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Put this 20inch TV:
Which weighs about 25Kgs
On the top shelf of this:
Ikea's website says that the desk's max load is 75Kg.
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I don't see why not. Will it fit underneath that top bar??
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Originally posted by Rampant Desire:
I don't see why not. Will it fit underneath that top bar??
He wants to put it on the top shelf. I would say go for it, provided the top shelf is wide enough to fit 90% of the base of the TV.
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Originally posted by Rampant Desire:
I don't see why not. Will it fit underneath that top bar??
I want to put it on the top shelf.
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Be very careful - TVs are extremely front-heavy. The uneven distribution of the load is going to make it hard to balance on that top shelf, depending on how wide the shelf is. On top of that, you might tip the desk itself over because TVs are so tipsy.
I'd measure the base of the TV and the size of the shelf, and unless they're at least equal -- don't do it. It's not worth cleaning up the fragments of a TV tube over if someone bumps it, etc.
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you're asking for trouble
you have pets? you may nudge the thing by accident and Boom!
or risk it and learn a valuable lesson
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Do you live where there are earthquakes? Then definitely don't do it.
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Do you have children in the house?
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From the pictures given, I'd say no. But if you went to a steel supply yard and drilled and bolted a structural L channel to the bottom of the shelf it could be possible. It'd really only cost you a couple bucks if you had the tools.
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Originally posted by Kilbey:
From the pictures given, I'd say no. But if you went to a steel supply yard and drilled and bolted a structural L channel to the bottom of the shelf it could be possible. It'd really only cost you a couple bucks if you had the tools.
Not sure what an L channel is, but the wood shelf is supported by a steel shaft that runs along its bottom and is bolted to the frame.
As for the other questions, no children, no earthquakes, no pets. Ideally, I'd have the face of the TV flush (or slightly set back) with the front of the shelf, and the back of the tv up against the wall behind my desk. It'd overhang the end of the shelf, but not too much of the base, just the tube.
here's a pic with the tv that I'm replacing:
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I'm gona say you shouldn't do it... then again I'm a hypocrite since I have my iMac sitting on top of a kinda tilty hutch thing in a dorm room...
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Originally posted by strictlyplaid:
Be very careful - TVs are extremely front-heavy. The uneven distribution of the load is going to make it hard to balance on that top shelf, depending on how wide the shelf is. On top of that, you might tip the desk itself over because TVs are so tipsy.
^^^For this reason: don't do it.
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Originally posted by brapper:
Not sure what an L channel is, but the wood shelf is supported by a steel shaft that runs along its bottom and is bolted to the frame.
As for the other questions, no children, no earthquakes, no pets. Ideally, I'd have the face of the TV flush (or slightly set back) with the front of the shelf, and the back of the tv up against the wall behind my desk. It'd overhang the end of the shelf, but not too much of the base, just the tube.
here's a pic with the tv that I'm replacing:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/brapper/desk.jpg[/MG]
I'd say you shouldn't have a problem. But I would put the front of the TV back and inch from the front of the shelf. TVs are very front heavy.
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Originally posted by Kilbey:
I'd say you shouldn't have a problem. But I would put the front of the TV back and inch from the front of the shelf. TVs are very front heavy.
I would clamp it down in some way.
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Originally posted by hayesk:
I would clamp it down in some way.
Should work great in my opinion.
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Originally posted by brapper:
http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/31691_PE121153_S3.jpg
THATS MY DESK!
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Originally posted by Peter:
THATS MY DESK!
...would you put a 60 pound weight on its top shelf?
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