Autonomous SmartDesk 2 Assembly
Well when you are putting anything together help is always a good thing, even better if its by a cute girl. First you are going to want to start attaching the legs to the crossbar ends. The legs are actually pretty heavy, which speaks to the quality of the components of this desk.
Once you have each leg connected to the crossbar ends you want to install the side brackets on each leg. Most of the assembly is done with hex screws and Autonomous does include a hex key, but if you had your own normal screw driver with a hex head things will move a lot faster.
Now you extend the crossbar rails which will allow you to connect them, making the frame a single piece. From there attach the long feet on each side. Your assembly so far should look something like you see below.
Now it is time to attach the desktop to the frame. There are pre-drilled holes so you can line everything up perfectly. With the desktop attached you now have to mount the control box and switch to the bottom of the desktop. Again you have pre-drilled holes so you know exactly where to mount everything.
Now of course you want to keep the cable mess to a minimum. Autonomous includes a bag of cable organizers to help you out with that.
With the desk fully assembled just flip it over and you are good to go! Assembly should take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour.
Looking at the manufacturer’s web site, it comes in different desk-shapes, etc. They see it as a one-user work-station. It could be used as a one-purpose, multi-user work-station. With multi-users, it can adjust to many different users.
Not mentioned directly, but probably needed, are castor-wheels with locking. This allows mobility, plus fitting with rooms, cables, and other furniture.
Thanks for the review. Just ordered mine today. I only got the DIY business though. I have a table I can reuse as the top to this.
Nice! Let us know how it turns out!
Funny story actually. Miscommunication with the wife about what table I was going to use led me to have to call and cancel my order. Now I am deciding, based mostly on this review, on whether I want bamboo or not.
I love the bamboo so glad I went with that option!
I received my platform yesterday and my bamboo top today. Got it all installed and I love it. I do wish though that I would have gone with a wider top but my three monitors do sit side by side at least. Your review did help me to go with bamboo, much appreciated!