/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.1718283]

How feasible would it be to make a desk similar to this? I've had 3 back surgeries and I can't sit in a chair anymore.
Also interested to hear what other solutions anons with back pain have done.

[Anonymous No.1718286]

They have some pretty wild stuff but I'm not about to drop six thousand dollars on a desk.

[Anonymous No.1718353]

>>1718286
Is that Yankee money? Crazy.
Those pipe bends are horrible.

[Anonymous No.1718398]

>>1718353
Doesn't look like a bend to me but more like multiple short piped cut at an angle welded together. They probably have a reason to do it like this since that's much more trouble than a bend.

[Anonymous No.1718400]

How bout a desk with tilting top and wheels that you can move over an adjustable bed or sunbed? Add a monitor stand you can clamp to the desktop and you should be set with a cheap ghetto alternative.

[Anonymous No.1718401]

back in the 90s there were ads for things like this in computer magazines

[Anonymous No.1718409]

>>1718283
The only thing its missing is an attached mini fridge and flap in which you shit through into a bucket, then you could truly live the life of luxury. You'd never even need to get out of bed.

[Anonymous No.1718428]

>>1718283

[Anonymous No.1718449]

[Anonymous No.1718600]

>>1718283
Looks like a real fun time.

[Anonymous No.1718611]

>>1718283
looks like it would be hard to fap in that.

[Anonymous No.1718614]

>>1718283
We need more context. How long term will this setup be?
What can you currently sit in without hurting too much?

[Anonymous No.1718636]

>>1718283
trivial to make one for users under 300lbs.
350lb landwhales require a stronger frame, wider chair, more powerful tilt assist ram, wider base with more wheels, CPAP/oxygen integration and a rotating pizza table. additionally, 400lb hamplanets will need a split keyboard, as they cannot reach a conventional typing position while reclined.

[Anonymous No.1718719]

monitor with vesa mount on adjustable arm
they also make keyboard trays that have brackets to connect to vesa mounts
-basically recliner plus shit either held up from the side, or handing from A-frame overhead (like a swingset frame)

the monitors and keyboard tray on arms in OP pic is kind of simple standard shit. just made larger/heavier duty. The oversized keyboard tray/desktop is something interesting in itself. the motorized recliner isn't special either, it's just a skeleton frame version.
Basically the only unique thing in OP pic is that it is all in one, on a single frame, and on rollers

[Anonymous No.1718724]

>>1718286
That doesn't look that hard to build, if you are ok without the fancy curved frames, just using square tubing instead.

[Anonymous No.1720177]

>>1718600
unironically not this
OP might be legit. He said back surgeries.

Maybe he had them because he looks like your pic but I have a feeling he might not be obese because the man in his OP clearly isn't and a desk like that wouldn't work with a YUGE belly - also, without arm rests at the elbow, an obese man's 80 pound forearms would be difficult to hold in that position with the steadiness and precision to control a mouse for long.

nice meme though.
WALL-E was great.

>>1718449
Anon, your setup looks trashy.
You should get a 20" furnace filter for the back of your box fan to filter the air it blows. Replace that once every 3-6 months and you'll have a DIY budget air filter.

[Anonymous No.1720181]

>>1718398
>They probably have a reason to do it like this since that's much more trouble than a bend.

Yeah, the two guys that make all 6 of them a year couldn't afford a CNC pipe bender that could make compound bends and were too stupid to figure out how to do it manually or change the design so that it wasn't necessary.

[Anonymous No.1720856]

>>1718614
>How long term will this setup be?
Most likely permanently.
>>1718614
>What can you currently sit in without hurting too much?
Even recliners are painful and only tolerable if my legs are a certain way. Laying in bed is most comfortable but not enough to be able to intensely focus.
>>1718636
I'm 158lbs
>>1718724
Don't gaf how it looks as long as it works
>>1720177
Got hurt at work, not from being size American
>>1718600
Kek, love this movie

[Anonymous No.1721206]

Where are those pics of the tojos with the monitor between the table and the vr rig thats just a cardboard box with a monitor slapped on.

[Anonymous No.1721413]

>>1718283
I compute naked in bed. Have for decades now.

The adjustable monitor stands are very useful and hold a laptop just fine.

[Anonymous No.1721414]

>>1718449
I like it. DIY at it's penultimate. A bit of finish would improve it's look, but iron pipe is solid as fuck. Good design.

[Anonymous No.1721431]

>>1718283
Heavier duty monitor arms can definitely handle the monitors in that position, but they'll cost a few hundred. Hell the heavy duty ones would probably support that table top too. The rest, no clue. You could make the frame out of aluminum extrusions for relatively cheap

[Anonymous No.1721607]

>>1718283
good luck with the mouse there pretzelback

[Anonymous No.1721608]

>>1718283
Like four or five beanbags and a ghetto rail-slide monitor setup made out of 2x4 and wireless keyboard.

As long as you've just got a bad back it ay work.

If you weigh >100kg it's gonna suck getting up every few hours to piss/eat/shit.

[Anonymous No.1721611]

>>1718283
ive thought about building one myself, best i could think up was getting hold of an old dentists chair or mobility chair and then attaching a swinging arm for the monitors instead of those swivel lights usally attached to them.

it's a neat idea but theres no room in my house to make it happen and desu i dont watch a lot of tv or do gaming anyway

just pleb my way through skyrim

[Anonymous No.1722840]

>>1721611
>old dentists chair
That's pretty clever

[Anonymous No.1722862]

>>1722840
Wouldn't do dental chair. Mount rot bactera everywhere, plus there's more jizz on them than hourly motel beds.
Too many overworked dentists and gassed/drugged girls.

Oh and trackball is better than mouse if you are just screwing around in recliner.

[Anonymous No.1722866]

>>1722862
Mouth rot*

[Anonymous No.1722872]

>>1722862
Just blast it with a hot steam cleaner.

[Anonymous No.1723099]

>>1718283
Imagine trying to get out of that thing in a hurry with a bad back and a bad case of diarrhea.

Armchair or bed, get some wall mounts for your monitor. You should be able to find a workable lap/bed desk, or make one yourself.
Prop yourself up with pillows.
Consider a wireless mouse and keyboard. Not sure how the tard in that picture will keep his mouse from falling on the floor when he lets go - magnets maybe? Looks like it's wireless.

Do be wary about spending long periods with your knees elevated above your hips. I spent time trying to figure out how to unfuck my desk since I spend most of the day as a programmer - the little stuff matters to prevent paint.

[Anonymous No.1723100]

>>1723099
it also matters to prevent pain.

[Anonymous No.1723112]

>>1723099
>Imagine trying to get out of that thing in a hurry with a bad back and a bad case of diarrhea.
Imagine anything in a hurry with a bad back and a bad case of diharrea.
>Not sure how the tard in that picture will keep his mouse from falling on the floor when he lets go - magnets maybe? Looks like it's wireless.
From the way he holds it I guess it's a track ball.

[Anonymous No.1723116]

>>1723112
That is true, could be a track ball.

I remember I had some interview offer for a tech startup in Cali - they had chairs not unlike this, but didn't flip you all the way on your back. Their offices also straight up looked like the interior of the S.S. Enterprise, they had cosplay photos on their site.
Crazy stuff, I might have considered it just for the heck of it - but no way am I moving to California.