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howsitwork?:
OK Ade
so whats the radio control unit for that's hiding behind the lathe back in photos? Been indulging in a few new toys while you're away???
Regards Ian
MetalMagus:
Some drawer slides and a cheap bottle jack arrangement under the desk might give you the adjustment you need.
We have the electric rise and fall desks at work and they are mega-bucks for what they need to do.
Cheers
Sean
--- Quote from: AdeV on June 15, 2017, 05:31:58 PM ---Decision time approaches.... I am putting a load of old kitchen worktop (rather nice worktop as it happens) along the back and side wall, from where the fridge is, around the corner and away towards the pool table. This worktop will mainly be for playing with electronics, (dis)assembling smaller things, and so on.
I had planned to set it at the right height so I could stand and work at it without having to bend over, which puts it around 3 1/2 feet off the ground. But now I'm wondering... do I really want to be standing up all the time I'm soldering, etc.? Good for the fitness. Not so good for the old achy back...
What do people think? Set the bench at standing height & maybe have to buy some bar stools to sit down to work? Or set it at around desk height (maybe a squeak higher, just because I'm long in the back) and sit at it to work?
Of course, the ultimate solution would be to make it adjustable on the fly... I've seen desks in police stations like that, press a button & up it goes, another button and it comes back down again. Very swish... very expensive... and with a machine shop just down stairs, doable on a shoestring I reckon :coffee:
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AdeV:
--- Quote from: howsitwork? on June 19, 2017, 05:10:22 PM ---
so whats the radio control unit for that's hiding behind the lathe back in photos? Been indulging in a few new toys while you're away???
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Hehe - actually, no, it's part of a job lot of knackered radios I bought on eBay a while back. One of my many many projects is to build a drone... I won't say too much about it yet, as I'm hoping it'll be a world first (or first documented anyway) - novelty factor rather than anything particularly clever or innovative. The reason I got broken radios is I intend to use an Arduino and digital comms to run it; rather than build the case from scratch, it seemed easier to use an old one.
--- Quote from: MetalMagus on June 20, 2017, 07:22:04 AM ---Some drawer slides and a cheap bottle jack arrangement under the desk might give you the adjustment you need.
We have the electric rise and fall desks at work and they are mega-bucks for what they need to do.
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There's no way I'd buy rise and fall desks, as you say they cost an arm and a leg. I'm off to find the back of an envelope now to sketch on, I've got a couple of ideas for a mechanism which would be nice and cheap, and rewarding to build :smart: :coffee: The bottle jack idea is a good standby, jacking 3 or 4 of them simultaneously might be a bit of a challenge though!
PekkaNF:
Oddly here used office fourniture is cheap. Very presentable (sold to offices) recycled mehanical tables are are about 200€ and electrivcal ones 400€, if they come too tatty for offie, they sell about 50-100€ and still would be nicer than any work table I have home.
Check the second hand market. They are very nice to work with...only downside is that you really can't pile stuff under or over them....and you learn to route computer cables :doh:
Pekka
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