reminds me of this one from IKEA: ![](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/?action=dlattach;attach=1380265;image)
ALEX is MDF, IIRC. MOPPE is plywood. I'm sort of interested in trying HELMER.
I've got some of my stuff in leftover wire baskets, which is pretty bad. A couple ALEX or HELMER would be useful.
What I really want is something like this, but that is completely insane in price. (A SEK is about 1/9 USD today.)
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I have
one of these in my Canada stuff, along with another similar one here; both acquired from the Thrift for ~$20. Well I
will have... once we make that trip for the Canada stuff
and if I ever find some reasonably priced end tables for the living room so I can take it back for the dwagon-cave.
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Yes, the Ikea drawer unit is formica-clad MDF, which makes it not a great work surface. But as a scope-cart or cabling drawer, I'd say it is exactly the right mix of price, ready-to-use, and solid-enough construction, as long as you keep it in a low-humidity/climate-controlled environment. I'd say that if kept indoors with climate that is comfortable for humans, it should be good for a decade or two.
If the Alex is made as solidly as the Micke, then actually good value for money for normal folks, except that I'm a cheap-bastahd-dwagon.
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The Alex comes in several variants in white, grey and black, and there's a 9-drawer version that several of them would be just nipply for tool and component storage... same with the wide 5-drawer unit. While I would
really have a hard time shelling out the money, two of either of the 5-drawer units with a
undrilled 80" x 30-36" slab door laid across them would make an excellent daily use desk, tho you'd want to seal it with clear polyurethane first. I've done exactly this over a couple cheap filing cabinets or stacked concrete blocks in several
"gotta get something usable up quick & cheap" scenarios.
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Heavy use would be right out, of course; not gonna attach a vise to it or even be able to stand on it safely. But for a PC desk or even a electronics assembly bench... or diag workspace on anything under a stone or three in weight... it would be fine, as long as you put something like a cut of Masonite down as a wear/work surface.
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