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best way to raise my desk an extra 3-4 inches without losing stability?
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books
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Put 4" of wood between the steel frame and table top. You'll need longer bolts. Also sort out your cable management, bitch.
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>>2977944
>raise my desk an extra 3-4 inches without losing stability
>2x4" is 3.5"
cut a length of 2x4 to go under each leg
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>>2977951
op isnt cognizant enough to set his desk up on some pallet boards or even 4 cans of beans but youre suggesting he disassemble it and build custom spacers and obtain new hardware
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>>2977956
i feel like that just makes my desk more wobbly when i bring it up higher idk... ahhhh fuck this piece of shit this stand is so flimsy and shit
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>>2977944
Do this
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>>2978106
yea i took the wheels off of my chair so i can be lower
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>>2977956
This nigga usin beans as building materials!
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>>2977944
Put a pallet on the top of your desk and then your keeb and monitor on top of that
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>>2977944
carpet looking pretty old, probably the best way to raise the desk would be to strip out the carpet and put in an extra 3-4 inches of floor, then put fresh carpet down on top of it
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>>2978128
nah i have a monitor stand and can put my monitor however. it's about the height of my keyboard and mousepad (pretty big) for gaming
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>>2977956
he asked for the best way, not a way he could manage
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>>2978139
You aren’t supposed to add that much floor it’s bad for the beams
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>>2978194
ok then maybe he should lower the sea level by inches?
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>>2977944
I got cheap landscaping bricks and put cardboard under them to prevent scratching the floor. Cost me like $4.
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>>2978436
did it make your desk more wobbly? i think the stands on mine are just too flimsy and shit anyway desu
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>>2978481
Not even a little.
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>>2977944
Rest the desk on 2x4s standing vertically for roughly 3.5"
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>>2977955
>a 2x4 on its edge with a table on top of it is totally stable

No, that's stupid. You'd use a 4x4 so it doesn't want to tip over.
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>>2978724
This. Couple chunks of 4x4 slightly longer than your current desk legs. Drill holes and lag bolt to legs.
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4x4 laid flat under each of the feet.
Drill holes down through existing metal feet.
Attach feet to 4x4's with some lag screws.
Solid as a rock.
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>>2977944
if you own a lathe, make L shaped blocks that will fit in the metal tubing. drill and tap the blocks and install adjusting screw feet so it's perfectly level. you can bring a paint chip to home depot to get color matched paint so it looks original.
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>>2978724
Some relief notches in the floor joists would help OP use the more sleek 2x4 design.
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>>2978727
Where is OP going to find zebrawood 4x4?
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>>2978724
>>2978727
i obviously meant this
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>>2977944
what about this?
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>>2977944
>encyclopedia set
>pallet
>hire day laborers to hold it up
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>>2977944
bamboo scaffolding.
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>>2978106
Based Welsh Stick Chair Chad.
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>>2977944
Nothing easy. Either extend the leg OUT, as well as up or, fuck I don't know, but some lead ballast down there. Either that or your COG is off.



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