Hi, I've read this post over and over even took the diagram you posted to stores to get the right parts, and I finally got around to trying it with my cintiq 13hd. Apparently though my easel (which to be honest looks exactly like yours) doesnt quite match up nicely as yours does. If I may ask you to answer a few questions I would greatly, greatly appreciate your precious words:

1. My tablet seems to wobble loose too easily even after tightening it inside the easel; my first guess is that there is too much space for it to play around at the top and at the bottom. This is leading me to believe your particular easel brand is probably a much better fit than mine. If you could (if you can remember that is) please name me the type of easel that you have so that I could possibly go and compare it with mine, that would be awesomesauce.

2. When i screwed the ergotron lx mount into the back of the easel i seemed to have left way too much room at the bottom screwholes; I couldn't possibly find a way to secure the bottom side without possibly splitting part of the wood in the easel. I'm thinking about possibly screwing a square piece of plywood to the easel at the back (in order to allow all 4 holes to be mounted and a decent size one to the front in order to get a good fit, do you think this is a a plausible idea?

I'm sorry for the speculating questions which probably go beyond your experience with this particular situation but I found there was nowhere else to ask /cry.

Anything answers I will take with great thanks!

Hello Marcus, thanks for your comment and foremost, for trying this guide out. The first thing to mention is, that I tried this for myself with parts that I had lying around and found that to be a working solution, this is the reason I don´t have an exact to-buy-list as I doubt that this would work anyways.

However, the easels look all the same from a far, but I could have thought of this problem that slight differences will make that it doesn´t fits.
So the easel that I have used for this is a Daler Rowney, not the one with bolts and wingscrews, the simplest of the table-easels: http://www.artistmaterial.co.uk/products/Daler-Rowney-Wilton-Display-Easel.html it should have the exact size on the back, so that the metal mount sits on the bottom wooden bar and closes on the upper wooden bar.

My suggestion, if you go into a shop, make a template from cardboard of the VESA-mount and take that with you, including marks for the holes, that should help you to save the hassle later. Actually jsut with the two screws on the top bar, the VESA mount should not wobble loosely, I suspect the easel of being poor quality then.

If you would want to try to get the most out of your situation you can try to cut a fitting piece of plywood as you suggested, mount that on the VESA and from there to the easel. You can alos try to fix the eael itself first hand with glue if you find that the thing is even wobbling in your hands.

I´m sorry that this happened, I´ll add these information to the post, as I see they are more important than I tought.

I hope this will work for you. Please let me know if you have any further questions.

I am expecting to purchase the Wacom Companion and want the mobility combined with desktop use (w/ desktop arm). Unfortunately, there is not an ideal commercial arm available for the Companion and your tutorial and experiment seems to be the best solution. I noticed that in your video you have something that extends down to the desktop from the bottom of the easel. This seems ideal as it can add support. Can you provide any details on what you did there?

Anytime! It depends on the degree the arm is used and how strong the screws are fixated in the arm. I prefer to have them not too strong to make it easier to move it around constantly. This also means working on the edge of the tablet with pressure can make it wiggle a bit - that comes from the arm. The easel/cradle itself is very sturdy. I use the stand to have always the same position when working on it.

P.S. Btw. I have updated the post with a better stand solution that is even usable on rotated positions!

Thanks for such a detailed and helpful series of blogs on this topic! I came up with an alternate option that I've used successfully on an intuos 4 and the older, smaller Cintiq 12. The upside is that it's very inexpensive. The downside is that it requires gluing an Ergotron Quick Release Bracket ($14.99 on Amazon) to the back of the tablet. The other side of the bracket attaches to any VESA compatible monitor arm (I use the same Ergotron arm you have because it's very easy to position in a way that's conducive to tablet use). I used a strong glue to ensure that the bracket wouldn't come loose or wiggle, and I have never tried to remove it -- I suspect I couldn't without damaging the tablet. If you anticipate (like I have) that you'll use your tablet almost exclusively while attached to the monitor are, this solution has worked really well for me. And, since it's a quick release bracket, the tablet also pops off and works just fine on my lap while kicked back on my office chair or couch. However, it does not work well laying flat on a desk -- simply because it rocks back and forth on the bracket receiver. This has never bothered me since I never liked the ergonomics of using the tablet while flat--but, if you do, I would think twice before going with a solution like this.

Can you turn this set up vertical, so that the monitor is in portrait mode?

Bummer that the new smaller Cintiqs don't have VESA mounts.

Have you tried using a Ergotron Notebook stand? They have velcro on the back for attaching to the monitor...I might try it out. I called them up (Ergotron) and they said the wacom should fit and that the little nubbins holding the laptop were about .5 inches tall, right around the thickness of the hybrid.

I made one and it's pretty cute.

http://artchallengeawesome.blogspot.com/2014/01/makin-stuff.html

Thanks for this post! Yay it works!

I have an issue, the upper part of my arm keeps pushing upwards and won't stay down, how did you fix it ?

What is the size of those rubber hose clips you used (if that even matters, hehe)? Thanks! :)

Thanks so much for posting this Oliver. I completed my own mount, which differs only slightly, and it looks and works wonderfully. I was looking for a good non-destructive solution and had my own plans but that would have come at a much greater cost. For anyone in the states trying to find the correct easel you can order it here - http://www.dickblick.com/products/blick-studio-mini-tabletop-easel/ . As of right now it's only $8.

Hi Oliver,

I followed you explanation and the stand works great -but- when I put it on my Ergotron arm it was too light to lower the arm. I think you need 7 lbs. to make the Ergotron arm work. At least the one I ordered. Can you post a link to the Ergotron arm you use.

Thanks,

Jeremy

Thanks for the creative solution Oliver! I made my own setup and went a little cheaper than you did but I think it does the job. http://victorhaillustrations.blogspot.com/2014/09/my-cintiq-13hd-ergotron-lx-setup.html

I think the extra weight from the steel rod however would benefit me, because the arm sometimes wants to move up at the slightest touch - even if I torqued to the tightest setting. Thanks again for sharing your creativity!

Are you still using the 13HD. Thought I saw somewhere you were selling it. I wasnt sure if you upgraded to a 22hd after all.

First off, thanks for this! I've been wanting to mount my 13hd for a while and I'm very happy I found your diy mount. That said, what bracket did you use to keep the bottom portion of the ergotron mount from moving?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mLtHcr-ncVw/UYkgrMyWBEI/AAAAAAAABq8/nfZskZwF140/s1600/07-mounted-back-and-cable.jpg

I don't want to screw any screws into the bottom as your image guide shows as I feel the wood is too narrow. I'd feel much more comfortable using a bracket but I'm having no luck finding one that would work.

Visual Diagram for those emailing me about how I constructed the mount. I added more needed weight to the 13HD Cintiq through lead strips found at any Golfsmith store. Thanks again to Oliver Wetter for the idea. http://victorhadesign.blogspot.com/2015/03/in-depth-diagram-and-process-for.html

Hi Oliver,
Thanks for this great guide. I bought an Ergotron LX and the easel to try set this up for myself.
In your video, your Ergotron arm seems to be easily adjustable. Did you do anything additional beside adjusting the screws?
My one is really tight even at the loosest settings, the arm doesn't stay down and the VESA plate tilting is EXTREMELY tight, I have to grab it with both hands and really wrench at it to make it budge.

Thanks, Oliver,
The arm height adjustment ended up working fine, it won't stay down by itself the easel + tablet seems to provide the perfect amount of weight to balance it.
You are right about being stuck on the screw, I hadn't actually loosened the VESA plate screw all the way.

Thanks again for the cool guide. I'll be sure to link you when I get around to blogging about my setup.

Hi

Can you send me a link on what desk mount you used for this. I have all the parts just want to make sure I get the right mount.

Hi

Finally got the Desk mount. I am having trouble finding the wood screws and lansa bar handle can you send me a link on which one you have?

regard

serhan

Hey, thanks for the guide, very helpful! Could you possibly provide some more details on the bells and whistles such as the pen holding tray? I am very interested in that detail :)

Hey there!
I know it's been a WHILE since you posted this, but I'm trying to build it to fix my stand issue for my 13" tablet.

Do you have an idea of the updated version of the material on you list? ( like what model the ergo-arm is now since i assume the one from 2013 is probably not made anymore and there might be measuring differences, etc. ) ?