I was actually hoping this was going to be some WFH setup where someone had pushed multiple desks together like that episode of The Office
Megadesk
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Re: Megadesk
#72I use an Ikea Jerker desk as my main desk. I love it.
You can set it to any height you want, adjust the monitor shelf height, and it's so sturdy. For my home office I got two... one for work, and one for gaming.
They cost like $50 when you can find them on Craigslist.
No clue why Ikea stopped making this desk, it's better than anything they have made to date.
Re: Megadesk
#73IKEA has a new standup desk called IDÅSEN: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/idasen-desk-sit-stand-black-dar... It can be controlled via Bluetooth with an app on your mobile. It is a much better option in comparison to Bekant in my opinion. The tabletop on IDÅSEN is much thicker too, making monitor mounts safer to install. If you are on the market for a standup desk with good value, pay $100 more and buy IDÅSEN instead of…
Armin Ronacher also wrote a tool[1] which lets you control this desk with the command line. I wish this desk was available in India! [1] https://github.com/mitsuhiko/idasen-control
Re: Megadesk
#74On a related note, I recently converted my old Ikea desk to a standing desk using a kit off Amazon. Only like $150 to end up with a nice standing desk!
Re: Megadesk
#75I use an Ikea Jerker desk as my main desk. I love it. You can set it to any height you want, adjust the monitor shelf height, and it's so sturdy. For my home office I got two... one for work, and one for gaming. They cost like $50 when you can find them on Craigslist. No clue why Ikea stopped making this desk, it's better than anything they have made to date. https://www.jerkersearcher.com/
I was curious so I looked it up the desk, and surprised, I did have one of those.
Sure you can adjust the height, but once you have your monitor, books and what not, it is a pain to make any adjustments.
It has been in "sitting" position for as long as I can remember.
Re: Megadesk
#76I just realized that I have a problem, where I think "why would I pay $50 for a PCB that I can design and make myself?" and then conclude "therefore nobody would pay". Maybe I should start selling some of the PCBs I made.
Definitely!
- First of all, a PCB that I design and make myself would cost me way more than $50, counting my time
- $50 is nothing for a person with a fulltime job
- I have a family and busy life. Would love to make my own, but just don't have the time for all of that.
Re: Megadesk
#77On a related note, I recently converted my old Ikea desk to a standing desk using a kit off Amazon. Only like $150 to end up with a nice standing desk!
What's such a kit composed of?
Re: Megadesk
#78IKEA has a new standup desk called IDÅSEN: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/idasen-desk-sit-stand-black-dar... It can be controlled via Bluetooth with an app on your mobile. It is a much better option in comparison to Bekant in my opinion. The tabletop on IDÅSEN is much thicker too, making monitor mounts safer to install. If you are on the market for a standup desk with good value, pay $100 more and buy IDÅSEN instead of…
> IKEA has a new standup desk called IDÅSEN: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/idasen-desk-sit-stand-black-dar... […] If you are on the market for a standup desk with good value, pay $100 more and buy IDÅSEN instead of the Berkant desk mentioned in the Tindie campaign.
Given the prices it gets at, why not just go for a non-ikea desk e.g. a basic Jarvis is actually cheaper than that.
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#79I just realized that I have a problem, where I think "why would I pay $50 for a PCB that I can design and make myself?" and then conclude "therefore nobody would pay". Maybe I should start selling some of the PCBs I made.
a) You can design and make it; I can't. I have basic electronics knowledge and that is definitely more advanced than anything I'd get done in a reasonable time. b) Speaking of reasonable time, it'd probably take even you more than $50 in time, material and parts (mostly time) to make this. This doesn't look like the kind of PCB that you'd hand-solder either, bringing us to... c) Making 1000 of something tends to be c…
Part of the costs is that I do assemble these by hand! My right arm is the pick and place machine.
I try to do batches of 25 at once, as any more and I want to smash something. I have an SMT stencil for all the SMT parts, and then put them in the oven.
The pin header is through-hole (will be stronger then SMT header) so it's done by hand.
Then going over everything with a loupe to look for solder paste that hasn't flowed or other issues, programming each one, and then verifying the functionality of each one on my own desk (see the video of the testing process).
All in all, quite a bit of my time, and not yet factored in is the entire logistics (storefront, shipping, customer support)
Unfortunately as it's a small operation, I also can't afford to buy these parts in what would be considered a big quantity - so I'm still paying fairly high costs. The jellybean capacitors and resistors I can order in real bulk (500), but the IC's and voltage regulators are name brand from DigiKey.
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#80I suggest they also program a child lock for the buttons. My son caught his fingers between a chair under the desk and the desk itself while pressing the down button, luckily I jumped in time to help. I've since then moved the controls on top of the desk and at the back.
The IKEA standing desk seems to have a safety key that needs to be plugged in for the desk to move.
Correct, the desk will not move without the key inserted, even with megadesk.