Building a treadmill desk

[scaeagles]

I might suggest going with a clear desktop - acrylic or some thick plastic or something - so that you can see the controls. Then reaching under shouldn't be as much of a problem as you can see the controls without bending over.

How thick is the bottom of the cupholders? I'm sure your desk will be a bit heavier than the typical water bottle so you may need to reinforce them in some fashion.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I might suggest going with a clear desktop - acrylic or some thick plastic or something.

I've thought about that but I don't think they have acrylic sheets at home depot (I will check however). I might save that for Desk v2.0

Originally Posted by scaeagles

How thick is the bottom of the cupholders? I'm sure your desk will be a bit heavier than the typical water bottle so you may need to reinforce them in some fashion.

They are molded from good strong plastic so I think they will be able to easily hold the weight. From the top, the post itself will distribute the weight across the entire surface and from the bottom/side I'll use an over sized washer.

Most of the weight (where I rest my elbows) will be on the armrests which are designed for that.

Any suggestions on how to attache the desk to the arms? One idea I'm toying with is to extend the desk to just past the ends of the arms and use a post that rests on the ground. Bolting these to the desktop would give it the needed lateral support.