Any one in need of a laptop mount???

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Lee_D

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• Sep 19, 2005

• #1

http://www.lrproject.com/rangie1/laptop/

Made this myself from some bits and bobs, now the Rangie is going it's
surplus. It if fastned in via one of the front seat bolts and a hole being
drilled in the rear of the seat bracket on the floorpan. Most fiddley bit is
getting the bolt in but I just took it out in less than 5 minutes.

It is designed such that the mount which fastens to the seat stays put, the
silver (as pictured) part then is removable for when not in use.

The laptop fastens to the top securely by sticking velcro to the bottom of
the laptop. It's never fell off yet under some rather extreme angles.

Only downside is it won't fit a Disco or Rangie with electronic seat
adjustment (or I'd have put it in our Disco).

It should go in a Rangie classic or Disco 1 no problems provided they have
manually adjusted seats. Not so sure about a 3 door disco though.

I now use a PDA for sat nav so the laptop gets little use anyway.

Tenner plus the postage... (laptop not included!!)

Lee D

 

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rads

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• Sep 19, 2005

• #2

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:12:01 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>http://www.lrproject.com/rangie1/laptop/
>
>Made this myself from some bits and bobs, now the Rangie is going it's
>surplus. It if fastned in via one of the front seat bolts and a hole being
>drilled in the rear of the seat bracket on the floorpan. Most fiddley bit is
>getting the bolt in but I just took it out in less than 5 minutes.
>
>It is designed such that the mount which fastens to the seat stays put, the
>silver (as pictured) part then is removable for when not in use.
>
>The laptop fastens to the top securely by sticking velcro to the bottom of
>the laptop. It's never fell off yet under some rather extreme angles.
>
>Only downside is it won't fit a Disco or Rangie with electronic seat
>adjustment (or I'd have put it in our Disco).
>
>It should go in a Rangie classic or Disco 1 no problems provided they have
>manually adjusted seats. Not so sure about a 3 door disco though.
>
>I now use a PDA for sat nav so the laptop gets little use anyway.
>
>Tenner plus the postage... (laptop not included!!)
>
>Lee D
>
Sold!

You have mail provided email address above, with obvious de-munging,
is valid.

David

 

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TonyB

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• Sep 19, 2005

• #3

> >Tenner plus the postage... (laptop not included!!)
> >
>A tenner? Gawd blimey, if Rads doesn't have it I will!
I bet these things are marketable, probably at about 70 quid.
Can you make any more?
TonyB

 

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Lee_D

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• Sep 19, 2005

• #4

"TonyB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> >Tenner plus the postage... (laptop not included!!)
>> >
>>A tenner? Gawd blimey, if Rads doesn't have it I will!
> I bet these things are marketable, probably at about 70 quid.
> Can you make any more?
> TonyB

I could but it's would be a time verses reward thing. I'm sure Steve may be
approachable if there were enough interest to knock out a few. Funny in'it
one mans clutter is another mans gold.

I had to chop and weld the pipe into angles because I don't have a bender.
If I had a pipe bender it would be much simpler, or less time consuming
anyway. As this was made as a one off it took a good afternoons tinkering to
sort. Was very rewarding though when we took it for a test drive. We used it
on a 400 mile round trip to fetch two 2.6 lumps purchased from ebay for
£10.51.

Metal was off the scrap pile, speaker mounts were from the Father-in-laws
stash of bit's that may come in handy one day and the knob was donated by
Tom Woods.

When we got the Disco and went to France we were unable to fit it due to the
electric under seat motors. Mrs D was not very impressed having a hot laptop
on her knee for 340 miles at a time.

Lee D

 

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Tom Woods

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• Sep 20, 2005

• #5

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:38:06 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Metal was off the scrap pile, speaker mounts were from the Father-in-laws
>stash of bit's that may come in handy one day and the knob was donated by
>Tom Woods.

the knob fell off an adjustable chair at work!

 

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rads

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• Sep 20, 2005

• #6

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:15:18 +0100, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:38:06 +0100, "Lee_D"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Metal was off the scrap pile, speaker mounts were from the Father-in-laws
>>stash of bit's that may come in handy one day and the knob was donated by
>>Tom Woods.
>
>the knob fell off an adjustable chair at work!

Hang on chaps.

Your telling me I've just paid a tenner for a collection of scrap yard
off cuts, the father-in-laws bits and Toms knob?

;-)

David

 

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Steve Taylor

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• Sep 20, 2005

• #7

rads wrote:
Your telling me I've just paid a tenner for a collection of scrap yard
> off cuts, the father-in-laws bits and Toms knob?
>
Yebbut, only one careful owner. Hardly used. Errr.

Steve

 

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Mother

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• Sep 20, 2005

• #8

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:15:18 +0100, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
wrote:

>the knob fell off an adjustable chair at work!

Can't you employ knobs who are capable of sitting on a chair without
falling off? I blame the Job Centres...

 

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Lee_D

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• Sep 20, 2005

• #9

"rads" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hang on chaps.
>
> Your telling me I've just paid a tenner for a collection of scrap yard
> off cuts, the father-in-laws bits and Toms knob?
>
> ;-)
>
> David

I like to think of it as art


Lee D

 

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Tim Hobbs

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• Sep 20, 2005

• #10

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:05:53 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:15:18 +0100, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>the knob fell off an adjustable chair at work!
>
>Can't you employ knobs who are capable of sitting on a chair without
>falling off? I blame the Job Centres...

aye, in days gone by they used to employ all the knobs who couldn't
sit upright unaided. I guess supply now exceeds demand...


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70

 

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Tom Woods

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• Sep 20, 2005

• #11

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:05:53 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:15:18 +0100, Tom Woods <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>the knob fell off an adjustable chair at work!
>
>Can't you employ knobs who are capable of sitting on a chair without
>falling off? I blame the Job Centres...

The majority of the knobs falling off the chairs where I work won't be
attending the job centre for a few years - but i imagine that their
valuble skills at breaking things will stay with them and in many
cases improve with their educations..

When we furnished the computer room with chairs we paid extra to _not_
have wheels on the bottom. Next time I may pay extra to get someone to
remove or fix solidly any adjustable/removable bits before they go
into service and end up getting chucked/kicked about (I wanted to make
them sit on stools but wasnt allowed by the boss)

 

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Tom Woods

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• Sep 20, 2005

• #12

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 10:14:15 GMT, rads
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Your telling me I've just paid a tenner for a collection of scrap yard
>off cuts, the father-in-laws bits and Toms knob?

I'm not sure that i'm quite at ease with the direction that this
thread is taking!