I was using a store bought monitor stand that only raised my monitors by 4”. That was definitely not enough lift for me. I decided to make my own and experiment with kerf bending at the same time as I had seen some good pieces show up on r/woodworking. Menard’s had some random hardwood in stock that was actually straight and so a 1”x12” piece of poplar came home. I decided to space the cuts 1/2″ apart on center and leaving about 1/8” of wood.
I laid out the cuts and then used my circular saw along with a board for a guide. I was going for somewhere around 75 to 80 degrees since I felt that would cover any mistakes better than a full 90 degrees.
After cutting I brought it to the basement and used my bar clamps to gently bend it into position after filling each kerf cut with glue.
I let it sit overnight in the clamps and then very slowly removed them. There was quite a bit of excess glue so I sanded for what felt like hours. For the finish I decided to go with a wipe on poly.
It works great. Originally it was about 4” taller, but that was giving me a sore neck. A quick trip to the saw and that was taken care of.