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Just build something using IKEA stuff. You can pretty much customize what you want base on needs. Just google around and look on Pinterest. And yes a monitor arm can hold up 34" Ultrawide monitor, just don't skimp out on the arm. Either go ergotron or the Amazon variant.
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Yeah I saw the higher quality heavy duty ones, guess I'll go that route
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Jan 2, 2017 00:23
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I switched from the cheap monoprice arm to the amazon basics $100 ergotron for my 27" iMac monitor (after the monoprice nearly dumped my monitor on the floor and hosed up my desk) and it's way better, the best part is that the much better/larger clamp works better on the flimsier ikea desks because it spreads the weight out and doesn't punch a loving hole in it.
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Jan 2, 2017 00:42
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Yeah I was looking at that one. Apparently my monitor is 22-23 lbs, says it's good for up to 25. Guess I'll just have to find a fairly sturdy desk
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Jan 2, 2017 00:49
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I just have the cheap linmon tabletop on the cheap adils legs from Ikea and even though it's not that solid it doesn't shake enough to bother me during frantic titanfall murdering or drawing on my other tablet monitor that is mounted to the same desk.
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Jan 2, 2017 01:37
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I got this after years of sagging and wobbly monitor arms and never looked back. http://www.thehumansolution.com/uplift-dual-monitor-arm.html Also I used some liquid nails and attached a piece of solid wood to the underside of my desk when I used an IKEA desk as the inside is cardboard.
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Jan 2, 2017 03:00
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I got an IKEA karlby in walnut and its supposedly pre treated but the finish looks awful. Is it necessary to sand it before treating it or can I just wipe oil over the pretreated wood?
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Jan 2, 2017 07:28
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LUBE UP YOUR BUTT posted:I got an IKEA karlby in walnut and its supposedly pre treated but the finish looks awful. Is it necessary to sand it before treating it or can I just wipe oil over the pretreated wood? From the idea website: quote:Care instructions Seems to indicate you can just slap more oil finish on there.
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Jan 2, 2017 22:11
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LUBE UP YOUR BUTT posted:I got an IKEA karlby in walnut and its supposedly pre treated but the finish looks awful. Is it necessary to sand it before treating it or can I just wipe oil over the pretreated wood? What sort of legs did you pair the Karlby with? I'm thinking about buying a tabletop like the Karlby and putting the largest Bekant frame under it but I'm not a pro Ikea lifehacker.
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Icept posted:What sort of legs did you pair the Karlby with? I'm thinking about buying a tabletop like the Karlby and putting the largest Bekant frame under it but I'm not a pro Ikea lifehacker. I have 5 square brushed finished desk legs. Looks great and you really want that 5th leg.
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Jan 2, 2017 23:55
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Icept posted:What sort of legs did you pair the Karlby with? I'm thinking about buying a tabletop like the Karlby and putting the largest Bekant frame under it but I'm not a pro Ikea lifehacker. You can also use the tower drawers as more sturdier legs!
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Jan 3, 2017 01:27
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Nice, I'll take another look, also found a setup with some Kallax shelves that seems like it would end up at the right height for me (table surface ~80cm off the floor)
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Jan 3, 2017 03:29
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Well my drat $70 office chair has started to sink on me. While I know the best thing for my back is to go find an Aeron on Craigslist I feel like I want a softer comfortable chair for the few hours I am in it at night as opposed to a firm chair that will prevent me from leaning to the side or tucking a leg under my butt as it forces me into perfect posture. Anybody have a Vertagear?
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Jan 3, 2017 23:06
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What's the currently best accepted wide desk setup? Is it still an IKEA Hammarp or a Gladiator butcher block top and legs to suit needs? In the absence of a better suggestion my idea was a Hammarp countertop, filing cabinet as one side legs, and regular legs on the other side. Or the Karlby? It's cheaper, but not solid wood? Will the MDF Support a monitor arm? Currently I have a pair of linnmon tables, but I can't really drill into them for cable management as far as I know? Deviant fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Jan 4, 2017 |
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Jan 4, 2017 18:37
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Deviant posted:What's the currently best accepted wide desk setup? Is it still an IKEA Hammarp or a Gladiator butcher block top and legs to suit needs? There's a YouTube video about how to drill through a linmon without destroying it, by an annoying guy named swashin I'd link it but I am on a phone booth rn
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Wowporn posted:There's a YouTube video about how to drill through a linmon without destroying it, by an annoying guy named swashin I'd link it but I am on a phone booth rn Oh my god you weren't kidding he is annoying. This isn't quite what I wanted though, I was trying to mount a Signum wire rack underneath, and I don't think Linnmon will hold the weight. Deviant fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Jan 4, 2017 |
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Jan 4, 2017 19:15
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ColHannibal posted:Well my drat $70 office chair has started to sink on me. Ergohuman?
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Icept posted:What sort of legs did you pair the Karlby with? I'm thinking about buying a tabletop like the Karlby and putting the largest Bekant frame under it but I'm not a pro Ikea lifehacker. I put an Alex drawer on one side and Olov legs for the other side and middle. If I didn't need drawers the Bekant frame would have been my choice too
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Deviant posted:Oh my god you weren't kidding he is annoying. the ikea by me wasnt gonna have signums for like two months so i just screwed a towel bar i had laying around to the bottom of my linmon and velcrod everything. I think it would be fine with the weight unless your cables are 20 pounds?? As long as you use big enough screws
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Has anyone used to sticky cable clamps that use an adhesive to stick to the bottom of the desk? I'm wondering if those are viable for holding heavy AC cords and power bars and such.
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Jan 8, 2017 19:38
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Just an idea, zip ties and small screws?
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Deviant posted:Oh my god you weren't kidding he is annoying. If you just want the Signum rack, and if you don't want anything too heavy in it, you can literally just screw it into the top. At least, that's what I did, and I have an Ergotron dual-monitor arm thingie on it as well (though with a fifth foot in the centre back). This table has been stable (as stable as you can get a Linnmon-based table to be, anyway) for well over a year now. YMMV though.
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DuckConference posted:Has anyone used to sticky cable clamps that use an adhesive to stick to the bottom of the desk? I'm wondering if those are viable for holding heavy AC cords and power bars and such. I bought a pack off Amazon and they're okay. I wouldn't trust them to hold anything heavy or any cable that gets wiggled around a lot unless it's as light or thin as, say, a mouse cable.
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Obviously I spend most of my computer time not at a desk, but this is how it's set up when I am.
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poppingseagull posted:Minuses: The way I worked around this was by buying a single ultrawide monitor that supports two downstream usb "ports" switching displays also switches usb ports. It's not perfect, but I generally don't have to wait 10 seconds for it to unfuck itself.
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poppingseagull posted:
That is a nice setup. You've inspired me to do a proper cleanup when my new monitor comes in next week. For the DP problem - I have the same dock at work, and it was giving me problems with dual monitors as well. Check that you're getting enough power to it. I had to switch out from the usual power adapter I take with the laptop to a heavy duty more watts one that's literally twice the size and weighs like 8 lbs.
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Antioch posted:That is a nice setup. You've inspired me to do a proper cleanup when my new monitor comes in next week. I have the really bulky power supply hooked up. Not sure the actual specs but I believe it is the 130W version. From what I can gather, it is actually using only one displayport "output" from the laptop and MST to feed both monitors through the dual ports. Thus it is limited to what MST can do. Some laptops that have only discreet graphics can dual proper dual DP out. In my case, I have a dual graphics card setup (intel graphics with nvidia feeding through it), and that means only one proper DP output.
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poppingseagull posted:Wiring underneath:
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beepsandboops posted:Great setup, what are you using underneath the desk to hide the cabling? Looks like a DIY harness from the provided picture.
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It came with the Ikea desk. It's a big help. Wouldn't be hard to DIY with a net and some screws.
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 So basically, I'm gonna shamelessly ape this guy's setup (without the monitor stand) and then add an acoustic tile backsplash. Any other suggestions or something I'm missing?
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Deviant posted:Any other suggestions or something I'm missing?
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TenementFunster posted:get better priorities in your life cool thx for the suggestion no, wait, the opposite of that. gently caress yourself.
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Deviant posted:cool thx for the suggestion 
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Deviant posted:cool thx for the suggestion (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
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TenementFunster posted:lol sorry for suggesting that your planned autism shrine is loving weird, guy somehow we got from "i like this desk idea does anyone have any additional suggestions" in the desk thread to "LOL NICE AUTISM CAVE IDIOT" and i'm still not entirely sure how. so i'm still open to suggestions.
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Deviant posted:somehow we got from Look at his rap sheet in case you didn't know. That's how. Either way, I can't help but find the way the actual tabletop has been mounted to those storage containers rather silly. If it's for height reasons, I'm sure there would be better reasons either on the bottom of those cabinets, or something slightly less tacky on top.
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Hollow Talk posted:Look at his rap sheet in case you didn't know. That's how. They're basically furniture feet, and apparently it was for friction reasons, the top slides on the cabinets without it, and the original designer is pretty tall. I'm not as tall as the designer of this, so I may scrap them and put some of that cabinet non-slip matting in between instead. Basically the design is an Ikea Hammarp counter-top at 98" wide on top of two Alex filing cabinets. Simple, utilitarian, easy to move. i'm very familiar with tenementfunster's body of work Deviant fucked around with this message at 00:56 on Mar 13, 2017 |
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Deviant posted:They're basically furniture feet, and apparently it was for friction reasons, the top slides on the cabinets without it, and the original designer is pretty tall. If this is to be a longterm solution, I'd probably just permanently join tabletop and cabinets (+ whatever is in between) by screwing them together either by screwing into the tabletop from the bottom or by drilling all the way through it. I figure the cabinets are probably one of the most solid bases you can get from Ikea for a non-wobbly table, in which case simply resting one on the other seems counterproductive. You can still unscrew it if you need to transport it and put it back together, plus you get additional stability while you are not moving about. If you categorically want to avoid that, I guess anti-slip mats are a good option.
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