How To Make Under Desk Keyboard Tray

Most desk drawers are wide and skinny.

How to make under desk keyboard tray. Remove the top drawer from the old wood desk. Attach the inner race of the drawer slider to the tray board. Saw i m in an apartment so hand saw it is. Experts recommend that your hands form a 90 degree angle when using the keyboard.

Measure the middle top drawer s height to ensure it has enough room to hold the keyboard. Estimate height and cut everything. The keyboard tray is under the tabletop and cpu stand is at the bottom for saving of space. Regardless of the height of your desk the surface of your keyboard should always align to form that 90 degree angle.

Remove the desk drawer face from the. Place the desk drawer on your workbench or work surface to begin work on it. If the table has an l shape you will need a corner sleeve to extend the surface and to make the keyboard tray placement sturdy. Keyboard mouse tray step 1.

If the drawer is currently fitted into a desk take it out carefully. The best drawer to convert into a keyboard tray is the middle top drawer. When building a diy keyboard tray you should consider the ergonomics behind it. One caveat my.

Have a look at your desk or the kind of table you are working on. The one s that are typically under a desk for a computer keyboard are similar to drawer rails but come with brackets to mount from above where as drawer rails typically mount from the sides not from above so you d have to have two side pieces of hardwood coming down from either side to mount the slide rails to. Gather your tools and materials. You will need six or eight screws.

Assemble tray and legs. Attaching it to the desk. Most keyboard trays are fitted onto a track that you can install yourself underneath the desk. You can easily slide out keyboard tray which slides smoothly without making any kind of irritating noise.

How to convert a desk drawer into a computer keyboard tray.