Have an old bottle jack? Help me save my saggy desk

"nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul" (nfamouscj) 03/26/2015 at 19:17 • Filed to: None

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So poor design and too much weight is going to take it's toll on my desk. So why not get creative? I could screw some bracing into the top but thats no fun. So I'm thinking an old bottle jack on the desk (next to my hdd backups) to lift up the sagging part. I'm open to ideas and if you have an old jack I'd like to buy it.

Looks worse in this picture than it is, but the second picture shows how much lower it's dropped.

HammerheadFistpunch > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 03/26/2015 at 19:26

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Wouldn't a bottlejack sag over time? you would have to keep pumping it up every so often.

PS9 > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 03/26/2015 at 19:28

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Might be time to bring the desk 'round back the shed and pull and Ol' Yeller.

deekster_caddy > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 03/26/2015 at 19:32

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Use a jack stand instead - much less likely to sag over time, or leak oil on your desk!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 03/26/2015 at 19:33

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UK? I've got a really old wormscrew jack you can have. 1940's I think.

desertdog5051 > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 03/26/2015 at 19:35

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Use bottlejack to raise the section and put a 2x4 of the proper length in its place. Post graffiti or comments on 2x4.

MysticStick > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 03/26/2015 at 19:37

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Maybe you could make a bottle jack from a 2x4. It would not be as round or whatever but it would be much cheaper.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/26/2015 at 19:53

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that'd be awesome but I'm east coast US, shipping would get pricey as I bet it has some weight.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > deekster_caddy 03/26/2015 at 19:54

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Hmmm... That's good thinking actually. think I'll search for a small profile one

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > desertdog5051 03/26/2015 at 19:56

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I was thinking that first. I can just pull up on it and it'll lift back to regular height. Jack would be a more interesting route but 2x4 may be the simpler option.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 03/26/2015 at 19:57

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From what I remember I'd estimate about 6kg, or 13lbs in funny weights. That'd cost a few pennies, sorry.

FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 03/26/2015 at 19:58

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Go to a junk yard and get one of the non-pneumatic kind (screw type) that come with a car for changing a flat. Anything old and cheap is also likely leaking oil.

samssun > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/27/2015 at 01:09

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Funny weights? Come on now, we all know you had to convert 13 lbs to .93 stone to get to 6 commiegrams.

StoneCold > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 03/27/2015 at 12:16

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I definitely misread the title.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > StoneCold 03/27/2015 at 13:25

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I'm ok with old bottles of Jack too