A DIY motorized Adjustable Desk.
By Tony Denault
anthonydenault at gmail dot com.
I built a motorized desk lift for my work office, so I can work standing up or sitting down.
As a computer programmer, I sit down too much. I was inspiratied by this:
Instructable's Electric Height Adjustable Desk.
My build is very similar:
A botton base telescoping tube.
A top telescoping tube.
Actuators with 2x4 block that goes inside the tubes.
The 3 parts are not attached. The actuators are inside the telescoping tubes,
and just push the tops up.
Made mine so that I could just slide it under my exsting computer table.
I wanted the option to stand for part of the day, and sit when I wanted to.
My Notes Used visio to dimension out the wood before cutting. Also shows the parts
used for the actutator control box.
desk_actuator_plans.vsdx
desk_actuator_plans.pdf
Purchases
Purchased 2 actuators from Amazon ($140). Digikey provide the electrical parts ($90), and a few
trips to home depot for wood (maybe about $70). Misc stuff like paint, screws, wiring came
from our work shop (I work for a telecope so we build stuff here), or home.
1. amazon invoice for actuators.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P4UG4PG - amazon link
Actuator_Manual_R2.pdf
Actuator_CAD.pdf
Actuator_Limit_Switch_Instructions.pdf
2. digikey invoice for power supplies, swiches.
1. Box for electronics
2. Power Supply
3. Rocker Switch DPDT, mon-off-mon
4. Rocker Switch SPST, off-on
5. AC power Switch
Some Pictures