Monitor arm for thick desk

[Mr Technician]

I recently built a PC for one of my friends and he has a small TV (30-32 inches I think) that he wants to mount above his two displays. Initially he was going to wall mount it but thinks a desk mount would work better. There are plenty of products like these on the market but the clamps are limited to 1-3 inches. His desk has a drawer beneath it and is about 6 inches thick. Does anyone know of a single monitor arm that would work for a desk this thick?

 

 

[GuiltySpark_]

Does his desk have a cable grommet hole? Can he drill one? Even the $30 arm I have from Amazon came with a grommet mount that works great. 

[Mr Technician]

No, but drilling is a possibility.

[IAmAndre]

I would also recommend checking the max weight supported by the arm. I have a 32" monitor and had a hard time mounting a similar arm because it's very close to the max weight. I would suggest investing on a more premium product. I'm personally getting a wall mount because these are cheap and more solid.

[Bombastinator]

1 hour ago, ThatFlashCat said:

I recently built a PC for one of my friends and he has a small TV (30-32 inches I think) that he wants to mount above his two displays. Initially he was going to wall mount it but thinks a desk mount would work better. There are plenty of products like these on the market but the clamps are limited to 1-3 inches. His desk has a drawer beneath it and is about 6 inches thick. Does anyone know of a single monitor arm that would work for a desk this thick?

 

 

6” is a wildly unusual thickness. And a clamp has to be commensurately strong the longer the span of the clamp.  Big C clamps can have wildly thick centers sometimes.  Such a clamp has to have that thickness regardless of how thick the actual table edge being clamped to is.  I would also start to worry about what the interior structure of that 6” is.  That’s thick enough that it is unlikely to be solid.  You might be able to find a non desk stand clamp secure enough that you could clamp to that.  Seems janky though.  For things that thick there are stands that screw or bolt to the surface or weighted ons that stand on the desk. I suspect the wall is a better idea. One might also consider a floor stand which wouldn’t be connected to the desk at all. 

[Mr Technician]

I suggested that he replace his desk instead of attempting to make his old one work.

[Bombastinator]

22 minutes ago, ThatFlashCat said:

I suggested that he replace his desk instead of attempting to make his old one work.

Definitely a way to do it.  Kind of an odd shaped desk sounds like.