UPDATE: Replacement arrived with the same problem. The MDF "wood" is beyond flimsy, which is a problem because the lever arms are stiff and require some pressure to get them in place. The trouble is, the slightest bit of uneven pressure on either side results in tension that pops the retaining screws right out of the lever arms, with a shower of sawdust onto the floor to boot. Once the pilot holes are stripped, the tray is useless.
The good news is that the lever arms are high quality. Rather than return the second unit and go through this again, I'm just going to keep this unit, mark it up as a loss, and buy a nice piece of hardwood to make my own keyboard tray. But since it looks like you can buy the arms separately, it's a waste of money.
I'll improve the review if the replacement does not suffer from this problem, but the first item shipped to me had VERY weak MDF on the keyboard tray. The included screws stripped the MDF pilot holes, meaning that the tray could not attach to the arms. Completely unusable.
Overall, if it worked, it looks like it wouldn't be a bad unit. That said, for this price, they should just ship one piece of wood for the keyboard tray so the seam in the middle is neither so ugly nor unstable.
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