I had a pretty sturdy wooden desk, top just polished and waxed, nice drawers too... but I wanted it to be a standing/sitting desk.
These "laptop hight adjusters" didnt do it for me, also I wonder how it would work as for me the difference is pretty big.
I searched for a matching frame and made a post in !kaufempfehlungen@feddit.org.
1. Cleanup
I removed the legs and drawes from the table, made space in the area
2. Frame
I got a 160kg one from Flexispot, which sounds overkill but this should hold me + the table + some stuff. You never stand on your desk to do stuff?
The package was heavy, poor delivery guy. Should have gotten him a snack to go.
Assembly wasn't hard, maybe 40min? The rest was way more
3. Issues
The screws connecting legs and top frame didn't really match, as the holes on the inside were shorter. I swapped the 4 with 4 shorter screws used to screw the "feet" onto the legs, which could only use the longer ones. No big deal but an oversight.
The frame was also too long to tightly match my tabletop, so I disassembled one part and shortened the metal tubes just the right amount so they fit exactly next to the boards on the outside of the drawers (you will see).
4. Tabletop adapter
This frame is made for flat tabletops, so I took one leg of the table, shortened it as much as possible and sawed it in half (Less useless weight at the tabletop is always good).
This is why the frame needed to be shortened to tightly match.
I attached the "adapters" to the outside of the "drawer holders", with 2 screws into them, and 2 short brackets to the tabletop.
Of course, for each hole I pre-drilled with a smaller drill to reduce force on the wood and avoid ruptures.
Looking at it, a few more brackets could be good. But in the other hand, I dont really apply horizontal force?
5. Assembly
I screwed the frame onto the adapter, which made a tight connection to the tabletop.
Now the 2 motors at the top of the frame needed their cables connected to a controller, which was connected to a charging brick.
The manual meant them to be inside the frame, screwed onto the tabletop, but this didnt work with the drawers. So instead I used the nice fiber-enhanced tape (used in packaging of the cables on the motors) and guided the cables to the back of the tabletop, screwed the controller on there.
The charging brick is held with a velcro strap for some reason, which was glued to the tabletop as well.
Now the little control interface (which looks nice and pretty high quality (but plastic of course) needs to be placed somewhere in front of the tabletop. It is connected to the controller via ethernet and a power cable. The power cables look similar to the ones on a PC.
I guided it alonside one side, tied the cable down with some tape, used a hook and a screw to hold it in place nicely, used the metal plastic-covered-wire thingy from packaging to attach the cable to the hook gently.
6. Result
Even though the cutting of the leg wasn't perfectly clean, it works and is very sturdy but not too heavy.
I turned it around, connected the power, and it worked!
ℹ️ Note
Always test the motors and stuff before sawing off random parts XD
The control is easy, I was able to set a sitting and a standing hight which can be switched with a button press now.
The controller seems to go into sleep mode when not used, meaning a low power draw. I could test this further though.
It is rock stable, which tells me it was a good idea to get the powerful variant (2 motors, 2 moving elements instead of 1).
The motors are reasonably silent, I already assembled everything, glued my plug strip onto the table (to leave room to the wall while preventing it from falling down). Noice!
I also need to find a solution for the corners (where the legs were). I may not care anough to put something there though.
Easter eggs
On the table you can see my pen holder made from a cool piece of log.
On the bottom there is also my bin with 3 segments for paper, plastic and litter, made with cardboard and tape.
7. Oversights
The screws didnt match the actual length, luckily I could just switch them without needing to manually shorten them.
There is a metal sheet meant to be a cover of the frame. But while the frame is adjustable, the sheet only has 2 holes and only fits in a very wide position, not even the minimum without me shortening it.
I may shorten it or may not, it is kinda useless.
