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Floppy Disk Laptop Desk/Stand

Laptop desk made from 82 floppy disks. Design allows airflow. Easy and dorky project! : - )

20 comments

May 16, 2010. 7:34 PMscratchr says:

Great impressive slideshow!
I built my own with cooling fans:
http://www.instructables.com/id/floppy-laptop-standcooler/

May 17, 2010. 7:23 PM

garagemonkeysan (author) says:

Cool!

Jan 16, 2011. 12:16 PMdigitjim says:

where can I get that many floppies at? how about cutting the slides out and arranging them for fans to pull heat out back or sides, Great indie

Jan 16, 2011. 4:48 PM

garagemonkeysan (author) says:

I'm old so I had a lot of floppies around. So did my parents.
Yes, scratchr contributor added a fan.
Great idea. Thanks! : )

Oct 27, 2010. 6:17 AMlisar3lla says:

nice idea :) mabye now i know what i can do with all my floppy disks

Oct 27, 2010. 11:41 AM

garagemonkeysan (author) says:

Thank you! : )

Feb 27, 2009. 6:36 PMfallinfrom0feet says:

how much weight do you think that beast can hold? I want to make one for my tv lol I guess i could use like some sort of super awesome glue and reinforce all the triangles and especially the legs eh

Apr 5, 2010. 9:43 AMTreknology says:

By scrapping the legs, and making a single layer that sits on an already established flat surface, you could conceivably stand a TV on top--it would certainly enhance ventilation.

Apr 9, 2010. 12:22 PM

garagemonkeysan (author) says:

Thanks for the comment. I don't think it would support the weight of a TV.

Feb 28, 2009. 7:14 AM

garagemonkeysan (author) says:

Thanks for the comment. The desk will hold around 10 lbs. Sorry, it probably won't hold a large TV. Adding stronger glue would not help but adding reinforcing triangles would. The trade-off would be a bulkier piece. Good luck! : )