Well I guess I relate the three different desks I have lived with and some of the good and bad parts of them. My first was a old metal army desk that elvolved into a longer desk with a nine foot extenion fixed to the wall wtih 45 degree angle braces. With bookshelves over head, a c c t v, a 23 inch monitor, a stand alone scanner and a printer it all strung out and took up most of the length. The major help here was a office chair that reclined fairly nice, with rollers on the legs and having a tile floor for ease of movement from one spot to another. Yes it was all strung out in a line. Next I moved up stairs into a narrow bedroom. I had two desks with a somewhat narrow walkway between. The large monitor, tower, and combo scanner,printer was on the one desk. Across the walkway was the C C T V monitor and camera. This worked fair once I got it a little offset so I could read on the C C T V screen and type on the computer. Bad was the carpet with pad and the bearings starting to fall out of the cair leg rollers.
Finally when I moved in June the room was very small. I moved one of the tradetional desks from upstairs and cut it down in length so it could fit into the room. On it I placed the tower on the end against the wall, then a new flat screen monitor then the C C T V camer and then a monitor for it. On the wall back of this in the other room I placed the printer/scanner with cable through on top of a couple of file cabinets. The stand alone fax is on another file cabinet next to it.. I have replaced the rollers with new ones and the carpet is on concrete slab with no pad. The easy moving chair for me is a must.. The desk stands away from the wall enough for all excess cable to fall behind, but is still relatively easy to retrieve, but is out of sight.. As for storing software, paper, ink and the like there are in the file cabinets just outside the door. Of course I have book shelves above the desk The standred desk has three drawers on each side and sadely the keyboard is at desk heigh of the 30 inches. Not ideal for some but I tend to kick the chair back into a tilt so it works for me. My arms actually rest on the chair arms rather than the desk. The keyboard is at the front edbge mostly in front of the camera table. Sometiems it seems tight, but in a way efficient. If I was wishing I would like the tower in a shelf, or tall drawer below the desk top. Well I have rambled a bit and probably haven't given any advice other than I like a chair that works for me. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Gallik To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Brainstorming Design for Computer Desk Thank you Betsy, This is precisely the type of thought I'm asking for in this thread. Your suggestions are very much appreciated -- unlike a few other wise asses whom shall go unmentioned!!! ;-) Hear that Dan, Dave, Victor??? ---------------- Bill Gallik E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth." - Rex Stout [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
