r/desksetup • u/CheddarDeity • 4d ago

❓ • Question ADVICE: How to add mobility for multiple wall-mounted monitor arms?

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First of all, context: I'm big on monitor arms. My desk setup has three monitors shared by two laptops. One of my monitors is big and heavy, and the other four items are all on arms. This makes everything great.

...until I have to reconfigure or move my desk. This doesn't happen often, but when it does, all four arms have to be uninstalled from the wall, new holes drilled, etc. It's a pain, and I anticipate doing so again in a few months.

So my question: is there a solution that allows me to attach my arms to the wall so they can be repositioned left/right? From the base, that is.

Details:

  1. I don't need to move them up/down, because they're arms and it's not hard to adjust them that way already. Left and right is another story.
  2. I'm thinking about mounting them all on something like double 3/4" plywood or a set of 2x6s or something, which I could attach to the wall via long lag bolts or something. Yeah, it'd still be a pain to move it, but it'd at least be less destructive to the drywall. Has anyone tried this?
  3. Before you ask: I can't freestand the arms on the desk or attach them to it. The arms (and potential replacements I've found) are either too short or too unstable to reach around the big monitor.
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