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If I'm doing that thing where I make a desk from two file cabinets and a random slab will a piece of that triple plywood from home depot be sturdy enough? My monitor weighs like 50 pounds and if this thing starts drooping from the weight I'll kill myself
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Jun 11, 2014 19:08
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The whole thing will be 3' x 4', not that big. The stuff I was planning on getting was the 3/4" stuff, they come in 4' x 8' sections so I could double that up to an inch and a half. I guess I could also put my monitor on the part that's directly on top of the cabinet too so it's not trying as hard as it can to split it in half.
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Jun 11, 2014 20:51
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I ended up getting a 4' x 8' piece of 3/4" hard oak plywood and trimming it down to two 30" x 48" pieces, not sure whether I want to sand and paint both to make it twice as thick or make two separate ones or what. This stuff seems at least as sturdy as the cheap whatever-core stuff my other desk is made from and the dude there claimed it was thick enough to stand on. I've also still got two 1.5' x 4' scraps I can do something with if I'm ever feeling motivated enough. Thank god they cut it there or else I never would have been able to get it home with my tiny rear end car.
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Jun 12, 2014 01:52
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Not an Anthem posted:http://www.woodbin.com/calcs/sagulator.htm Thanks, I'm at 1/10 of the maximum reasonable sag, so I should be good. With the width of the filing cabinet and the other piece of furniture I used as legs (an end table style TV stand) there's only actually a foot and a half of floating space, so it should all be good, I'll be finally assembling it all tonight.
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Jul 26, 2014 19:27
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Thanks for all the assistance, things turned out pretty good; the 'legs' are kinda mismatched but oh well  I painted the desktop to match my 3DS
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Jul 31, 2014 21:16
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benisntfunny posted:That thing is only about 15 years old. Yep, made in 2000. I don't remember how much it was at the time, but it must've been a ton because it runs 1600x1200 @ 60 hz or 1024x768 @ 100 hz (what I have it currently set to, counter strike playa  ) and the included JBL speakers are pretty good. Also, it didn't take me a month to build, I had to put it on pause after getting the wood because I had a costume to finish for an anime convention earlier this month.
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Jul 31, 2014 23:19
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Coxswain Balls posted:That was the monitor I had on my first personal computer, so 2000 sounds about right. 15yo me thought those speakers were pretty sweet. Hell yeah dude, matching white and purple Compaq Presario, AMD Athlon and 128 mb of RAM  dev null posted:What the actual gently caress. Is this real? 
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Jul 31, 2014 23:50
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GokieKS posted:Jesus. If it was like a FW900 or something I can at least kind of understand, but this is kind of mind boggling. How come? You get the option between high res and high refresh, it's pretty big (19" screen, 18.5" viewable). I don't really see the downsides. Electric Bugaloo posted:So...I....uh...I notice you're running OS X there. Oh, it's just connected to a regular 'ol PC. I've got windows and mountain lion to use with my 'free' adobe CS6.  Daktari posted:Was sure he was trolling until; Like, you thought I was using some random pic off google?  1gnoirents posted:god dammit i cant do it, whats up with the ponies and cheez its man Uh... Cheez-it's are good??? Not really sure what's weird about that. And don't mind my uni-corner, I just wanted something a little more colorful in my field of vision when I'm working on stuff  Plus, the colors match my desktop background.The Milkman posted:Nice setup. Thanks!
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Aug 1, 2014 18:02
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Hughmoris posted:What flavor are those packets? They're all shrimp; I'm a pescatarian so I can't have the chicken or beef flavor. spunkshui posted:You could probably get a better monitor at a good will, or any dumpster near a college dorm. Heh, yeah right, a 6" deep hp 'flatscreen' from '07 can match the black levels of a crt 
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Aug 2, 2014 21:04
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Hey guys! My living situation is a bit weird right now, but it's actually kind of cozy and relaxing so I thought I'd share. -_- it's a good thing my flash can illuminate the whole room, it doesn't really get much light in here.   And I get a pretty nice view from this window right here! I'm next to an old brewery or something.   There's not a lot of space, but it'll be changing soon enough.
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Mar 18, 2015 07:39
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Thanks to some moving and some help from relatives, I've got a decent little furniture set nowadays! Desk set and chair are Ikea.  
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Oct 13, 2015 03:13
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Humerus posted:
If you get a good arm and not a piece of poo poo you won't need extra width. My crappy monoprice arm requires extra wood blocks to be at all stable but my nice rebranded ergotron was totally stable on my 3/4 inch plywood desk. Also using one of those cheapass Lack end tables for the PC is the best way to do it, it's such a pleasing height to have it at for some reason
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Sep 23, 2016 04:49
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also when I tried clamping the monoprice mount onto my particleboard ikea desktop the force was all directed in one spot and tried to punch a hole through it so I had to stick a hard clear piece of plastic undre the top part, also droops forward a lot because my monitor is so heavy. Just don't loving buy the monoprice arm it sucks
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Sep 23, 2016 05:09
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Thanks for the quick reply Humerus posted:That's what I have now I mean it might be fine if you have a very light monitor and a very thick, solid desk but I don't have either of those so it causes issues. I got my LX knockoff bundled with my tablet monitor for really cheap but this amazon branded thing looks exactly the same as it and the regular ergotrons do and seems to be well reviewed. Having the bigger base part that clamps onto the desk felt like it made the biggest difference for stability https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics...ron+monitor+arm
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Sep 24, 2016 15:51
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Light Gun Man posted:How to go chair shopping: I got my steelcase 451 at a thrift store in the ghetto for $5
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Oct 10, 2016 00:07
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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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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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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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Jan 4, 2017 19:14
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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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Jan 5, 2017 03:32
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'Have the window to your side' so it doesn't glare on your monitor and you're not staring directly into the sun, then you won't need blackout curtains and nullify the point of having a window
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Jun 26, 2017 14:17
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buy the perixx dx2000 instead
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Jul 27, 2017 05:15
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The chair I recently bought is too tall for my desk legs and now I need a new desk so if that's a situation you may fall into I would consider it kinda important
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Sep 7, 2018 01:54
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Same but from some local office furniture warehouse
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Sep 8, 2018 03:57
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I dunno either I have a desk raised up pretty tall and I use a steel case drafting stool style chair, it's got that steel ring on the bottom so you don't feel like you're dangling from a tree
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Dec 14, 2020 03:02
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Ok Comboomer posted:Deadmau5 is tacky but I don’t think he’s “Illuminati themed PC” tacky He has a Ferrari with nyancat painted on it
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Dec 26, 2020 21:59
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SamDabbers posted:I'm a goony computer toucher and have been spending the majority of my waking hours in front of a screen for the past 20 years for both work and recreation. I've invested in a sit/stand desk and my employer let me borrow the Steelcase Amia I was using in the office when they sent us all to 100% WFH. Treadmill desks make me very nervous cause I’ve heard bad things about the strain it puts on your shoulders/arms doing extra work stabilizing themselves enough to type or click on stuff accurately while walking. Probably great if you spend more time reading things or on calls though Also do people have recommendations for keyboard wrist wrests that aren’t the garbo $12 Kensington ones? Mine is slowly ripping open on the front seem and the foam is exploding out like a tube of biscuits. If there’s like a red bubbleesque place with lots of different designs that would be great
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Jan 1, 2021 21:36
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abraham linksys posted:if you're okay with something boring, my Grifiti pad had served me well for four or so years now (the top fabric is ripping off at the edge, but I could probably glue it down or something if I were less lazy): https://grifiti.com/collections/fat-wrist-pads Cool I like the big fat rectangle look, and they actually have sizes small enough to match my little keyboard
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Jan 2, 2021 10:11
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It is funny to imagine a 50" tv having just a Spotify window displayed on it all day
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Sep 11, 2021 06:53
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