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What is a fair price for a corner desk black galant with one extension? A legs if it matters. Used.
 
So I purchased a galant corner desk with an extension for $110 on craigslist. When I saw it it was great. Put it together at the house and now the extension and my desk are not flush. Probably a 1/4 inch gap and it is really bugging me. Don't remember the gap when I first saw it. Anyone know how I could go about fixing it. Thinking I might've overtightened something(I didn't think I did).
 
EdGaRRRRR said:
So I purchased a galant corner desk with an extension for $110 on craigslist. When I saw it it was great. Put it together at the house and now the extension and my desk are not flush. Probably a 1/4 inch gap and it is really bugging me. Don't remember the gap when I first saw it. Anyone know how I could go about fixing it. Thinking I might've overtightened something(I didn't think I did).
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Sorry to hear that. It could be a defect? and the reason why that person sold it?...Try taking it apart and starting over, flat on the floor making sure the extension are flushed, then tighten where it cant budge and go from there, might be the frame with the issue?
 
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Sadly, my eight-year old Galant is sagging noticeably where I connected two table tops. I think I just overloaded the weight and it's taken its toll over time. Worse, though, is there are no Ikea desks/tables I can consider as replacements. Their current models are pretty awful, IMO. :(
 
Tyler-Durden said:
Sadly, my eight-year old Galant is sagging noticeably where I connected two table tops. I think I just overloaded the weight and it's taken its toll over time. Worse, though, is there are no Ikea desks/tables I can consider as replacements. Their current models are pretty awful, IMO. :(
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is it the wood that warped or the legs? Ikea sells a bunch of different legs you could use
 
mnewxcv said:
is it the wood that warped or the legs? Ikea sells a bunch of different legs you could use
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Actually, it's the metal frame under the wood that's warped. I went to my local Ikea store hoping to find replacement frame pieces, but they had nothing for Galant desks except A-legs. :(
 
moved to a plp setup on the jerker. I think I'm going to like this better then 3 up top.

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Tyler-Durden said:
Sadly, my eight-year old Galant is sagging noticeably where I connected two table tops. I think I just overloaded the weight and it's taken its toll over time. Worse, though, is there are no Ikea desks/tables I can consider as replacements. Their current models are pretty awful, IMO. :(
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Galant comes with a 10 year warranty. Do you have your sales receipt?
 
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Standing may not be so great for you either.

What kind of chair are you using? Maybe upgrade THAT first?
 
Ikea Fredde - I apologize if this has been asked an answered already... Does anyone have the measurements of just the bottom shelves (i.e. the ones meant for the system)?
 
Here is my current desk.

Ikea Bekant corner desk. I don't want to stand while using a PC so its the regular model.
Excuse the mess. Just finished painting/setting up and assembling the desktop.

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Makes me want to find arms for my 2006 Jerker... Would fit my HP Micro server perfectly.
 
Speaking of, my 2006 Jerker with recently added free standing monitor shelf and RGB led strip, both from Ikea. Holds my 3 24" monitors with more room for my KB (Razer chroma KB and mouse) and speakers and misc shit. Crap ass cell phone picture, I'll take better shots after I move.
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My wife grumbles every time we move and I still hold on to the Jerker.

Interested in selling a shelf or two?
 
Solved my left-side sagging Galant problem without having to drop $450+ on a whole new desk. :)

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After:



Finally cleaned up the cables under the desk. Also sold that big SVS cylinder subwoofer and replaced it with a new SB-2000 tucked under the desk. I love how everything turned out. :)

 
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Yeah, 8 years of heavy audio equipment took their toll on my poor Galant. I removed that extra piece on the left, attached the legs to the main large desk, moved the PC to the right side, and put the printer on that separate stand. All worked out quite well in the end.

SVS cylinder sub it is -- PC12-NSD. I actually am going to replace it with one of the new SVS compact sealed subs, the SB-2000. The PC12 really is more suited to home theater. It was a foolish impulse buy a couple years ago. Just need to find someone who wants a good sub at a cheap price.
 
I think this is a Galant, with two rounded extensions on either end. My work projects tend to sprawl across any open desk space, so we went long on this one.

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(House was being sold, so everything is tidy and the dying office was sent into hiding.)
 
.Gunfire said:
Wow, that rack looks clean! Info on any of it?
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Thanks.

The rack:
ProAudioVideo 22u / 1000mm Deep Rack
Belkin PF60 Power Center
Linksys 24-port Gigabit Switch
3x HTPC's
ESXi Server
Custom pfSense router
Asus RT-N16 running DD-WRT (Linux Kernel 3.10.2)
Motorola SB6121
Everything is on a CyberPower 1500VA UPS (about 25mins in a power outage, with PC shutdown scripts via USB)

ESXi Server:
Norco RPC-4220 4U Case
Corsair RM1000 Power Supply
Supermicro X9SCM Motherboard
Intel Xeon E3-1240 Processor
Supertalent 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3-1333 ECC RAM
Ceton InfiniTV4 PCI-e
3x IBM M1015 SAS Controllers
2x 250GB Samsung Evo 850 SSD's (Datastore and Backup Datastore)
7x 4TB Western Digital SSHD's
10x 2TB Western Digital Green HDD's
5x SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cables
3x 120mm Arctic Cooling F12 PWM Fans
2x 80mm Arctic Cooling F8 Rev.2 PWM Fans
1x 92mm Arctic Cooling Alpine 11 Plus PWM CPU Fan
ESXi 6.0
VM1: Windows 8.1 x64 w/ MCE + Emby Server + Ubiquiti NVR + SnapRAID
VM2: Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 + PRTG Network Monitor + Backup Management

HTPC's:
3 of each...
MSI P67A-G43 Motherboard
Intel i3 2100 Processor
PNY 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Corsair Force 3 60GB SSD
Galaxy GTS 450 Graphics Card
NMediaPC Pro-LCD 5.25'' Screen
Corsair CX430 Power Supply
Rosewill R4000 4U Rackmount Case
Monoprice HDMI to Ethernet Converters to the TV's
Monoprice USB to Ethernet to the IR Receivers mounted under the TV's (power up/down of the PC and control UI)
All HTPC's run Windows 8.1 x64 MCE with Emby Theater

PFsense Router:
Silverstone PT13 Slim-ITX Case
Jetway NF9HG-2930 (Intel Celeron N2930 1.83 - 2.16 GHz Quad Core Processor, 4x Intel i211AT Gigabit LAN, mini-PCIe, mSATA, etc..)
8GB DDR3-1600 Kingston HyperX Impact 1.35v
128GB SanDisk x110 mSATA SSD
60w FSP Power Brick

BSD backup box:
Intel i5 2500k Processor
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Motherboard
8GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600
90GB Corsair ForceGT SSD [OS Drive]
8TB RAID-Z ZFS
Rocketfish Case
Highpoint DC-7280 Datacenter HBA
1050w Seasonic Snowsilent PSU
PC-BSD OS

Test/dev box:
Lian-Li v351
AMD FX-6300
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3
8GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600
300GB WD Velociraptor
Plextor 16x DVD Burner
750w Rosewill PSU
 
antok86 said:
interested on how you have the top monitor mounted
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the Dell 24" was a little too heavy for the mount so I placed a small box underneath the arm to the desired height. (the pic is before I moved to the single 24" but you get the idea)

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thanks^^....they stop making galant desks? im looking for a right angle desk to replace my two fredriks
 
antok86 said:
thanks^^....they stop making galant desks? im looking for a right angle desk to replace my two fredriks
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Yes they did. However, ikea sold a TON of Galant desks, so there's a lot of them out there. Check your classifieds, etc for "office desks" or "ikea desks".

There's always 3-4 sets for sale in my "local" (100 miles) classifieds.
 
You guys might also wanna check out EuropeGiant Classified Ads if you're in Europe ... I got great deals for furniture on there and it serves all the european countries. It's a great platform for those in Europe. IKEA stuff tend to break easily when it's time to move things out or moving to another apartment or house. It's amazing how you can get legit and solid second hand things for really cheap , things should be worth more.I just thought of sharing.

zod96 said:
I would like to get this...

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10116651/

But I would also like a pull out keyboard tray to house my mouse and keyboard. Does Ikea sell something like this? I have searched the website but have come up empty. Anyone have any ideas?

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Put this together for my girlfriend this weekend. Linnmon table top and a Kallax storage unit with a couple of legs. She loves it. Going to be picking her up a couple of used monitors tomorrow to replace the Lenovo display for a dual monitor setup, just need to order a pole for them.

 
Bland_JamesBland said:
Put this together for my girlfriend this weekend. Linnmon table top and a Kallax storage unit with a couple of legs. She loves it. Going to be picking her up a couple of used monitors tomorrow to replace the Lenovo display for a dual monitor setup, just need to order a pole for them.

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That's nice.

Did you use any adhesive on the table-top or is it just sitting on the shelving unit?
 
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