Thanks guys, again!



Oh ya Dr. Pepper, right LOL ya i love that stuff!!!

Joe, as soon as I posted it that song was stuck in my head all day LOL then of course i put 2 + 2 together, the saying "Dodge makes it, Cummins shakes it" with the song and when i'm bored i like to remix stuff in my head so it came out "Cummins shakes my money maker" ROFL!!!

A few more details on the laptop mount-
Years ago I wanted one and was looking at them on Ebay. One of the cheaper universal jobbies was very similar to what I have except the table top was slightly fancier. The rest of the kit was a bunch of plumbing parts like I have, with some split wire loom to cover it and make it look fancy. Upon realizing what they were selling I went to Lowes, this is the basic breakdown of the parts, you'll use 3/8" black iron pipe, its plenty strong and anything bigger is just bulky and ridiculous overkill.
Get 2 flange surface mounts (like I have on the floor and the plexiglass) they have a quick coupler union I don't remember the exact name, you attach it at the bottom of the pipe and on the flange (think you need to use a stubby male union to attach it here) this lets you attach the stand to the base, just finger tighten the nut it holds it in position. You can loosen the nut and swing the laptop away from you and re-tighten it. Then whatever straight pieces and elbows you need to get the platform in the general area of where you want. I got very thick plexiglass I think 1/4". Have them cut it to the size of your laptop.
Fasten one flange to your plexiglass as follows:
center the flange on the plexiglass and put masking tape on the plexiglass where you'll be drilling the holes (they say this helps keep it from shattering or cracking). Place the flange back on the plexiglass and mark the holes. Remove flange. I used some real small screws for this, with a tapered shank or head like a wood screw (but regular machine screw threads) with a flat blade screwdriver slot in them. Drill the holes for that screw size, use high speed and do not put any pressure on it whatsoever or consider your plexiglass trash. Once these holes were drilled I took a drill bit the diameter of the screw head and drilled down just enough to make a countersunk hole opening so the screw head would be flush with the plexiglass. Put washers on before the nuts on the flange side and snug them down. A drip of lock tite would probably be good but I don't think I used them. I did not use pipe thread tape on any of it, and I would not think it'd be a good idea. You will need to loosen and/or readjust them quite a bit here and there and that would ruin the tape, besides your not trying to seal off anything anyway. I grabbed some velcro strap while at Lowe's as well (sticks to itself, hook on one side, loop on the other) and I think I put sticky back velcro on the bottom side of the plexi to hold the strap in place. The very back of the bottom of my laptop (against the screen) is all just open speaker/vent space and it worked well to strap it there, I can still close the screen but it's snug while strapped to base. My previous laptop instead of using the strap I put a couple sticky back pieces of velcro on the bottom of the laptop and on the plexiglass as you can see its still there, and that held it fine too.

Hope that helps, this is a cheap fairly easy DIY project that will save a ton of money over buying one. IF i recall correctly, the kit I copied the idea from was under $60 (perhaps 30-40) and came with a nicer mount top and a variety of pipes and fittings to pick what you needed. If you don't feel like piecing it together as I did then that's a good route to go. You'll need number 8 (i think) self tapping screws probably 1" long or so, enough to go through the base flange, the carpet, padding and sheet metal of the floor of your truck. I like the ones with a 5/16" hex head on them, a socket gets a positive grip on the head VS. a phillips screwdriver head that strips out easily. Make sure there's no wires or hoses or anything underneath where truck where the screws will protrude. The shorter lengths of pipe you use especially horizontally, the more stable the mount will be.