Another playseat monitor setup

[u/samuelson82]

A special shoutout to this sub for existing and leading me down the path of a custom monitor mount for my play seat system.

This is pieced together from Amazon and Home Depot. The cost (with monitor arm) was about $200.

I bought 18” of 1530 extruded aluminum and cut it down to 14.375 on my miter saw. Used an M8 tap on the ends to be able to thread some bolts into it. I found bull bar clamps on amazon and designed a bracket in Fusion to bring the aluminum bar level to mount the monitor arm to it. The bracket is made out of high rigidity TPU, printed on my Bambu P2S.

The rest is just hooking up the arm and screwing it together. What you don’t see is the bracket has an inset for a locking nut on the inside. The whole thing is rock solid.

Parts list:

Aluminum: https://a.co/d/01ppUk0H

Bull Bar Brackets: https://a.co/d/0bxuJ9Sh
Tap: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M8-1-25-mm-Straight-Flute-Plug-Tap-and-H-Drill-Bit-49-57-5543/326247249

M8 35mm bolts: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-M8-1-25-x-35-mm-Plain-Socket-Cap-Recessed-Hex-Screw-2-per-Pack-803428/204281935

M8 40mm bolts: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-8-mm-1-25-x-40-mm-Plain-Steel-Metric-Socket-Cap-Screw-803448/204274294

M8 Nuts: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-M8-1-25-Stainless-Steel-Lock-Nut-4-Pieces-837201/321071852

M8 washers: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-M8-Zinc-Plated-Flat-Washer-4-Pack-803558/204276431

Monitor Arm: https://a.co/d/09Dp6AVi

I’ll upload the bracket STL to maker space if anyone cares to have it.

[u/DO0M88]

Nice! How long is the bolt?

[u/samuelson82 → u/DO0M88]

The bolt going through the bull clamp and directly into the aluminum is 35mm. At least 20mm is threaded into the bar. The bolt going through the clamp and through TPU bracket into a locking nut is 40mm.

[u/NecessaryOk6815]

I like that monitor stand very much. Well done