Hope you enjoyed this series! I was able to learn so much throughout this project that I'm super thankful for. Between 3D modelling/printing, coding, actuators and basic woodworking, it feels like my eyes have been opened to so many different possibilities. If you have any interesting project ideas feel free to let me know! P.S. Originally I was going to have a simple up/down toggle switch to control the actuator, but I somehow ended up taking a deep dive into Arduino coding. I'm a complete novice in that respect so my code definitely won't be the best, but if anyone's interested in the source code I can throw it up on GitHub (assuming I can figure my way around there).
Keep it up ! Good video Quality, Superb idea, nice realisation (some unexpected problems and quick solutions), you've got the right ingredients to go famous ! i really enjoyed the video. So keep it up again ! From a Moroccan guy living in France.
Thanks! Regarding cost, oh man, it kind of ran away from me and I stopped keeping track, but I'll try to breakdown the main items with rough cost estimates as best I can here: Ikea items (BESTA unit (cabinets, shelves, doors), UTRUSTA hinges) - $400-600 (use non-gloss doors to reduce cost) Wood (sheet of plywood, 2x4's, hardboard, MDF trim) $200 Linear actuator - $100 Slides (linear rails and drawer slides) - $100 Monitor mounts - $50 Where I mainly lost track was the other smaller items (e.g. magnets and the electronics) as I had some random things already on hand (e.g. LED strips). Same with the consumables like paints, glues and filler. Hope this helps!
I had one recurring question which was never answered. When your wife is sitting at her desk, she obstructing movement up and down the stairs? We never got to see any video of the desk actually in use.
She was camera shy, and honestly it's not the easiest place to get a good angled shot 😁. Here's a link to an image with the desk in "usage condition", as best I could: imgur.com/yGrc2yX. It's not a luxurious amount of space, but can still get around if need be.
Definitely! I'll post a short when I can (probably in a couple of days). The actuator I used is rated for 300mm (around 12") so the desk surface goes from around 28.5" to 40.5" from the floor.
the desk looks really cool and takes up minimal space when not in use, but what about the chair? Surely she doesn't lug it up and down the stairs every day, does she? Can we see a pic of the chair on the landing when the desk is in the up position?
Have you considered a right angle adaptor for the USB-C port so that the cable cuts straight back, as it were, and doesn't loop out and then behind the laptop?
I did, but the laptop was intended to be stored in the nook behind the monitor so a straight cable made more sense at the time. Of course that's not how she actually ended up using it (it's mainly on the desk surface), so a right angle adaptor is definitely a great idea!
