The castle stand on a light wooden desk with its deck tilted up, an open silver laptop on the deck, a mug and a notebook beside it

A laptop stand you crank up with a ship's wheel.

The Drawbridge Castle Laptop Stand: turn the wheel and the deck tilts from flat up to 25°, with towers, flags and a gatehouse around it.

Laptop not included.

Out of the drawer it's about 2.4 in tall: towers laid back, the ship's wheel resting on the deck.

To set it up, swing the two towers up and fit the wheel onto its axle on the right tower.

Set your laptop on the flat deck, its front edge against the red lip.

Turn the wheel and the deck rises, through 12° and on up to 25°, where the back edge sits about 5 in off the desk. Stop turning at the angle you want.

Inside the right tower the wheel turns a worm, the worm turns a toothed wheel on the rope drum, and the drum winds the two ropes.

Two notched stone props stand under the back corners of the deck and swing with it as it rises.

Done for the day: turn the wheel the other way until the deck lies flat, and lift your laptop off.

Lift the wheel off, lay it on the deck and fold the towers back. About 2.4 in tall again, for a shelf or a drawer.

Up close

It tilts the keyboard up and brings the screen closer to eye level, at whatever angle you pick between flat and 25°. The deck is open planks with gaps between them. Wound flat with its towers folded back, it is about 2.4 in tall, low enough for a shelf or a drawer. And when the laptop is put away, it is still a castle on the desk.

Open, it is about 12.4 in wide, 16.5 in deep and 9.5 in tall.

The empty stand at full tilt: a brown planked deck with gaps between the planks, a red lip along its front edge, grey towers with red flags behind and the orange wheel on the right
Nothing on it yet: the planks, the red lip along the front edge, and the gatehouse underneath.
The right tower from the side: the orange wheel, the ropes leaving the top of the tower and running down to the deck
The wheel sits on the right tower; the ropes come out of the top and run down to the back of the deck.
Low view under the tilted deck showing the notched grey stone props between the deck and the base
The notched stone props under the back of the deck.
The stand wound all the way down, the deck flat and a silver laptop lying low on it
Wound all the way down: the deck flat, the laptop low.
Side view of the stand at full tilt with a laptop on the deck and the two ropes pulled taut from the tower
From the side at 25°, the ropes run down to the back of the deck.

How it works

Everything hangs on the wheel. Try it here: drag the wheel control and watch the drive pull the deck up.

Side view of the stand: the wheel and drum in the right tower, a rope from the drum to the back of the deck, the deck hinged at the gatehouse end, and a stone prop below it Ship's wheel Rope drum Rope Hinge Stone prop
25°
  1. You turn the ship's wheel on the side of the right tower.
  2. The wheel turns a worm inside the tower.
  3. The worm turns the toothed wheel on the rope drum.
  4. The drum winds two store-bought paracord ropes that run down to the back corners of the deck.
  5. The deck pivots at the gatehouse end and tilts from flat up to 25°. Turn the other way and it comes back down.

Two notched stone props stand under the back corners of the deck and swing up and down with it.

The stand folded flat on a wooden desk beside a closed silver laptop, the orange wheel lying on the lowered deck and the rear towers folded back

Putting it away

Wind the deck flat, take the wheel off, and fold the rear towers back. That leaves it about 2.4 in tall, next to a closed laptop or on a shelf.

Drawbridge Castle Laptop Stand

A laptop stand you set with a ship's wheel, in a castle with towers, flags and a gatehouse.

In the box: one stand, one wheel and two ropes

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Castle stand: base, towers, gatehouse, drawbridge deck and stone props
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Ship's wheel, which comes off when you put the stand away
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Store-bought paracord ropes
Open size
12.4 × 16.5 × 9.5 in (W × D × H)
Folded height
About 2.4 in
Deck
9.3 × 8.3 in, open planks
Tilt
Flat to 25°, set with the wheel
Back edge at 25°
About 5 in off the desk
Weight
About 1.8 lb
Material
PETG and PLA, with store-bought paracord ropes
Colors
Stone grey, brown deck, red lip and flags, orange wheel
The castle stand at full tilt with an open silver laptop on the deck, its front edge against the red lip

Good to know

How do I change the angle?

Turn the ship's wheel. One way tilts the deck up toward 25°, the other lowers it to flat. You set the angle by where you stop turning.

Is a laptop included?

No. The laptop in the pictures shows the size and the angle; the stand comes without one.

How does it pack away?

Wind the deck flat, take the wheel off and fold the rear towers back. Folded, it is about 2.4 in tall.

Does the wheel come off?

Yes. You take it off when you put the stand away.

What is it made of?

PETG and PLA plastic in stone grey, brown, red and orange, with two store-bought paracord ropes.