Building a wood stand to hold a laptop vertically.
Material and Plan
I had some leftover SPF 2×6 in the workshop from a previous project (a 2×6 is a few hundred yen at the home improvement store).
The plan: cut a slot into the board sized to fit the laptop. No screws, no glue — making it from a single piece of wood.
Sketch of the planned design:
Cutting and Routing the Slot
First cut the outer dimensions with a circular saw.
Now the laptop slot. I’ll finish the slot with a router/trimmer, but to reduce the work for the router I’m roughing out most of the wood with a Forstner bit on the drill first.
Mark the area to be removed.
Use masking tape on the bit as a depth marker so I don’t drill too deep.
Roughed out with the Forstner bit:
Now the router for the final cleanup.
Used the outer edge of the board as a guide. With a router, you don’t take everything in one pass — you keep stepping the depth deeper, a little at a time.
Slot done.
There are some burrs from routing — sand them off for a smooth finish.
I was originally going to stain it, but the bare wood looked good enough that I left it natural.
Test the laptop in it:
Stands stably. If anything, the slot could have been a touch narrower for a tighter fit, but it works.
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