Custom Computer Workstation Bench and Chair Setups

[D from BC]

This guy used a car chair for his computer set up:
http://www.robotics.com/chair/
"Then I realized that the most comfortable chair I sit in each day is
my car. If you think about it, it's specifically designed to minimize
fatigue and allow people to sit comfortably for hours."

Myself...
My LCD monitors are on a skinny \_/ shaped bench with only room for
the monitor stands. Clutterfree.
I mounted a mouse table on my armrest.. Was funny to let go of my
wireless mouse and watch it slide off onto the floor

Someday I'll be constructing a tube frame to suspend the monitors.
Got inspired by the hovercraft computer workstation in the Matrix
movies.

Anybody have some interesting custom computer station set ups?
D from BC

 

[Jim Thompson]

This guy used a car chair for his computer set up:
http://www.robotics.com/chair/
Neato!

"Then I realized that the most comfortable chair I sit in each day is
my car. If you think about it, it's specifically designed to minimize
fatigue and allow people to sit comfortably for hours."

Myself...
My LCD monitors are on a skinny \_/ shaped bench with only room for
the monitor stands. Clutterfree.
I mounted a mouse table on my armrest.. Was funny to let go of my
wireless mouse and watch it slide off onto the floor

Someday I'll be constructing a tube frame to suspend the monitors.
Got inspired by the hovercraft computer workstation in the Matrix
movies.

Anybody have some interesting custom computer station set ups?
D from BC

...Jim Thompson

 

[Martin Riddle]

Neato!

I would think a Q45 seat is a little more than $100

Cheers

 

[Joerg]

This guy used a car chair for his computer set up:
http://www.robotics.com/chair/
"Then I realized that the most comfortable chair I sit in each day is
my car. If you think about it, it's specifically designed to minimize
fatigue and allow people to sit comfortably for hours."

Myself...
My LCD monitors are on a skinny \_/ shaped bench with only room for
the monitor stands. Clutterfree.
I mounted a mouse table on my armrest.. Was funny to let go of my
wireless mouse and watch it slide off onto the floor

Someday I'll be constructing a tube frame to suspend the monitors.
Got inspired by the hovercraft computer workstation in the Matrix
movies.

Anybody have some interesting custom computer station set ups?
D from BC

Be careful. When hocking yourself on I5 for 7 hours to go to L.A. you
barely move, except for popping in a new CD. Very different with PC work.

I spared no expense on office chairs here. Only the good stuff,
orthopedic grade etc. They were north of $500 each but also seem to last
forever. The model in the lab is a "knee swing" type, no back rest,
forces me to sit upright. It really cuts down on the backpain episodes.

 

[Jim Thompson]

I would think a Q45 seat is a little more than $100

Cheers

I imagine... it moves every conceivable way, including a back support.
It also has air ducting to cool your derriere ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[D from BC]

Be careful. When hocking yourself on I5 for 7 hours to go to L.A. you
barely move, except for popping in a new CD. Very different with PC work.

I spared no expense on office chairs here. Only the good stuff,
orthopedic grade etc. They were north of $500 each but also seem to last
forever. The model in the lab is a "knee swing" type, no back rest,
forces me to sit upright. It really cuts down on the backpain episodes.

I have to wonder about the need to be upright for computer work..
Maybe it's just to keep people awake and looking busy?

I was at the dentist in a very comfy dental chair and watched tv on
the ceiling.
This is probably the most relaxing position for the back.
What's stopping this from becoming a computer workstation?
Laying back and looking skyward at the monitors and keyboarding off
the lap should be ok..

D from BC

 

[Joerg]

I have to wonder about the need to be upright for computer work..
Maybe it's just to keep people awake and looking busy?

I was at the dentist in a very comfy dental chair and watched tv on
the ceiling.
This is probably the most relaxing position for the back.
What's stopping this from becoming a computer workstation?
Laying back and looking skyward at the monitors and keyboarding off
the lap should be ok..

I am not an orthopedist but when laying down the back muscles are not
excercised. Then when you have to schlepp that 40lbs bag of dog food
into the house there ain't no muscles to write home about and the spine
has to sustain it all. One wrong move -> OUCH!

At least that's how I understand it. Now that I live by it the back pain
is less serious.

 

[D from BC]

Awake anyway. I like my Aeron. Also it should be cool. The CCOHS says
that 21°C (70°F) is optimum for mental work (have to deal with people
b*tching about feeling cold if it falls much below 25°C though..)


Last time I got my hair cut in China there were 40" plasma TV channels
mounted in the ceiling (playing music videos) for you to watch while
they washed your hair and massaged your scalp.


Whatever happened to those kneeling chairs from the eighties(?) ?


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

You mean this thing:
http://www.back-shop.com/images/kneeling_chair.jpg

Maybe it's just me but the first time I saw that thing, it scared me.
Looks like some S&M torture device you tie someone to and get whipped


This looks better
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/4217/corbu_jp70.jpg
D from BC

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

I have to wonder about the need to be upright for computer work..
Maybe it's just to keep people awake and looking busy?

Awake anyway. I like my Aeron. Also it should be cool. The CCOHS says
that 21°C (70°F) is optimum for mental work (have to deal with people
b*tching about feeling cold if it falls much below 25°C though..)

I was at the dentist in a very comfy dental chair and watched tv on
the ceiling.
This is probably the most relaxing position for the back.

Last time I got my hair cut in China there were 40" plasma TV channels
mounted in the ceiling (playing music videos) for you to watch while
they washed your hair and massaged your scalp.

What's stopping this from becoming a computer workstation?
Laying back and looking skyward at the monitors and keyboarding off
the lap should be ok..

D from BC

Whatever happened to those kneeling chairs from the eighties(?) ?


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Joerg]

Awake anyway. I like my Aeron. Also it should be cool. The CCOHS says
that 21°C (70°F) is optimum for mental work (have to deal with people
b*tching about feeling cold if it falls much below 25°C though..)




Last time I got my hair cut in China there were 40" plasma TV channels
mounted in the ceiling (playing music videos) for you to watch while
they washed your hair and massaged your scalp.




Whatever happened to those kneeling chairs from the eighties(?) ?

I'm sitting, ahm, kneeling on one right here in the lab. But it's a
professional version, adjustable, >2" steel pipe, a lot sturdier than
the one in D's photo. You can barely lift it.

 

[D from BC]

I'm sitting, ahm, kneeling on one right here in the lab. But it's a
professional version, adjustable, >2" steel pipe, a lot sturdier than
the one in D's photo. You can barely lift it.

Noooo wayyy!
Somebody actually using one of those chairs???

Now you're all set for a dominatrix in tight leather to start whipping
you on that chair
She says "You've been a naughty designer!" whitsstt! (whip sound)

Still ..probably better than a barkolounger for computer work.
http://www.scottbower.com/image/wsr_TL.jpg


D from BC

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

This guy used a car chair for his computer set up:
http://www.robotics.com/chair/
"Then I realized that the most comfortable chair I sit in each day is
my car. If you think about it, it's specifically designed to minimize
fatigue and allow people to sit comfortably for hours."

Myself...
My LCD monitors are on a skinny \_/ shaped bench with only room for
the monitor stands. Clutterfree.
I mounted a mouse table on my armrest.. Was funny to let go of my
wireless mouse and watch it slide off onto the floor

Someday I'll be constructing a tube frame to suspend the monitors.
Got inspired by the hovercraft computer workstation in the Matrix
movies.

Anybody have some interesting custom computer station set ups?
D from BC

I used a spare bucket seat from a '66 GTO as a computer chair, till a
spring broke and cut my thigh. It was bolted to a wood base made from
2" * 8" lumber set on edge to get the right height, and was raised at
the rear to tilt slightly, to the right position. A set of heavy rubber
casters let it move around.

The computer desk was a solid oak butcher block dining room table
with a plywood cabinet that had adjustable shelves. It had two computer
monitors, a small color TV, a 'C band' sat receiver, and an old Harmon
Kardon 330B stereo receiver.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

I have to wonder about the need to be upright for computer work..
Maybe it's just to keep people awake and looking busy?

I was at the dentist in a very comfy dental chair and watched tv on
the ceiling.

Do you want the last thing you ever see to be that TV falling on you?

This is probably the most relaxing position for the back.
What's stopping this from becoming a computer workstation?
Laying back and looking skyward at the monitors and keyboarding off
the lap should be ok..

D from BC

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

I am not an orthopedist but when laying down the back muscles are not
excercised. Then when you have to schlepp that 40lbs bag of dog food
into the house there ain't no muscles to write home about and the spine
has to sustain it all. One wrong move -> OUCH!

OTOH, some people have to lay down a few hours every afternoon
because of swelling in their legs. I am building a cart to hold a
monitor, keyboard and mouse on an arm, like a hospital bed table so I
can work, instead of staring at the ceiling. When I first get up from
the hospital bed is when I do anything that requires physical activity.
After the swelling returns I have less sense of balance and more pain.


I am waiting for the mail. It is the end of the month, and the new
medication still hasn't arrived. I was told to stop using the prescribed
pain killer because it cause more swelling, and the replacement STILL
hasn't shown up. I hope that my last VA doctor loses her license to
practice medicine. My pension check is due, too, but if I had to chose,
I would rather get my prescriptions and refills. There are days that I
would willingly let them take both of my legs, and left arm.

At least that's how I understand it. Now that I live by it the back pain
is less serious.

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Joerg]

Noooo wayyy!
Somebody actually using one of those chairs???

Yep, and it actually helps my back.

Now you're all set for a dominatrix in tight leather to start whipping
you on that chair
She says "You've been a naughty designer!" whitsstt! (whip sound)

I am sometimes a naughty designer, for example when using digital chips
for not so digital purposes. Or transistors for logic circuits. But no
domina here ;-)

Still ..probably better than a barkolounger for computer work.
http://www.scottbower.com/image/wsr_TL.jpg

Ewww...

 

[D from BC]

I used a spare bucket seat from a '66 GTO as a computer chair, till a
spring broke and cut my thigh. It was bolted to a wood base made from
2" * 8" lumber set on edge to get the right height, and was raised at
the rear to tilt slightly, to the right position. A set of heavy rubber
casters let it move around.

The computer desk was a solid oak butcher block dining room table
with a plywood cabinet that had adjustable shelves. It had two computer
monitors, a small color TV, a 'C band' sat receiver, and an old Harmon
Kardon 330B stereo receiver.

Looks like I might be visiting the scrap yard to sit in a bunch of
cars to find out which ones have the most comfy seats for computer
work
D from BC

 

[Rich Grise]

I am not an orthopedist but when laying down the back muscles are not
excercised. Then when you have to schlepp that 40lbs bag of dog food
into the house there ain't no muscles to write home about and the spine
has to sustain it all. One wrong move -> OUCH!

At least that's how I understand it. Now that I live by it the back pain
is less serious.

It's healthier on the back to recline, like the "recumbent" bikes
and stuff. My chair back is tilted almost 45 degrees, and the seat
is uphill from my butt to my knees (so I don't slide off. ;-) )

But I've never had any "serious" back problems - got a crick avery
now and then, but I've schlepped a 100 lb. bag of corn from the
car to the deer feeder in the back yard - what I did was stand
the bag up on the lip of the trunk, back up to it, put my hands
under it, and lean over a little and carry it like a backpack -
essentially all of the weight wsa centered over my legs.

Once, when I was about 17, I carried a 100 lb. bag of flour up
a flight of steps, the hard way, i.e., holding it in my hands in
front of me. I was much stupider back then. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

You mean this thing:
http://www.back-shop.com/images/kneeling_chair.jpg

Maybe it's just me but the first time I saw that thing, it scared me.
Looks like some S&M torture device you tie someone to and get whipped

Nah - they're surprisingly comfortable, if you like being perfectly
vertical with little or no effort.

This looks better
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/4217/corbu_jp70.jpg

Personally, I vote "B" here. ;-) The keyboard and display are
no problem, but how do you operate the mouse? Use one of those
3-D glove things? ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

 

[D from BC]

Nah - they're surprisingly comfortable, if you like being perfectly
vertical with little or no effort.


Personally, I vote "B" here. ;-) The keyboard and display are
no problem, but how do you operate the mouse? Use one of those
3-D glove things? ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

If you're referring to the fun idea of converting this chair to a
computer workstation..
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/4217/corbu_jp70.jpg

Perhaps a mouse table would be placed in a comfy spot.. Probably near
the hip.

It's possible an inclined mouse table might be more comfy....
This could be attached to the chair.

I use an inclined mouse table...but that's because it's attached to my
office chair which is reclined to about 30 degrees.
D from BC

 

[Joerg]

It's healthier on the back to recline, like the "recumbent" bikes
and stuff. My chair back is tilted almost 45 degrees, and the seat
is uphill from my butt to my knees (so I don't slide off. ;-) )

Huge difference. On a recumbent bike your body is always in motion and
working, including the back. Blood circulation galore. When looking for
a bug in a huge set of Gerbers there is no movement to speak of. Except
for the lips, when an expletive slips out.

But I've never had any "serious" back problems - got a crick avery
now and then, but I've schlepped a 100 lb. bag of corn from the
car to the deer feeder in the back yard - what I did was stand
the bag up on the lip of the trunk, back up to it, put my hands
under it, and lean over a little and carry it like a backpack -
essentially all of the weight wsa centered over my legs.

Once, when I was about 17, I carried a 100 lb. bag of flour up
a flight of steps, the hard way, i.e., holding it in my hands in
front of me. I was much stupider back then. ;-)

Yeah, at 17 we felt invicible. My masterpiece was roaring down a hill on
a sled. Saw a huge hump that looked like the perfect ramp. Took it. Of
course. Up in the air, yeehaw! Followed by a looong sail. On landing,
kacrunch, the sled disintegrated underneath my butt. I came rolling down
the hill in what must have looked like an exploding lumberyard. Ouch!