My new laptop can handle 3 monitors which are in front of me. Wanted to put my old desktop to use as well (which can handle 4 monitors), so i placed 3 monitors vertically to my left. Took a little bit of imagination and walking around the hardware store to come up with a stand for them. Here's is my YouTube video of how it turned out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cbve9XqwA4 I also built a stand for 3 monitors horizontally (at my parents home). I'll do a video on that one later. Hope this can give some of you guys who use multiple monitors some ideas.
http://amzn.to/vhmEFL For $85 bucks, I'll buy one ready to go out of the box. Neat job on your end, not worth the time imo.
To the OP - nice job. I have a few of those sliding vesa mounts as well and they are the bee's knees. If you have a desk close to a wall like I do, the stands where you have to screw the monitor straight to the stand are a royal PITA when attaching or detaching a monitor.
WinstonTJ, I spent about $30 on the plumbing parts and braces. The little table with the printer on it cost me $10 from a garage sale down the street. I didn't have any intentions of modifying the little table initially, just thought it would make a good printer stand. Brownsfan019 - that's an awesome deal on a quad monitor. Sometimes it's fun taking on a little project. For me, I had an extra desktop computer (since my laptop is now my primary) and wanted to put it to some use. But I didn't have much room in front of me for more monitors. Thought 3 monitors vertically to my sitting position would be great for news and research. The retail stands I found on the net that hold monitors vertically were all pretty expensive. So the wheels started turning and I came up with what you see in the video. chisel - Ya, it can be a pain sometimes depending on the placement. Those cheap vesa mounts can be real handy. I appreciate all the feedback! I may modify some stuff as time goes on and I get other ideas.
I have quite a few of these that they were selling on eBay (abt the same price w/free shipping) and they are pretty decent stands. I don't have any Ergotrons to compare them with, but they are solid and more than sufficient for the job at hand.
It's a Sony Z2 series laptop. I did a YouTube video on it as to why it's great for traders. Here is a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcKskEr9FPw So far, I absolutely love this laptop.
I'm using two Ergotron quad stands. They are $$$, but VERY sturdy. Is it overkill? Probably. Imo, unless you're wrestling in your office, the stand brownsfan posted should do the job quite well.