On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:40 PM, John Meier <john.meier at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Donovan <dniesen at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have a few L-shaped desks in my office that have been OK but we're >> getting more and more machines in for repair/testing and we would be >> better served by a nice long work bench. Anybody know of a good place >> locally to pick something up like this? >> >> > I hit up the local big box store for a counter top. Then built a frame > from 2x4s I had laying around (you could also get bench bracket parts at the > store too). I was able to make it at a custom height that worked well for > standing or sitting at with a bench stool/drafting chair... > > To that point, over the span of my career I've had several different office types. The office that has been the best for me is the "standing office" - where the desk is at a height where I can work while standing, with a tall chair and foot stool to allow me to work while sitting from time to time. Oddly, I do my best work while standing. I never would have expected that. I'd encourage anyone to give it a try. -Rob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100703/b50abc5b/attachment.htm