What I'd consider is go to a local carpenter to buy a quality wooden plank in the right size, and attach the ikea legs with wheels like the one in the picture you posted to the wooden plank, you need about 5 self-tapping wood screws per leg, it's quite easy to do. A 18mm multiplex board is perhaps sufficient, or glue two of them together to make a thicker board that doesnt bend under the weight of monitors.

So are you suggesting additional leg(s) to support the plank and thus the monitor arm?

If the plank still bends too much you could install a fifth leg in the middle of the backside for support, or attach a narrow vertical plank (like n I-beam) underneath the table for a more rigid structure. some standard ikea desks do this as well.

One hesitates to overstress Ikea furniture, which was designed to bear certain forces in certain directions and nothing more. But there are some simple solutions. (1) You could mount the monitors on the wall. (2) You could support the monitors from the ceiling with bungee cords. Make sure the eye-hooks screw into a beam. (3) You could move the Ikea desk out to pasture, get two filing cabinets and put sheet of thick plywood across them. And a sheet of clear fake plastic glass stuff for a smooth surface that is not quite as big as the plywood (because you don't want it to complicate the clamp where the display arm attaches)

i made this as a side table using the same ikea legs, it's quite sturdy and very easy to make

> Essentially the arm is crushing my desk. I've tried several times to reinforce where the arm attaches to the desk with small wooden planks what if instead of adding those small wooden planks you add a couple of metal plates, one at the bottom and one at the top? Better if they are bigger so they distribute the arm bending force better

No need for a carpenter: go to your local diy store and but a piece of decent quality/thick plywood (baltic birch or stg). It will take the weight fine

They can cut it on the spot usually

If you don’t have the means to do it

The ikea ply looking boards are really bad, it’s essentially cardboard (some kind of mdf full of voids)

Combining: "I've tried several times to reinforce where the arm attaches to the desk" ...and: "the monitors all starting to lean forward as the desk implodes under the weight" ...and looking at the sad little mount, are we solving the wrong problem? ie, Is it the weight or the lean? I would put a hook on the wall behind my set-up at the same height as the top of the pole and run 5-pound test fishing line to the top of the pole so it stays vertical. Then the rest of the system looks sufficient for the weight. Just the usual caveat: tell the kids the monitors are not for swinging. hth!

Thanks everyone for the tips and advice. I should have pointed out, there's a window directly behind my monitors, which somewhat reduces my ability to implement some of the suggestions here. The arm "should" be able to handle the monitors I have in terms of weight, but it's still a lot

I use something like this. A door. Make sure it’s not “hollow core”. Specifically, “36 in. x 80 in. Solid Core Brown Composite Unfinished Flush Interior Door Slab”. Holds a ton of weight. Will never sag. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Steves-Sons-36-in-x-80-in-Solid-Core-Brown-Composite-Unfinished-Flush-Interior-Door-Slab-Q68FHFCNAC99/100086151

Right on. This is why Ikea wood has to be transported in its sealed box. Just imagine what would happen if it escaped into a natural forest.

Bitbucket? :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:

Haha

I got shortcut so far because I'm mostly trying to cut out the enterprise crap I don't use on a day to day basis.

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