My DIY Laptop Stand on an Indian Chowki

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My Dell studio laptop recently started having this strange heating problem which shutdowns the system in like 40 minutes max and I don’t want to run AC just for this so I came up with my idea of this laptop stand you see below. Click on the image to see larger view

DIY Laptop Stand

I used two things here, A chowki ( in Upside down position ), which is a wooden seat with small legs, mostly used in India and a small cardboard box. The most important thing here is the size of the Chowki which should be just good enough to hold your laptop in slant position, not too big not too small.

The laptop is placed in slant position so there is enough space for ventilation and dissipate the heat.

Enough space for ventilation
Enough space for ventilation

The Cardboard Box acts as container for Wires, Extra Storage devices, Mobiles and music accessories which in my case was Zune.

Placeholder for devices
Placeholder for devices

Another trick here is how to keep the devices from not falling back into the box. For that you will need to add small piece or folded newspaper to just give it little support.

Chowki size should be right enough to just fit your laptop
Chowki size should be right enough to just fit your laptop
Arranging box into chowki
Arranging box into chowki
Card board box with newspaper
Card board box with newspaper

Another advantage of using this box is to raise the laptop a little. As USB ports etc are all over the laptop specially on side and few cases might have in front. You can also use few clips for when the wires can get out when used, for example Mouse.

Box helps you easy access to ports
Box helps you easy access to ports
Keep everything plugged
Keep everything plugged
All wires go into this box
All wires go into this box
Chowki legs act as holders
Chowki legs act as holders

The complete arrangement will not cost you more than 6$ where the only thing that cost is the Chowki.

Here is another idea, if you want to keep your devices in horizontal position so you can see the display, add some clip to the card board inside the chowki and you are done. Check the images below.

Clip stand on the box
Clip stand on the box
Zune  on the clip stand
Zune on the clip stand

4 COMMENTS

  1. Nice Indian Jugaad – but dont you think this will restrict the hand moments while you are typing on the laptop keyboard ?

  2. @Abhishek: Definitely it does and Thats Why I had been using the external keyboard and usb. Its not that perfect laptop stand but pretty good if you have an extra keyboard and mouse.

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