An ergonomic tip that I really enjoy is that the top 1/3 of the monitor should be above eye level. Looks like you'd spend a bit of time looking down at the monitor which might strain the neck.
During the introduction I had my mouth open. What you did there in cutting, timing and talking was far more professional than 99% of all RU-vidrs. It was amazing to watch. Thank you!
To reduce fatigue the elbow should be at 90 degrees when working the keyboard. Raise it until that is the right level. It would also raise the screen for center visibility. Don't get "used" to it, make it better.. I would remove 4-6 inches off of the top edge for visibility. Love your work!
Specialists recommend the top of the monitor be just below eye height and the keyboard just below the arms reaching straight out. It really does make things comfortable that way. You should never look UP at a monitor for any length of time, or have your arms straight out or up, either.
@@VeretenoVids Ahhh yes. I had interpreted that to mean protecting the *computer*, which is down low and protected, but you are right, that he did not explicitly specify just protecting the computer.
While basically meant as a utilitarian piece, can we just appreciate how beautiful pine in general and especially the old weathered pieces used here, can be with the different tones of yellow, gray/blues, pink/reds, sometimes even greens... Beautiful.
You could always mount a wide angle webcam on top of the monitor to, um, monitor the CNC in a viewer window. Might be a neat new perspective for your videos, as well. Thanks for sharing this build!
One small quality of life extra i would do (and have done on my own desk), is add a strip of wood on the underside of the keyboard shelf at the front, so you have something you grab when you pull out the tray, or you could use a router to cut a finger groove in the same place.
Maybe a good idea: To avoid having to look "around" the monitor to see whats going on, is to use the VESA (standard) mount on the back of the display to mount it to a plate that can swivel or slide out of your sight, if needed ... or turn it 180°, if you are on the router table (for example to make calabrating the router head/bit easier). I always love your content and love to see what ideas you have an come up with. Thanks for putting all that work into each and every video and inspire me to do and accomplish things myself. Thanks, Frank! Greetings from Munich, Germany Ben
It must feel good to finally get this idea into reality, plus the bonus of recycling that pine. Kind of a "Two birds with one stone" thing. Frank. You now have a computer stand for the CNC machine, and less clutter. Congratulations.
Isn't it funny how we take a large piece of wood cut it down into smaller pieces then glue them together to make a larger piece again, fantastic build Frank
Great project, and nice to put old wood to new uses. Looks like it'll be nice to keep that traffic lane open too, I'm sure I'd have gone flying over that stool eventually!
Frank, Cracks me up how long you made do on your cart. One thing I'm thankful for this year is YOU! You make your home so much more beautiful & functional with every project! hUgz, Lee
I love the work you put into simulation and stop motion. Never gets borring, just a cool touch. Video in it self as always, enjoyable to watch and educational.
Frank, I very much like how you're merging old school and modern machines together to be more efficient. (I should say as well, that I have some serious CNC envy going on!). Thanks for sharing.
The video production was outstanding, showing your ideas on the screen as you are talking. I love that you don't mind sharing how the ideas change a little as you start to make stuff. I don't think I've ever had a project that didn't change.
That old PC enclosure, I used to have that PC case way way back probably 18 years ago. I always liked it but since then have found a lot more that I like better. Kinda fun to see one in the wild again.
Love all your videos! Normally, I wouldn't have any input, just awe in learning. I do have a thought if you ever make changes to this setup, perhaps consider raising the monitor so that you're looking at a minimum straight ahead or even up just a little bit. All our devices encourage us to look down all the time. I find it good for posture & mechanics to look straight ahead. I've been in software for 25 years and have been building my own desks for 15 years because of this.
I noticed too how low the monitor is. As long as he isn't using it for any length of time he'd be okay. But if that's where he's actually doing the designs, which will be time consuming, that monitor needs to come up.
30 years as a computer tech, whenever you use compressed air to blow out the computer, stick a screwdriver or something in the fans to keep them from spinning. The compressed air can overspin the fans damaging the tiny bearings. You might want to consider a wireless keyboard and mouse set. Brilliant video.
A VESA mount for the monitor would be a great addition, frees up the upper display shelf for holding other little things like pens/pencils or small tools that you are using for that CNC run. Sure you could use it for that now but the monitor stand takes up a lot of room.
Hey Frank, computer nerd/gamer here. If you setup your PC fans such that there are more intake fans than exhaust you can maintain positive pressure inside your case which should help a lot with the dust.
MAJOR improvement. And very well explained. Mr. Howarth has very good oration skills. Even long stretches, I can keep paying attention, and it's very clear what's meant. I really like these videos. They're calming. Can almost absorb the Frank Chill Factor through video osmosis.
Frank, I would add some plexiglas or doors for that computer shelf. Computers hate dust and I am amazed that yours is still working after the shot of you blowing it out. Add some holes for ventilation so the PC does not get too hot and put some kind of filter over the holes. Great job as usual.
We use clear boards like that in several places around the maker space that I work at for organizing all the tools. Very handy. Being able to reorganize them when adding new one is nice.
Worth noting when cleaning the dust out of your machine - make sure you put a finger on the fans when you blow air. If you spin them with external air pressure, it can damage the bearings, and worse still, possibly send power back into your computer and damage parts.
Nice project as always. I like the introduction. One thing you may want to look at is ditching the monitor stand and directly mounting it to the back of the cabinet. Search for a wall mount VESA 100x100 mounting bracket.
I made a standing desk for photo editing and I much prefer it to sitting.. I know you said it looks high but I would raise it up some more so your eye level is is parallel to the top third of the screen. I found this was the sweet spot on mine... nice job as always Frank. 👍🇬🇧
Great video as we've learned to expect! You might consider getting a trackball to use instead of the mouse. For this kind of small surface, not having to be concerned if there's enough room for mouse movement seems like a good thing to me. Thank you for bringing us along!
Love watching your work. Happy thanksgiving 🥳 Would love to see you do a table/desk made up of different wood types completely random design. Cheers from Ireland 🇮🇪
nice work! the standard rule for standing desks is usually that your elbows should be at 90° when resting your arms on it so it might be worth moving it up a bit further for extra comfort 👍
When i got my cnc i went to the Venezuelan equivalent of office depot and got the cheapest table i could find :D your solution is way better, thanks for sharing
“0.65 inches”… lol…Only Frank could get away with a statement like that, both in terms of mixing inches with decimals but also being so detailed to not just opt for “about 2/3 of an inch”. Love it.
the "correct" height should be the top of the monitor at eye level. you can use velcro ties for cable management. also you can get case fan meshing to cut down on dust infiltration.
I loved the build! another addition you could add is an arm for the monitor that way when you have to peek around you can move the monitor too so it's a bit easier to see at those weird angles.
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Do you need a full size desktop PC case? Dell, Lenovo, HP all make killer micro PCs that bolt right to the vesa mount... and you could put your monitor/KBM on a boom arm that would give you full view of your work space, as well as allow you to spin that big monitor any which way you want.
I paused the video at the 8 min mark just to get a better perspective of your shop/work area, but instead the first thing that popped into my mind was: "you need to fire your maid" 😄 Nice build.
Frank, when I’ve attached things to my Avid machine I’ve used the roll in T nuts and then used threaded rod lengths. Then I thread the rod in locking it in place on the 8020 and then I don’t have to fiddle with getting the screw to find the t nut. Makes things much easier.
Build a floating tray above the cnc to place tools on, add a lip all around so they won’t vibrate off. Use threaded steel rods to attach to the ceiling and the tray so the tray is sturdy and doesn’t move around. It only has to be low enough so you can see the bottom of the tray when standing up. This will un-clutter the work table and keep stuff close at hand.
Looks good - seems kind of overly robust but in a space where you're often swinging large pieces of wood around it might be good to have that physical protection for the computer. And the added dust deflecting is going to be great. For the cable management, I would move the power strip to the underside of the shelf that the PC is sitting on. That way it's very much out of the way and gives you a little more room on the shelf with the PC. The plugs should have enough "clutch" to be plugged in in a hanging configuration.
you will find that something to stop things from falling off the back of the keyboard try is needed. A strip of wood as that stop would also keep the keyboard/mouse wires on the shelf to run to the hole.
I know that I would knock the monitor off while moving material on or off the CNC deck. Most monitors can be used with a vesa mount, there are very expensive and very cheap ones available. On the cheap side you could get one that flush mounts that would have a small amount of forward tip. You can also get an arm that would allow for the monitor to be positioned any way you like. In my case a vesa mount would prevent me from knocking it onto the floor.
The only thing I would have done differently would have been to use a monitor support arm instead of the standard stand. Other than that, this is a functional and space-saving piece of furniture. Well done Frank.
Perhaps you should just route channels for the keyboard and mouse wiring (or even just go wireless) similar to the underside to some keyboards, so you can move the wire to a output spot. Would be very easy to do with your current setup. You could always just cut off that top section and add a monitor arm, then you could swing it out of the way and/or turn it 180 to view while at he other side of the cnc table.
Like always, awesome... About looking around at the machine, why dont you install a camera on the PC and use it to supervise the machine? Just a suggestion.
I was gonna comment that you wouldn't be able to fit long things on the CNC that can stick out the front where the cabinet is now until I saw how long the CNC was ;) Incredible 3D overlay, editing and matching work as well as woodworking skills! Thanks for sharing!
I probably would have mounted a monitor arm on the corner of the table, with a shelf for the keyboard, a bit like those industrial computers, then you could swing it around to where you want it The computer box could be built into the end of the table
In typical Frank fashion, the PC, like everything else in the workshop, is comically oversized! 😂 I use a laptop for my CNC, as it takes up WAY less space than a PC. Made a little flip up platform, which is supported by a gas strut, and placed this at the front of the CNC. Right next to the E-stop. I also made a drawer under the CNC frame where I store the laptop and some tools and bits out of the way when not in use. Works like a charm.
Nice project! I would recommend that you secure those side clamps, so you won't accidentally open them... And buy yourself a bluetooth set of keyboard and mouse. It makes the life a lot easier...
Hello Frank. You may not be into music, forgive me if I did not see that your shop does not have a home built set of speakers hanging around. Every RU-vid home built speaker is a four inch subwoofer and they must win the sculpture award of the year. This is just a project idea. Scrap wood, big speaker ya know 80's style. If you don't like them then to the recycle bin they go. Thanks for the videos.
Well done, Frank..well done..you are a very skilled craftsman...even though there is way to much CNC work going on. Even for simple tasks, like making a cutout in the back of the drawerboard. Sadly more and more channels become a CNC channel. Hmmm..but thats just my personal thougts... Greets from Germany.
