letter sized sheet of paper. Check out our tutorial…
This is all you need
Step 1: Download the pattern & print it out. Use an old sheet of paper that you were going to recycle so you don’t waste a new sheet.
Step 2: Cut it out, and trace it on the box. Stencil “1″ is the base and it is only half of it so you’ll have to trace it onto the box, then flip it so it mirrors the outline you just made. You’ll have to trace stencil “2″ twice as we need two of these. (click on the images to enlarge)
Step 3: Cut out the patterns. If you have a box cutter or an exacto knife, it’ll be a lot easier, but if not, it can be done with scissors.
Step 4: Put it all together. the flat side of part 1 goes against the table and you slide the slots of part 2 into part 1’s slots.
The best part is, you can take it apart and it’s flat and light so it can go wherever your lappy goes.
Source: Thiniverse
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acidcloud
09. May, 2009
That is genius my friend. Nice.
nate tenczar
09. May, 2009
this is one of those things where I was like hey! this looks pretty cool, then I spent half an hour creating it only to have my laptop slide off of it because the after cutting the ends that hold the laptop up became flimsy and gave way easily.
if I had a better exacto knife/box cutter this would have been much cooler…
Andrew
09. May, 2009
That HP keyboard matches surprisingly well with the MB.
Aayush Tuladhar
09. May, 2009
Awsome.. Idea
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10. May, 2009
Прикольная статья, но хотелось бы поподробнее узнать о некоторых моментах… Как можно с Вами связаться?
Cephalopod
10. May, 2009
You, my friend are a modern MacGyver.
toybox
10. May, 2009
is that a joke ?
Spending an hour cutting something pointless and dangerously fragile makes it worth mentioning ? This is at most some naïve romantic attempt at greening contemporary banality.
The +35$ rotring trio silver doesn’t make you a designer, for sure. Oh my, why those curves already.
gigi
14. May, 2009
this is a joke….it’s very fragile… it’s stupid
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10. May, 2009
Check this out
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10. May, 2009
http://www.prankmike.com/
ionitinnysmog
10. May, 2009
Понравилась статья. А будет ли продолжение ?
Ben
10. May, 2009
Doesn’t work very well isn’t very stable!
Timo
11. May, 2009
thanks. works great. I put a lamp under it, so it lits my external keyboard as well.
mick
11. May, 2009
must be a joke…
James Bond
11. May, 2009
Come on…sucks to the nth degree but “Green” for you for the effort
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12. May, 2009
The trick is to cut it parallel to the grain.
Parsiuk
14. May, 2009
What’s the point…?
PhillerUp
16. May, 2009
The point is to make a cheap stand that also saves the environment. Cardboard is also stronger than you think. I’m taking away your internets for being clueless.
elle
16. May, 2009
Might be a no-brainer, but don’t bother if your laptop weighs 5 lbs. or more, or has a 17″ screen. It’ll work for about an hour before the front supports start to sag. Even tried it with two separate Amazon boxes, adding an extra support, lowering the angle - the weak spots are the curved “hooks” that hold it up.
A 17″ MacBook Pro might make it because it’s a little lighter than my old Gateway. That’s probably the upper limit on this.
williamcheah
23. May, 2009
Finally got around to make it. My laptop is too heavy, the stand just won’t support it :/
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16. May, 2009
Wonderful idea. I originally saw this on Lifehacker.com, and decided to check it out.
I made two of these, the first of cardboard and colored duct tape, but found that a foam poster board left over from a cancelled English project turned out to be much more efficient.
Thanks for the idea! Saved me lots of dinero!
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17. May, 2009
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18. May, 2009
Very creative idea. This took a lot of work to design and makes sense. Heat is the enemy of laptop computers and this will help keep the computer cool and prolong it’s life.
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31. May, 2009
that green blog is indeed something nice we also have a website called ambalaje with the same idea behind
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31. May, 2009
this is awesome stuff.. i made one to keep my telephone, telephone directory and pen stand..
all from waste cardboard..
chk..
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pika505
08. Jun, 2009
this stand doesnt work my laptop crushed it
dee
28. Jun, 2009
It’s so sad to know that there are so many idiotic people on earth. You have to cut “against the grain”.
Like a soft drink straw or soup can (cylinder).
It’s what gives cardboard boxes their strength to stack on top of one another.
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19. Jul, 2009
That was great, now where is the bookmark button…
sam avakian
22. Jul, 2009
It looks good for photobooth but I couldn’t download the templates…. I am just wondering how to get the templates
to try out….
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28. Jul, 2009
Thanks for this article. It was very interesting to read it. I like anything connected to that matter. I hope to read more soon.
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09. Aug, 2009
Thanks a lot! I just finished my stand. I made some changes to gain stability and now i feel safe to put my powerbook 15″ on it. Let`s see how long this will last.
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14. Aug, 2009
I built mine with a few extra supports (second bottom support, and a top support to keep them from caving in) and I’m planning on super gluing it all together to make it even stronger. I doubt this will last incredibly wrong, but it was a fun project none the less.
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18. Aug, 2009
This is a wonderful idea, cost effective environment friendly also it saves lots of space and money as well.
It’s just wonderful.
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20. Aug, 2009
That is amazingly awesome, something I’m definitely going to try out. I’d like to see your take on indoor lighting too.
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24. Aug, 2009
If you really want to save the environment, shut up, go outside, drink tap water and don’t use a laptop. They are filled with toxic materials.
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28. Sep, 2009
wicked!!
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08. Oct, 2009
Yeah I definitely agree with you. Key to understanding that issue here.
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10. Oct, 2009
А вы Доктора Хауса смотрите? Там похожие выражения я слышал =))
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18. Oct, 2009
Nice post I Like your site very well and continue to do so. I have bookmarked your site Singapore Warehouses.
Paul
24. Oct, 2009
While this looks cool, I’m not sure I’d trust it with 2 grand of hardware, esp knowing how slippery the base of a MacBook can be. If I can make a suggestion… Double up or tripple up the pieces, glue them together, Adjust width of notches, then assemble. Should stand up to a table bump.
Cheers
Paul
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27. Oct, 2009
Amazing Idea, thanks
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28. Oct, 2009
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30. Oct, 2009
Брааво, ллестящая фназа и своевременно
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Amazing Idea, thanks
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