# Negative tilt keyboard heaven **URL:** \ **Category:** My Setup\ **Created:** [June 15, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/negative-tilt-keyboard-heaven/1647 "2018-06-15T18:17:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JDH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@JDH](https://community.keyboard.io/u/JDH)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/negative-tilt-keyboard-heaven/1647/1 "2018-06-15T18:17:40Z")
While I love the design of the included octopus stands, I found that they didn’t meet my standing desk needs for a few reasons: 1. Not extreme enough tilt 2. Hard to get aligned 3. Raised the keyboard so high off my desk that I could not get enough height separation between my monitor and keyboard My solution? What I really wanted was just to raise the back edge of the keyboard without raising the top of the keyboard. I had to be careful not to raise it too much or I would be putting strain on the keyboard’s USB port. After some trial and error, I glued a couple scraps of wood together in a shape that fits the keyboard perfectly and remains solid. If you can see from the pictures, all 4 of the back feet are touching, and the plastic rail is butting up against my mini stand. After a while, I found that I also wanted to give my trackball a little boost to bring it to the same level and pitch. After giving it a quick paint job, I’m loving it. ![IMG_1608](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/keyboard/original/2X/7/75bd6f189e532eaf45259d9cf6e15b41e36edae1.JPG) ![IMG_1610](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/keyboard/original/2X/2/2e390fcebf78f9671e722cf97192b97c621defda.JPG) ![IMG_1612](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/keyboard/original/2X/2/2bdae990c9cdf9643969daa512f7257de2ac6d1d.JPG) ![IMG_1611](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/keyboard/original/2X/0/0c504447c9f5fe6e7f326f7a0eb4c8b403d4d6a0.JPG)