[Shop-talk] building computer shelf

[Eric J Russell]

Sounds like a fine plan to me. How heavy duty do the drawer guides need to 
be? You can buy 'keyboard drawer slides" with angle brackets attached. Rated 
for 75 lbs.
http://woodworker.com/8100-16keyboard-75poly-mssu-800-796.asp

Eric Russell
Mebane, NC
http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell
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>
> Better (geekier) plan: build large sliding tray that will slide out from 
> under desk, enabling me to drop ThinkPad into docking station (it drops in 
> from the top, not slides in from the side) so I don't have to bend over or 
> crawl on the floor to dock the computer.
>
> So, am about to go procure heavy-duty sliding rails and build what amounts 
> to a three-sided drawer (no front, back just to add rigidity to tray) and 
> affix it to the underside of the desk top with angle brackets.