This project was a mix of playing around with a new machine, experimentation, and creating something quick, and on the cheap for my shop with stuff on hand so it is by no means perfect.
Shown is the keyboard tray from my last post attached to a jury rigged LCD mount, that I made from some scrap aluminum extrusions. The USB port for a thumb drive is just the female end of an extension cable I sanded down and press fit into a through mortise. The whole deal is mounted to a cheap roller stand I modified slightly, by re grinding the angle on the back leg so it sits at a wider angle so its more stable.
The Verdict is that the stand works, and is functional, but a little bit flimsy, and clunky to move arround. I had originally planned to mount everything to the bot, but that turned out to be too complicated/expensive for the time being. However I will re-design and build revised version some day that will mount to the bot, and swivel.
Bottom line this cost me about 30 bucks, and its a start. If I re build it out of aluminum I am sure it would be allot better but it would also cost easily 10x as much.
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