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My DIY ergonomic travel workstation with aluminum and magnets

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Re: My DIY ergonomic travel workstation with aluminum and magnets

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Post by guidoism »

ianthehenry wrote: post #12

Oh I love this! Doubling as a carrying case is a great idea. I like the flat-pack assembly with the spacers parts. What's the weight of the full assembly like? I did something similar to this last year, but without the travel goal (just trying to get myself to move around and work outside more). Instead of mating the keyboard to the base, I attached some larger magnets to the bottom of the keyboard by setting them in…

Is that leather on top of the plate? I bought a piece of leather to try that out for mine too.

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Post by 1-more »

reacharavindh wrote: post #14
seltzered_ wrote: post #9

FYI, I curate setups like these on https://reddit.com/r/ergomobilecomputers

I use to be able to read Reddit links on my phone browser, now they simply it a useless banner preventing me from being able to even read the thing unless I download their tracker. Now, I need to train my brain to never click on Reddit links when reading HN on phone :-(

If you use nice third party app Apollo you get a share sheet action to "open this link in Apollo" which skips their ads and tracking and what have you.

Re: My DIY ergonomic travel workstation with aluminum and magnets

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Post by mgarfias »

gboss wrote: post #11
mgarfias wrote: post #3

Omg thank you. Having some massive pain in my shoulder (when externally rotating my arm), and I think it’s due to moving my arm out to get the trackpad/mouse. I’m going to try this keyboard setup deal with the track pad in the center.

I think the best thing you can do is resistance training exercise. Also going from a wide keyboard (full size Apple keyboard with number pad) to a narrow keyboard (narrow Apple Keyboard no number pad) worked for me. For a while I was doing the exercise in the video below and it helped me but I think just regular weight training can do wonders. I mostly just do shoulder, back, arms, and chest exercises and still haven…

Yeah, lots of lifting in my life (3d/wk), and we do hit shoulders a lot. Problem is lots of impingement during some motions. And its been getting worse, not better.

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Post by trishume »

ianthehenry wrote: post #12

Oh I love this! Doubling as a carrying case is a great idea. I like the flat-pack assembly with the spacers parts. What's the weight of the full assembly like? I did something similar to this last year, but without the travel goal (just trying to get myself to move around and work outside more). Instead of mating the keyboard to the base, I attached some larger magnets to the bottom of the keyboard by setting them in…

Oooh nice! Your Kyria posts are actually where I first learned about how awesome and cheap SendCutSend is, and got some of the inspiration for the magnets.

I actually ordered a plain steel plate first, but I realized that given that I needed them in a different position to travel compactly than the wide position I like for typing, I wanted them to snap in consistent positions so it wasn't finicky to line up exactly how I liked them.

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Post by thakoppno »

harryvederci wrote: post #37
rkwasny wrote: post #19

Anyone knows where to buy a ready-made low profile split keyboard like this?

I use two thinkpad keyboards and use one with each hand: https://willfennel.com/posts/2022/10/26/cheap-ergonomic-keyb...

Does that require any oddness when it comes to modifier keys like shift, ctl, cmd?

I experimented with double keyboards and thought it required the modifier key to be used on the same keyboard as the other keystroke, which basically raised the bar too high for me.

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Post by tsomctl »

waltbosz wrote: post #51

This reminds me of a portable dual monitor setup that I tried to build. I used PVC pipe fittings and USB monitors. The most difficult part for me was getting the screw holes lined up for VESA mount. I didn't have access to a 3D printer, so I was just cutting wood panel and drilling holes by hand. Also PVC was too unwieldy. Making the necessary hinge joints was hard because of how much space the pipe took up. Hmm, now…

> The most difficult part for me was getting the screw holes lined up for VESA mount.

Use a blind hole transfer punch. You can make your own with the right sized bolt and a grinder.

https://www.amazon.com/TTC-Blind-Hole-Spotter-Diameter/dp/B0...

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Post by harryvederci »

thakoppno wrote: post #65
harryvederci wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use two thinkpad keyboards and use one with each hand: https://willfennel.com/posts/2022/10/26/cheap-ergonomic-keyb...

Does that require any oddness when it comes to modifier keys like shift, ctl, cmd? I experimented with double keyboards and thought it required the modifier key to be used on the same keyboard as the other keystroke, which basically raised the bar too high for me.

I expected those kinds of issues, but it actually works well!

So I can just do left-shift on the left keyboard, any right-side letter on the right keyboard, and it will be uppercase. Same with ctrl/alt, etc.

I can't promise you won't run into something that doesn't work, but I haven't found such a thing. On macOS my Karabiner keybindings also work without needing modifications to the config or whatever.

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Post by Hel5inki »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #24
reacharavindh wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use to be able to read Reddit links on my phone browser, now they simply it a useless banner preventing me from being able to even read the thing unless I download their tracker. Now, I need to train my brain to never click on Reddit links when reading HN on phone :-(

The Apollo app is great, unfortunately it involves installing an app and a Safari plugin that still can't open up Reddit pages in the app directly.

Not sure what’s wrong with your setup but this has worked pleasantly well for me for quite some time now

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Post by alias_neo »

robjan wrote: post #52
alias_neo wrote: post #39

I immediately recognised the stand as the Roost [0] because I have one, but OP links to Amazon with a different name. Was Roost ripped off or do they simply white label this? [0] https://www.therooststand.com/

Pretty sure the NextStand is a whitelabel product inspired by Roost. You can also buy them from TaoBao for a couple of dollars or AliExpress for around US$15 in the 11.11 sale [0]. Disclaimer: I haven't bought this particular listing, but am happy with my TaoBao one. [0]: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001234630469.html

That's quite a price difference, I have the first gen Roost and I paid £60-70 if memory serves.

The new Roost v3 looks sturdier while the Nextstand looks like my OG Roost, which I note they've now discontinued looking at their site.

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