Screw an L bracket onto the bottom of the desk and into the wall and it will really help lock everything into place. The jack stands do not shake, it's actually the surface of the desk (at least on mine) that is moving. This will reduce any minor shake or shimmy on the desk which may occur from simply the vibration of your hands upon the keyboard. If you happen to be living in an earthquake prone area, like San Francisco, it's not a bad idea to affix your desk to the wall if you happen to be located next to one. I'll publish something about the adjustable height monitor shelf that I'm working on now soon in a separate Instructable. I bit the bullet and went to Ikea for some steel feet and a black wooden shelf to accomplish that. It's a whole lot faster to feed several inches of threaded rod through the nuts before you plop your desk on top of them then once the heavy desk is in place.įine tune the height using the leveling feet and then threaded rods.Įven though this is really beyond the scope of this Instructable, my monitors had to be raised to the proper height as well.
That way, you can adjust the jacks most of the way before you put them under your desk, so you only need to do some fine-tuning once they're in place. You can get a vague idea of how high you'll need to jack up your desk by using a simple standing desk height calculator here. If you desk has some other kind of foot system, it's easy to use a small piece of wood to create a platform for the desk leg to rest that simply sits on top of the jack stand.
Most desks have leveling feet of some kind - that's right where you want to place the jack stands. With some help, lift your sitting desk up around 15" and slide the four jack stands underneath your desk. Where do you put your coffee, paperclips, obscene but thoughtful hand drawn christmas cards from co-workers and the 800 cords for your iPhone, camera, SD card reader and external hard drive? Having the whole desk at standing desk height sacrifices nothing (except your chair), gives you easier access to all your stuff. Sure it's easier to simply raise your monitor on a stand or arm and buy a small platform that your keyboard and mouse can rest on at the proper height, as many diy standing desk conversions online suggest, but then you lose access to all the good stuff on your desk besides your computer. This diy solution is more for someone who wants to commit to a standing desk, but wants the ability to dial in the perfect height for comfort and ergonomics.įor anyone who is thinking about converting to a standing desk - take a tip from someone who already has, you want to raise your whole desk up, not just your monitor and keyboard. For that, you've got to shell out the big bucks and buy a motorized system. Now, let me be clear, while these are adjustable jack stands, they are not really something that you'd want to change on the fly throughout the course of the day, so be sure, this is no substitute for someone who wants both a sitting AND standing desk. Fully adjustable from 11" to 17 3/4", these jack stands will raise any normal desk to standing desk height for people between 5' 3" and 6' 1" tall, depending on your body geometry. I recently switched to a standing desk at work and used a set of affordable and simple screw jacks to raise my desk to the proper height.
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