THIS IS A DRAFT ARTICLE. Still WIP...

Hardware

DC 12V Gear Motor

• Not just a regular DC motor. See the difference between a regular DC motor and a DC gear motor
• Torque must be equal or greater than 2Nm (20.4 kg.cm) (info found here). Look at the stall torque, not the rated torque.

This one, in its 72 RPM edition looks good enough. Alternatively, this one should work too.

Power adapter INPUT AC 110-240V / OUTPUT DC 12V 5A

This one on Amazon seems to do the job.

6mm Hex key or Hex shaft

This one on Obi.de.

Maybe also buy a shaft coupler 6mm-10mm, if the motor takes in a 10mm shaft for instance.

Switch 3 positions reverse polarity???

Unsure...

Other tutorials

• http://cesarmoya.com/blog/motorizing-standup-desk/
• https://github.com/aenniw/ARDUINO/tree/master/skarsta
• https://github.com/flosommerfeld/ESP8266-IKEA-Skarsta-Trotten-Web-Dashboard
• https://www.instructables.com/Motorizing-an-IKEA-SKARSTA-Table/
• https://hackcorrelation.blogspot.com/2015/09/ikea-skarsta-sitstanding-desk-hack.html