Cardboard Laptop Stand

This is a laptop stand I made completeley out of carboard. I wanted something to raise my laptop up and I had a bunch of boxes laying around so I decided to see what I could make with them. It turned out pretty well given the materials.

Tools/Supplies

• Cardboard
• White glue and Hot glue
• sharp knife
• cutting mat
• sandpaper and sanding block

Construction

The process of building the stand consisted of cutting the cardboard to shape and then gluing several layers together to provide enough strength to support a laptop. The two side supports ended up each being 5 layers thick and most other pieces were at least 2 layers thick. I mostly used white glue to glue everthing together and used hot glue when there wasn't a good flat surface to glue to; e.g. gluing to the edge of the cardboard. The hot glue also allows more rapid construction since it cools relatively quickly.

In conclusion, this was a fun project to work on and cost me almost nothing to make. Cardboard worked suprisingly well as a building material and I ended up with a practical and sturdy stand for my laptop.