Clamp-on seems very unwise to me for some reason. Can't imagine what. ;)
FWIW, I've used clamp-on monitor arms for _years_ with big nasty heavy CRT's. I've never had a problem with them spontaneously un-clamping or letting go or what have you. I can't imagine that holding up a 15 lb LCD would prove to be much of an engineering challenge since handling CRT's has been handled. I have one in my shop right now. I've moved the desk it's on repeatedly and it's hasn't complained.
The desired effect is to have the LCD on top of the device, but much lower
(ie, hanging off the front of it) so that the screen is at a comfortable
viewing height. That's non-trivial with an arm that has lots of flexible
bits as these do, especially since the LCD arm must not interfere with the
sliding table at the bottom of the device.
Depending on where you have it situated and how mobile you need the whole unit to be, mounting a longer arm to the wall behind/above the device may be easier. As a temporary solution I once screwed a block of wood to a wall to provide a clamping-point for one of the previously mentioned CRT monitor arms, as there were no bolt-to-the-wall style arms available at the time. That temporary solution worked well enough it was still in place when I left the company 6 months later. For all I know, it's still there today.
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-Quentin Hartman-
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