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| Topic Started: Oct 11 2008, 03:51 PM (4,174 Views) | |
 Beej
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Oct 11 2008, 03:51 PM Post #1 |
Oi Gaffer
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Stand Up - Sit Down Desk Link This is something that really does interest me. I was talking to someone a few years ago about standing at a desk to work and he said, in the USA you could already buy one. At that time I had never heard of it before but now, with my health being number 1 priority due to my back and neck problems, this is incredibly important. I have spent almost every day from 8:30 - midnight or 1am at the PC for the last 3 weeks solid working on the website, I am feeling it today. Also, when I am airbrushing, I much prefer to work standing too. What are your thoughts? 
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| jeff66 | Oct 11 2008, 04:23 PM Post #2 |
I "fink" Therefore I am!
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My thought are.... Bit pricey for an adjustable table. |
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Beej
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Oct 11 2008, 04:26 PM Post #3 |
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I have to agree bud! But the principal is great. If you fancied standing after a couple of hrs sitting, just flick a switch! I like that. If anyone wants to make me one - let me know how much then if it'll be cheaper than this baby!
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Oct 11 2008, 04:37 PM Post #4 |
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Hehe, I was just thinking tho - would be a lot cheaper to get the desk built in MDF at a standing height and then . . . buy a bar stool!  :lol:
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| Rocky | Oct 11 2008, 06:00 PM Post #5 |
 
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You know what's funny Beej, I was at a Flea Market, or swap meet, market place, so many names, there's a office dealer there that sells new stuff, and he had one that had a foot switch on the legs. You press it down twice and raises up, you press and hold down to lower, I guess some kinda of hydrolic pump, but it seemed pretty smooth, he was selling that one for $149. But the thing is, I'm 6'1'', the table raised a little higher than my "Texas Lovehammer" if you know what I mean!! (not that high)  I think there were called global industrial???? They had one for an office and one for a workshop. Just an idea, but if you feel like you need to be spoiled, then get the fancy electric one. |
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| jeff66 | Oct 11 2008, 06:14 PM Post #6 |
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I "fink" Therefore I am!
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I used one when I done my Maya course...... It was a lot easier to use than the software :wacko: |
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| Guns | Oct 12 2008, 11:23 AM Post #7 |
Usque ad mortem Bibendum
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Beej, find yourself a desk yu like and can work on sitting then let me know how much travel you want it to have (how much to raise by) and I can fit a pair of linear motors to raise it electrically for you mate. I did a similar thing for a mate a few weeks ago who wanted his 60" plasma screen to rise up out of it's cabinet so I rigged a couple of linear motors with pulleys and made a frame for the TV that had ancor points for steel cables and pullesy then roped it like a hydraulic lift 2:1 to make shifting the weight easier. Now his TV hides in it's box until he needs it, one click of the remote and up it comes 
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| devans | Oct 12 2008, 07:43 PM Post #8 |
DALLAS EVO
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COOL Guns. bar stool sounds a good idea mate (surely that would be piss easy to make)
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| Artspray | Oct 14 2008, 02:53 PM Post #9 |
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it sounds like you need a Craftmatic bed m8 i got a nice height adjustable rotating round dispaly stand from a charity shop last week if you look on the vespa WIP it is what i am useing to paint the parts on i just spin the shell around rather than constantly walking around and tangling up the airline i actualy thought it was thier dispaly stand but the lady said no its for sale £15 takes a bit of a push to get down but its soft action raise is great Paul |
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| Artspray | Oct 14 2008, 03:12 PM Post #10 |
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talking about ergonomices it looks like a can thread the paint gally on a micron head unit and screw it on the conopois  without doing anything to the conopois now thats a lovely hybrid thought |
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