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I've used an Alvin minimaster drafting table ($129) for the past 4 years: http://www.amazon.com/Alvin-MiniMaster-Adjustable-Drafting-Table/dp/B001EO9UDY/ref=sr_
by DotSauce 11y ago
I've used an Alvin minimaster drafting table ($129) for the past 4 years: http://www.amazon.com/Alvin-MiniMaster-Adjustable-Drafting-Table/dp/B001EO9UDY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1454013670&sr=8-3&keywords=alvin+drafting+table http://www.amazon.com/Alvin-MiniMaster-Adjustable-Drafting-T...
I like it so much that I bought a second one for more desk space.
Along with a drafting chair ($150): http://www.amazon.com/LexMod-Office-Drafting-Chair-Leatherette/dp/B00OD3EYUC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1454013778&sr=8-4&keywords=modway+drafting+chair http://www.amazon.com/LexMod-Office-Drafting-Chair-Leatheret...
- Someone1234 11y agoI'd be interested in a picture of your setup. How do you have the monitor and keyboard so they don't just slide off of it? Doesn't it feel like you're using your mouse on a hill-side?
- DotSauce 11y agoYou can lay it flat, of course :) Here you go: https://www.instagram.com/p/86XA-dRG1J/?taken-by=markunfiltered https://www.instagram.com/p/86XA-dRG1J/?taken-by=markunfilte... Sorry, no pic of the chair.
- Someone1234 11y agoOh I see. So it is completely flat in your usage, but you can just change the height up and down. Nice! Thanks for the picture :)
- toomuchtodo 11y agoTotally offtopic: Is your desktop's wallpaper publicly available?
- bravo22 11y agoI believe it is from here: http://www.heavymetal.com/news/r2d2-shows-princess-leia-whos-boss-in-bizarre-cosplay-scenario/ http://www.heavymetal.com/news/r2d2-shows-princess-leia-whos...
- toomuchtodo 11y agoThank you!
- anon4 11y agoHis wallpaper doesn't strike me as particularly work-appropriate. And let's not forget the blow that Leia's "slave outfit" dealt to feminism and female participation in the arts.
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- mixmastamyk 11y agoAngle is adjustable, a slight one is no problem.
- mapleoin 11y agoInteresting. How easy is it to switch between sitting and standing? Does it make sense with a heavy 4K monitor on it?
- Avshalom 11y agoYou adjust the chair so the seat is just slightly lower than your butt then to switch to standing you slide forward off the stool. To switch back you do a little half hop onto your butt.
- pimlottc 11y agoI think they were asking about adjusting the table's height.
- Avshalom 11y agoYou don't. That's the point: the table never moves. You buy a table thats tall enough for comfortable standing use then buy a chair tall enough to that you never adjust the table. What's great about this is that there is no conscious effort needed to switch between sitting and standing you don't have to set a timer to remind you to stand up, crank your desk into standing position, nothing. You just flow on and off your chair.
- garyrichardson 11y agoAdjustable standing desk is more than a desk -- it's a multi-use work surface. I can push my monitors out of the way and move it all the way up to have the right height for taking computers apart. I can then move it to writing height and fill out paperwork like it's 1995 and then adjust it again for typing height and pull my monitors back into place. If I could, every surface I owned would be adjustable height.
- cwe 11y agoThe whole point is that you're NOT constantly adjusting the desk, but using a taller chair when you sit.
- Avshalom 11y agoI spend entirely more time than I should being semi-baffled at the way the internet has largely forgotten that you can just buy tall chairs and never have to worry about motors or adjustment speed or weight limits (to say nothing of cost).
- billyshih 11y agoI get your point but being able to place your feet on the floor anywhere in front of you is different than just putting your feet on a metal bar that's attached under your chair. I use a footstool because my desk is too high and even that I don't love. Having a desk at the correct height so you can put your feet flat on the ground is the best.
- rahimnathwani 11y agoTotally. I'm pretty short, and it was many years before I realised that part of the reason I like sit cross-legged on office chairs is that my feet aren't comfortable because they're not flat on the ground. My home desk is at a height which looks strangely low to visitors, but my knees and elbows are at nice right angles with my feet firmly planted on the floor.
- 2np 11y agoI just had a genius revelation: I, like another poster here, don't like resting my feet on a bar all day. I like to have them planted firmly. What if we had tall desks and tall office chairs with a flat, elevated platform? Then you could easily plant both feet on the platform and it would feel just like a regular chair, but then you could easily stand up and have a standing desk? Something like this: http://www.lkgoodwin.com/more_info/brio_series_chairs/brio_series_chairs.shtml http://www.lkgoodwin.com/more_info/brio_series_chairs/brio_s...
- Terr_ 11y agoThat's what I did with the "shelf" my Ikea Jerker.
- specialist 11y agoAs an early adopter (late 90s), none of my standing desks have been adjustable. I've settled on using a bar stool. I fidget a lot. Sit, stand, lean, one leg stand, foot rest, dance. Bar stools don't run away. I bought one like this off craiglist for $30. http://amzn.to/1lYaKgZ http://amzn.to/1lYaKgZ
- HelloMcFly 11y agoThis is my stool of choice, and it's never done me wrong. Cheap as can be, perfect height. http://www.presalesinc.com/store/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/a/bar-stool-wood-natural_1080_1.jpg http://www.presalesinc.com/store/media/catalog/product/cache...
- agumonkey 11y agoFirst time I've seen this model. I take the angle is variable ? Also, more than the desk, a decent chair is of great importance.
- ohitsdom 11y agoInteresting setup. Is the table deep enough? Seems like when sitting, your knees could hit that shelf under the table.