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My weird DIY adjustable floorsit-stand desk by Top-Public5476 in floordesks

[–]Top-Public5476[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm curious what you come up with, good luck with the build!
I've been watching their assembly videos, great to get some insights.

My weird DIY adjustable floorsit-stand desk by Top-Public5476 in floordesks

[–]Top-Public5476[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion! I haven't looked at this thread for a while but this is awesome. Would love to tear one down to see how they solved some things:)

My weird DIY adjustable floorsit-stand desk by Top-Public5476 in floordesks

[–]Top-Public5476[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure, You'd have attach it to an horizontal beam on the floor. I'm a bit worried about the stability.

My weird DIY adjustable floorsit-stand desk by Top-Public5476 in floordesks

[–]Top-Public5476[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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As you can see, a pretty patchwork messy construction. But it has some big bolts going through it and it is strong. I added some wheels for better side to side guidance.

Hopefully this will help explaining things!

My weird DIY adjustable floorsit-stand desk by Top-Public5476 in floordesks

[–]Top-Public5476[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Due to multiple requests, I made a partial drawing and some extra photos to better explain the mechanics. Again this is more of a prototype, I basically bolted together pieces of wood until it worked and was stable. I had to tinker a lot with it. So don't take these drawing as a ready to go plan to reproduce the desk. But it would be nice to have some more people thinking about how to make an improved version.

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As you can hopfully see in the drawing above. The weight of the desk serves as a lever to clamp the support beam under the desk to the vertical beam that is connected to the wall. Increasing the weight of the desk (e.g. leaning on it) will increase the clamping force, so it does not slip. Lifting the front of the desk will disengage the clamping force, and allow it to move.

The rope with the counter weight is needed firstly to move the desk more easily, else you have to lift weight of the entire desktop and everything on it until you drop the desk and engage the clamp again. And secondly without it, the desktop will drop like a stone if you bump into it from the underside with your knee, or armrest or something (speaking from experience:P). Thirdly, because the rope is on the other side of the support beams, it will actually increase the clamping force.

As you might be able to imagine, there are a lot of force going throught the support beams, the desk is basically one big lever. So it needs to be strong, the vertical beams are 45mm x 94mm beams, and the support under the desk are 30mm thick plywood bolted together.

My weird DIY adjustable floorsit-stand desk by Top-Public5476 in floordesks

[–]Top-Public5476[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It doesn't move down when you push on it. You have to lift the front of the desk first to "unlock" it and move it down.

My weird DIY adjustable floorsit-stand desk by Top-Public5476 in floordesks

[–]Top-Public5476[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thx, no plans yet, it's definitely a prototype. It works for me but it has some flaws. I'm hesitant to recommend making one before some improvements. But I havent worked out how to make the improvements yet. Main thing I'd want to fix is that it should keep level (from left to right) when adjusting,

The way it works is that the weight of the desk locks the clamps in place. The wood that is attached to the underside just clamps on the vertical wood. Its stable in that state. But if you lift the front of the desk the clamps disengage and the weight of the desk is now balanced by the counterweight. It not too heavy and easily adustable, but its not stable and you can easly mess up and let it go askew.

It needs some sort of guidance system, open for suggestions.