Ta da!

Todays the day that I mount my 24" beast to my office wall! Frist of all, I spent the morning buying all the pieces I would need:

1 Wall mount bracket for $19.95 from Radio Parts
2 Packets of Buildex Super Wall Mate Plasterboard Anchors for $10.90 from Bunnings.

Then I laid out all my parts for everyone to see. Here's the wall mount :


The first piece is the wall bracket and the other large piece is the plate which attaches to the back of the monitor.

After affixing the mount with the standard 10 x 10 VESA slots I got this :


The wall bracket is attached for reference.

Next came the 'hard' part. Screwing the bracket to the wall. Using my stud finder and a measureing tape, I lined up the bracket to where I wanted the monitor be. Then I was a case of using the stud finder to see if there was a stud I could use. Luckily, I found a stud and figured out that the right hand side screws of the bracket would be in a stud. The other 2 left hand screws would need the Buildex mounts.

With my wife watching me carefully like a hawk I screwed in the 2 right ones with self taping screws and then manually screwed the plasterboard anchors into the 2 left. This is the result:



I gave it a bit of a jiggle with my hand and it felt pretty solid. There was no movement which was reassuring.

Now came the moment of truth - mounting the 24 lb monitor to bracket. Ever so slowly, I lowered the monitor into the bracket. As you can see below, the bracket held!



How cool does that look! After hooking up the power, USB and DVI cables, the end result is this:



I'm pretty happy with the result, especially since it only cost me $31 dollars. Next step will be to hide the cables away to get a cleaner finish.