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Does anyone know where to find a good wall mount adjustable keyboard tray with an extendable arm

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In our training room, which sometimes gets reconfigured with no tables for an open space, we are looking to get wall mounts that will allow items such as a keyboard to sit very tightly against the wall when it is not in use and which can be pulled out from wall when needed.

The wall mount adjustable keyboard tray with an extendable arm should meet the requirements below:
 
1.       Extendable arm with full range of swivel motion which can rotate left and right with ease.
 
2.       Height adjustable arm which can be adjusted upwards and downwards. It will need to appear as if it is sitting on a table where a person is using it. Also, when moving the arm to the position we need it to be in, the arm should lock in place.

3.      Wall mount track to allow for extendable arm to be moved vertically so extendable arm can be moved lower when in use and higher when not in use.

4.      The tray should be foldable upwards, downwards and be lockable so that the tray can be placed tightly against the wall.

5.      The wall mount tray should support the weight of objects such as a keyboard for weights up to 15 kg.

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Robbie
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Thanks for your recommendations.

Your recommended solutions are correct in what we are looking for the Wall mount to do.

Something like this is what we are looking for as recommended by Blue Street Tech:
https://www.ergotron.com/en-gb/products/product-details/productid/207#/

The one thing that is missing from this is that it needs to support the capacity of a minimum of 10kg.

Is there anything on the market like this?

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Robbie
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Hi everyone,

Thank you for your interest in my question.

I am sorry for the vagueness in my question that I posted.

Jackie Man is correct is his assumption that it may be for a Microsoft Surface Studio.

I had been looking to wall mount a Microsoft Surface Studio in a small room which does not have too much space.

Tech specifications for Microsoft Surface Studio:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/d/surface-studio/8prjdgf4dxft/3024?activetab=pivot:techspecstab

It will not always be used so will need to be kept out of the way, mounted up on the wall via a wall mount.

I have been searching for wall mount adjustable keyboard trays with an extendable arm as the Microsoft Surface Studio is not VESA mountable.

Most companies, even Ergotron, have said that they have no mounts to support the Microsoft Surface Studio.

Our plan is to have the Microsoft Surface Studio attached to a wall mount adjustable keyboard trays with an extendable arm with something like this attached to the base of the Microsoft Surface Studio:

https://www.maclocks.com/surface-studio-mount-surface-studio-secure-mount-surface-studio-lock.html

In our training room, which sometimes gets reconfigured with no tables for an open space, we are looking to get wall mounts that will allow this Display which has a PC built to do the following:

1.       Sit very tightly against the wall when it is not in use. Out of the way so that when the room is full of people, people will be less likely to brush against it. Also the training room is small, so the flatter it fits everything against the wall the better. Also, the small PC in the mount should be tillable so that it can be tilted downwards to sit better against wall.
 
2.       When using it, we need to be able to pull it out from the wall, and have the ability to pull it downwards adjustable to the height we want. For example, it will need to appear as if it is sitting on a table where a person is using it as their work desk PC.

3.       We will have a wireless keyboard and mouse on a table. They will be used when the Microsoft Surface Studio is pulled out from the wall. The mount only needs to support the Microsoft Surface Studio.

I have attached a drawing of what the layout for the Microsoft Surface Studio mounted with a wall mount adjustable keyboard tray with an extendable arm via its PC base has been planned to look like.

I appreciate your interest with this and hope you can help me with a solution.

Thanks,
Robbie
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Hi Jackie Man and Blue Street Tech,

Thank you for your feedback.

I had not mentioned Microsoft Surface Studio because:

1. I have already posted a question asking for recommendations for a wall mount to use for Microsoft Surface Studio where I have not received much solutions.
2. After finding out that the Microsoft Surface Studio is not VESA mountable, we concluded that a good wall mount adjustable keyboard tray with an extendable arm that supports 10kg would be a suitable solution. To avoid confusion I had not mentioned the Surface Studio but I see now that it did not make things clear enough.
3. There does not seem to be any mount that supports the Microsoft Surface Studio so I wanted to prevent the response of people mentioning that there was no support.

We plan to mount the base of the Surface Studio to the Wall mount.

I have still to find a suitable wall mount for this Surface Studio, be it a Vesa like wall mount, keyboard tray, we would like to have the Surface Studio mounted to a wall so it is not in the way when not in use.

Is there any other recommendations?

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Robbie
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Hi Jackie Man,

No we have not purchased the Surface Studio yet.

We had planned to order it today.

Is the Surface Hub similar to the Surface Studio?

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Robbie
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Hi Jackie Man,

The Surface Studio will be a used as a workstation as well as for tasks such as interactive presentations.

When the Surface Studio is used, it should be able to facilitate the person using it whether it is for:

- Creating documents or spreadsheets with Microsoft office
- Browsing the web
- Interactive presentations
- Skype meetings

We require the mount for occasions when the Surface Studio is not used and needs to be secured.

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Robbie
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Thanks Blue Street Tech for your suggestion.

I contacted Surface Enclosures and they said they do not have any wall mounts to support the Microsoft Surface Studio.

Would non-vesa mounts be something that could work with the Microsoft Surface Studio?
https://www.google.ie/search?q=non+vesa+mounts&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6j-zHl8PXAhXhD8AKHdw5DDUQ_AUICigB&biw=1280&bih=918#imgrc=x7RYFJHmwTnOfM:

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Robbie
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