After this long... Thoroughly enjoying it, works like a charm.
I said "the ultimate" not "the most elaborate"





John Doe wrote:

Over the course of many years, I have designed several different
computer areas for personal use. The first monitor stand for lying
down was like a typical monitor sitting on its stand on a desktop,
it was supported from underneath. Did not take long to realize that
was a bad idea, so I went to hanging the monitor instead of
supporting it from underneath. Recently replaced my 60 pound
ViewSonic with a much lighter LCD. Unfortunately, some action games
are difficult to play while laying down, it might actually encourage
motion sickness over a long period of use (still testing that
theory). Also, getting into and out of position is more difficult
when lying down. So I added a table into my current setup. The main
structure of my computer area resembles a goal post made out of two
by fours (I needed something sturdy for the prior 60 pound CRT).

My monitor hangs from a 2 x 4. It must be easily movable left/right
and up/down so that it can be used either while sitting down or
lying down, and for other reasons. So I spent some time figuring out
how to most easily and efficiently enable that. The ultimate
solution IMO... A 1/8" thick 1 1/2" wide 6" long aluminum flat bar
with a hole cut in it and then bent about 85°. Then you stick a
round aluminum tube through the hole and hang it on the crossbar
(2x4). At the bottom of the aluminum pipe is where the monitor is
hung and where it tilts and swivels, hung on a small crossbar with
nylon cords.

The hole through the aluminum flat bar is small enough so that the
aluminum tube barely fits through it. That single piece of aluminum
flat bar allows the monitor at the bottom of the tube to be
extremely easily moved left and right on the 2 x 4. It also allows
monitor to be easily vertically positioned up/down by simply pushing
the aluminum tube through the hole and then releasing. The monitor
can be raised with one hand. When lowering the monitor, one must
grasp the aluminum flat bar and tilt it slightly so that the flat
bar releases the aluminum tube so that it can move down through the
hole. No ordinary fastener is required because the flat bar and the
tube grip each other perfectly (a little something I learned in the
metal working group). When the bent flat bar (with the tube running
through it) is hooked over the crosswise 2 x 4, in addition to
gripping the tube, it pushes the aluminum tube into the side of the
2 x 4, keeping the tube held snugly against the 2 x 4 and keeping
the monitor from swinging.