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A Desk That Allows You to Stand or Sit

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Re: A Desk That Allows You to Stand or Sit

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chaostheory wrote: post #84
healsdata wrote: post #65

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How does the adjusting work on this desk? Can you do it while your keyboard/monitor is on the desk surface or do you need to take everything off? Are their tools required or just something like latches?

You need to take everything off and use an allen key; it also requires two people unless you come up with a clever way to go about it.

Could the allen head screw could be replaced with a simple pin for locking the height? If so, then a bit of clever counterweight arrangement would take care of neutralizing the weight of whatever is on the desk, so you just have to push and pull it up and down to adjust the height. Does this seem unfeasible?

Re: A Desk That Allows You to Stand or Sit

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grk wrote: post #88
MikeCapone wrote: post #80

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They are the norm in all kinds of office work in Denmark, or among hackers/the type of people who would read HN? Very cool if they are widespread in all kinds of workplaces. Makes me a little jealous.

I think it has to do with the law requirement that every employee should be able to adjust his/her workplace to be ergonomical. In practice, the only reasonable way to do this is to give everyone height-adjustable desks and chairs. I'd love to see some monitor arms tho.

Dang laws for the benefit of human health and quality of life. Don't they mandating such things cuts into the holy bottom lines?

Re: A Desk That Allows You to Stand or Sit

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paulsmith wrote: post #99
dws wrote: post #86

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A co-worker built his using the GeekDesk frame and a butcher-block table top that he scavenged from somewhere. Quite nice.

Interesting -- I considered looking for salvaged butcher-block but worried it'd be too heavy for the motor to lift. (The docs say the motor is rated for 80 kg max.) Has he had any issues with raising the top? I'd worry about burning out the motor.

It's a 1" thick table top, not the thicker butcher block you often see used in kitchens.

Re: A Desk That Allows You to Stand or Sit

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Post by billybob »

chipsy wrote: post #42
billybob wrote: post #13

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Ha! Brilliant. Is the stool comfy?

I think it's comfy. Sometimes I wish I had gotten a model with armrests, but it's already better than the average office chair just cause I can shift my legs around more.

Yeah. I think that a high desk plus a comfortable stool with arm rests would be perfect, and also cheap. If you really wanted to go crazy, you could probably hack apart an office chair to attach the top to a high stool base.

I think I like this so much because adjusting a whole desk full of stuff, without lots of physical strain and/or jerking around your monitors and such, requires a lot more engineering than a simple desk. Whereas humans are already built to change positions and postures. So which one of these things should do the adjusting?

Thanks for improving this discussion for me. :)

Re: A Desk That Allows You to Stand or Sit

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Post by parbo »

gojomo wrote: post #27
parbo wrote: post #8

Is this newsworthy? Where I work, all desks are motorized. Some even store up to three different heights, for easy access without fiddling to get the right height.

Where do you work (city and industry if you can't share employer)? Despite reading more about motor-adjustable desks the last few years, I've not yet seen one in a workplace.

I work here: http://mecel.se/

I'd say that most Swedish companies have them. Ergonomics is big here.

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