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Jerk McJerkface posted:I just bought this desk from Monoprice: That sounds comparable to the workbench for comparisons sake. It comes with casters and nylon feet as well. The Monoprice one does let you choose a different top, and gets rid of the cross bar that could be annoying (I like it as a foot rest).
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Jerk McJerkface posted:I just bought this desk from Monoprice: The Husky workbench goes down a couple inches lower than this Monoprice desk, which is actually a feature I was looking for rather than a higher upper end. This would have been an easy second choice for me, though.
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I found these to be really helpful to make a DIY bar height desk: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030T1BRE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Apr 28, 2020 15:42
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Withnail posted:I found these to be really helpful to make a DIY bar height desk: That's pretty nice, but you only get the brackets. By the time you buy lumber, you'll be close to just getting the monoprice manual desk and getting a desktop from Ikea as-is.
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Lawnie posted:Hi folks, just wondering what the goon opinion on the many various manual (crank or pneumatic) and electric sit-to-stand desks that are available? I'm looking for something at least 54 inches wide, with a minimum height of 28.5 inches. I'm not concerned about the maximum height, it's much easier to raise a keyboard a few more inches than to lower it the extra inch or half an inch I have found I need below a standard 30 inch high desk. When I was shopping for a standing desk, I didn't have too many options because I had to ship to Hawaii (and wanted a desk in white). I got this one off Amazon for $230 when it was in stock with free Prime shipping for a 70 lb package to Hawaii. Minimum height 28". The top comes in two pieces but it's pretty sturdy. I also sat on the table to test it and the motor is able to move 150 lbs up and down, no issues. It would also be trivial to replace the top with butcher block or something larger since the top just screws to the legs in several places. 100% recommended.
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Apr 28, 2020 20:43
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Withnail posted:I found these to be really helpful to make a DIY bar height desk: ooh, i'm bookmarking this for when I redo my garage.
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Apr 28, 2020 21:09
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I went with the Husky 62 in. adjustable table. I'm really impressed with the quality of the top. The protector for the cross-rod was slightly bent, but I was able to bang it into place despite the slight warping. All in all I'm extremely happy with this for ~$300 brought to my doorstep. 
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Apr 28, 2020 23:33
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Lawnie posted:I went with the Husky 62 in. adjustable table. I'm really impressed with the quality of the top. The protector for the cross-rod was slightly bent, but I was able to bang it into place despite the slight warping. All in all I'm extremely happy with this for ~$300 brought to my doorstep. Uhhhhh I wandered into this thread looking for ideas for a new desk in my new place and I'm going to do this because although I briefly looked at this work bench before, I didn't realize that one, the cross bar can be installed in the rear and two, the wheels are optional and there's leveling feet included which means I can leave the wheels out since it would live on a bedroom carpet.... Yeah...I'm going to do this. 8-bit Miniboss fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Apr 29, 2020 |
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Apr 29, 2020 03:39
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Uhhhhh I wandered into this thread looking for ideas for a new desk in my new place and I'm going to do this because although I briefly looked at this work bench before, I didn't realize that one, the cross bar can be installed in the rear and two, the wheels attach into leveling feet which means I can leave those off since it would live on a bedroom carpet.... It even comes with the leveling feet already attached!
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Apr 29, 2020 05:06
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Many thanks to all the goons who helped me build my PC and pick my parts.
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meta² posted:Many thanks to all the goons who helped me build my PC and pick my parts. Tell me more about your Braun clock. That is a Braun clock, right?
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May 4, 2020 16:01
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meta² posted:Many thanks to all the goons who helped me build my PC and pick my parts. Nice, have saved your partpicker list for my next PC build.
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May 4, 2020 16:13
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Ok Comboomer posted:Tell me more about your Braun clock. That is a Braun clock, right? There was an era in time when Helvetica flip clocks were pretty common. I have seen some vintage one's in Spanish, French, and English. Mine come's from Karlsson https://www.amazon.com/Present-Time-Karlsson-Calendar-Clock/dp/B000OC09AU They have a few cheaper alternatives that look nice. The quality isn't mind blowing, but you are never that up close and personal with a clock anyways.
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May 4, 2020 16:14
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meta² posted:Many thanks to all the goons who helped me build my PC and pick my parts. What's that you put your headset on? A table lamp?
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May 4, 2020 16:37
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isndl posted:What's that you put your headset on? A table lamp? It's on my small table lamp. From this company: https://www.gantri.com/products/10058/word-table-light-by-dims.?c=snow&s=sm
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May 4, 2020 17:38
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meta² posted:Many thanks to all the goons who helped me build my PC and pick my parts. Looks great! What monitor and keyboard you got there?
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May 4, 2020 17:40
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that kb doesn't seem to have arrow keys
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May 4, 2020 17:57
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bobmarleysghost posted:that kb doesn't seem to have arrow keys Looks like a possible ducky mini, or something similiar. I worked with a dude that had a mini, with blank keycaps. Our company had a complex password requirement that required a couple special characters, and since on that keyboard getting a & or a $ required fn + shift + number key it was easy for him to mistype. He ended up getting locked up almost every week.  here it is in blank keys: 
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May 4, 2020 19:17
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i'm glad i don't hate myself enough to get a blank key/no arrow keys kb
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May 4, 2020 19:21
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But just think about the aesthetics!!
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May 4, 2020 19:36
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Monitor is LG 27UL850-W 27. Kinda wish it had a rectangular base. The keyboard is a Anne II Pro. The layout serves a purpose: - I only use this PC for gaming. I don’t need a numpad or arrow keys to play. - Having a shorter keyboard lets me keep my hands closer together when playing, gives me more comfortable ergonomics. When I am working, I plug in my MacBook Pro through usb-c and switch to my Apple Magic Keyboard hidden in my desk.
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May 4, 2020 19:53
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Well that makes sense then.
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May 4, 2020 20:04
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meta² posted:- I only use this PC for gaming. I don’t need a numpad or arrow keys to play. uh how do you play commander keen and duke nukem then
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meta² posted:- I only use this PC for gaming. I don’t need a numpad or arrow keys to play. Talk about a comment that’s like laboratory-made to trigger a certain subset of PC gamers
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May 5, 2020 03:20
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That is a seriously nice mITX case. Makes me want to go back to mITX next build.
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Ok Comboomer posted:Talk about a comment that’s like laboratory-made to trigger a certain subset of PC gamers Not to derail too much, but I'm curious what games you're talking about. First thing I thought of was roguelikes but almost every one of those has vim-like controls.
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CRAYON posted:Not to derail too much, but I'm curious what games you're talking about. First thing I thought of was roguelikes but almost every one of those has vim-like controls. I mean, you don’t lose WASD— but a lot of people prefer arrows. And number keys often get mapped to different things. Gaming notebooks often have a history of being lauded for including 10-key, but that might be because those tend to be 17”.
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May 5, 2020 18:24
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Ok Comboomer posted:I mean, you don’t lose WASD— but a lot of people prefer arrows. Who are these people exactly? Aside from fringe groups of vintage gaming enthusiasts who exactly is using the arrows or numpad in a video game?
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May 6, 2020 04:07
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Deviant posted:ooh, i'm bookmarking this for when I redo my garage. One other option for a garage workbench is: https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-shop-table-kit-unpainted-bare-steel.html I bought the bracket kit and then realized the workbench was built in, so the sellers certainly weren't taking it. It'll get used eventually, but it's pretty beefy.
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The Lord Bude posted:Who are these people exactly? Me when I've got my feet kicked up onto a footrest to my right watching something on my 2nd screen to my right (basically my left side is nearly parallel with the desk) while I scroll around my Cities: Skylines Cityscape with my left hand on the arrow keys.
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Rudager posted:Me when I've got my feet kicked up onto a footrest to my right watching something on my 2nd screen to my right (basically my left side is nearly parallel with the desk) while I scroll around my Cities: Skylines Cityscape with my left hand on the arrow keys. Wait, what? I’m trying to picture this and all I see is somebody either splayed out in front of a desk sideways and/or like one of the pilot’s chairs from the ships in the Matrix. Like a dentist’s chair surrounded by displays.
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Ok Comboomer posted:Wait, what? I’m trying to picture this and all I see is somebody either splayed out in front of a desk sideways and/or like one of the pilot’s chairs from the ships in the Matrix. Like a dentist’s chair surrounded by displays. Probably about as elegant as that sounds, yes.
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The Lord Bude posted:Who are these people exactly? Hi it's me, I'm the weirdo that uses a mouse in my left hand and arrow keys to move. I remap everything to be clustered around that area. Use is always right shift, crouch is right control, reload is numpad 2. I've done this for over a decade and no one will stop me
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Numpad makes a pretty good set of keys for extra bindings without having to shell out for a keyboard with dedicated macro keys. At some point I realized most games support closing text boxes with keypad enter so I can hammer out short phrases and have my hands back in position faster (can hit kp_enter with right thumb without lifting my hand off the mouse).
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May 6, 2020 09:40
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meta² posted:Many thanks to all the goons who helped me build my PC and pick my parts.
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Xabi posted:What kind of computer case is that? I couldn’t find your parts post unfortunately. Yeah I know it looks like a drum or vase or something, pretty cool.
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May 6, 2020 15:57
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looks beefy and sturdy, i like it
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The Lord Bude posted:Who are these people exactly? People who have been stuck on arrow keys since early 2000's. Also, numpads are widely used as binds for other things in game (I use a numpad for CSGO buy binds). I have a small keyboard with a side numpad for this, since I'm not always playing CSGO, though.
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Xabi posted:What kind of computer case is that? I couldn’t find your parts post unfortunately. It's this: https://streacom.com/products/da2-chassis/ Never saw it before that post and now I really want one.
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From a left handed mouse perspective the number pad makes a pretty good place for wasd like keys. Thumb can use 0 key for spacebar/jump. Pinky has access to enter key and plus key, etc etc.
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