Got a bloke that i may be making a Desk similar to this in a few months.
Just gauging interest to see if anyone would be interested in me showing how to make a really good functional computer desk.
Got a bloke that i may be making a Desk similar to this in a few months.
Just gauging interest to see if anyone would be interested in me showing how to make a really good functional computer desk.
Can something like that be easily dismantled? Looks like it'd weigh a ton.
the corner and the 2 sides seperate, and the 2 desktop cabinets arn't attached, and neither is the monitor stand, they're free floating.
so it breaks up into 6 individual pieces, the draws are removable and so are the 3 tops of the desk, none of which require screws to dismantle.
don't waste space on a stupid ass computer cubby thing. Those things make the thing impossible to service.
Get a desk surface that can stand up to abuse.
Make sure you account for multiple monitors. Consider their placement on your desk and your comfortable viewing angle (side to side and height). I hate podiums especially for this reason.
Leg room. One of the biggest bitches with a desk. I hate the things that stick out for support. Also, they eat away your space for computer placement.
Speaking of computer placement, make sure it can fit in a place where it will fit, and where all of your cables will be able to reach.
hey j cap that's actually my desk mate, i might be commissioned to do another one in a few months, so i'd do a walk through on how i made it.
1. The only time the comp cubby gets annoying is when i'm moving it, or i'm upgrading, both of which only happen every 6 months at the absolute earliest, so unless your like freelancer and up to his elbows in computer parts daily it's a great way to tuck it away, and save desk room.
The only crit i have for it after 6 years of use, was that i didnt quite make it wide enough, Back when i designed it average case sizes where alot different, and we didnt have case's like we have now.
2. The desk surface has held up perfectly fine over about 6 years of constant daily use.
3. The podium is free standing so it can move back or forward or be removed if you want, like i have now. I used to use it alot when i had a big 21inch CRT monitor (which wasn't in the picture solely because it didnt look pretty when i took it, it was a design project).
Crit: while 3 monitors is still doable on my desk because the middle table is 1000mm x 1000mm, it wasn't REALLY taken into account when i built it, they whern't that common back then so i didn't make any more podium's for potential thirds.
4. The supports are far enough back that they dont interfere at all, i took it into account when i built it.
5. All cables reach the computer, i have an extension for my mouse simply to make it not so tight, but i can get away with no extensions.
Cheers for the feedback, Zilla
how much for you to make me one sick of this plastic fold out table~
don't forget mates rates~~~
plastic gives you cancer
still convinced you could build a bomb-proof shelter entirely out of wood, your stuff looks so solidly put together
I found my computer desk on the side of the road on my way home from work. I can't believe someone was just going to throw it away!
Nice man, I build cabinets myself. Bass bins actually, you should get into it. You definitly got the skills.
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