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Help Me Gauge Interest in Standing Desks

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Filled it out for you. I know standing desks are getting really popular these days, but I'd prefer to have the option. That is, to have a regular desk with hinges that can be converted to a standing desk.

I think the legs on the table in your video would be too thin after you start adding on monitors, laptops, hard drives, books, etc.

There was a desk that I "think" I saw on here that had a similar back drawer. However, one thing I really liked about it was there was a slit on the top that led down to the drawer where cables could come out. That was useful mainly because then you dont have a bunch of wires going all the way to the back and then under. Lastly, one issue with the drawer (or cubby) in the back is that my desks are always butted up against a wall, which would make it really hard to put in new stuff.

Good luck!

Thanks, I really appreciate your time / comments. I agree with you on having an option and thought about a trying to do something in two parts or height adjustable but either raised the cost a lot or made it unwieldy (in my thinking).

Yes, the desk on here was my inspiration for trying to get this project going at all and there are a number of features I'd include on a production desk that I didn't get a chance to in the model due to my 3D modeling ability (or lack thereof). Rather than a full length slot, it would have some sort of cable management holes / notches and be both sturdier and more attractive than the model lets on.

Thanks again.

Inspired from your model, I decided to make up my own model in Google Sketch Up. For the problem about accessing the cables if the desk is butted up against a wall, what would work is have a portion of the bottom of the cubby be on a hinge that can fall down. That way you can access it from underneath. Here is a pic of what I quickly did in sketchup (just not a stand up desk) http://img233.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20110429at102.png/

I'm curious to try out a stand up desk. Do you find it is much better?

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