Over Christmas my wife asked if I had a 3-4" thick chunk of wood she could use to raise the monitor up on her desktop.
Being a woodworker meant I had to overdesign something and have it take ten times longer than it should. Below are the results.
I figured this would be an ideal time to use up some of the exotic scraps I've been hoarding for years. I had a 9" wide x 28" long board of Bloodwood that was the perfect dimension and would probably never get used so I decided to use it for the stand.
I'm always looking for reasons to use every tool in my shop so I decided to break out the Leigh dovetail jig for the corners. Little did I realize that Bloodwood splinters very easily and those splinters are how it truly got it's name. Overall I'm happy with the results and pretty proud to be able to knock a project out start to finish in under a day.
Monitor stand.jpg
Overall dimensions are 4" tall, 17" wide, and 8" deep.
I'd love to hear if anyone else has experience using Bloodwood. I've got a couple more boards and I'm not sure what to use them for in the future due to the splintering problems.
Wes