1" PVC Desk Riser Leg Brackets

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This is a bracket used to make 1" PVC legs for a desktop riser (monitor shelf, monitor stand or whatever you want to call it). You need to print 4 brackets and attach them to the bottom of a suitable board. Then cut 4 even lengths of 1" PVC pipe for the legs. Each bracket requires 3 wood screws, use #6 or #8 of length 1/2"-3/4" depending on the thickness of your board material. The legs on mine are about 6-1/2" tall. The taller you go, the more likely a hard lateral bump might cause the leg supports to break off so don't go too tall. I may do another design that includes an outer support for more strength, but this seems pretty solid for me. You also might need to scale this a bit to get a snug fit in your PVC. One batch came out too small but a bit of tape increased the diameter slightly so the PVC was snug. The feet are optional but make it easier to add a tacky material to keep the riser from sliding off the desk. I made the bottoms tacky using a thin film of hotmelt glue, but you could use other materials like cork, sheet foam, etc. To add a thin film of hotmelt, I used a silicon baking pad (a.k.a. silpat). Put a gob of hotmelt on the silpat and then press the foot firmly into the hotmelt and let it cool completely (run under cold water if you're impatient). The excess that squirts out the side can be easily trimmed. This makes a thin layer of hot-melt that keeps the feet from sliding on the hard desktop.