I'm in the process of planning out a new desk for myself, and since I noticed there are quite a few people asking for plans and such on this forum, I thought I'd share my design in case it could help someone. Here's how it looks:
Here's the key features I wanted for the desk:
- Simple design so the building process wouldn't be awfully hard and/or expensive.
- Mobility. The removable legs can be screwed off easily, so the desk part itself can easily be transferred if needed.
- Expandability. The removable legs also allow me to build two racks in the future and place the desk on them if I need more rack space.
- Ergonomy. I hate it when the LCD's are way too high and close (or far). In this design the height should be reasonable.
- Table-top racks. I just like to have them, they're easy to work with and that's what I feel comfortable with. The racks, however, can't be too high so reflections would be a problem. The 3 unit racks shouldn't be a problem if the monitors are raised a bit and angled downwards a bit. Correct me if I'm wrong.
- Space for two 24 inch LCD displays.
- Space for at least two Euphonix MC Mix controllers, as that's what I think I'll end up buying for myself. The design has room for four controllers total. Also, wrist support for the controllers.
Feel free to use the design in any way you wish, as long as:
1) You don't claim it your own design.
2) You don't hold me responsible if you build it and the measures are off or the table collapses, destroying $30.000 worth of über cool vintage equipment. The build hasn't been tested.
ATTENTION: If you decide to build this, I'd advice you to add a fifth leg in the middle for additional support, depending on the material you use. I made the design for 18mm glued wood plane (I have no idea what the correct word is in English, sorry
), which should hold fine, but YMMV.
Anyway, here's the Sketchup file, enjoy!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1809705/Studio_Desk_2_Jarkko_Mattheiszen.skp
Here's the key features I wanted for the desk:
- Simple design so the building process wouldn't be awfully hard and/or expensive.
- Mobility. The removable legs can be screwed off easily, so the desk part itself can easily be transferred if needed.
- Expandability. The removable legs also allow me to build two racks in the future and place the desk on them if I need more rack space.
- Ergonomy. I hate it when the LCD's are way too high and close (or far). In this design the height should be reasonable.
- Table-top racks. I just like to have them, they're easy to work with and that's what I feel comfortable with. The racks, however, can't be too high so reflections would be a problem. The 3 unit racks shouldn't be a problem if the monitors are raised a bit and angled downwards a bit. Correct me if I'm wrong.
- Space for two 24 inch LCD displays.
- Space for at least two Euphonix MC Mix controllers, as that's what I think I'll end up buying for myself. The design has room for four controllers total. Also, wrist support for the controllers.
Feel free to use the design in any way you wish, as long as:
1) You don't claim it your own design.
2) You don't hold me responsible if you build it and the measures are off or the table collapses, destroying $30.000 worth of über cool vintage equipment. The build hasn't been tested.
ATTENTION: If you decide to build this, I'd advice you to add a fifth leg in the middle for additional support, depending on the material you use. I made the design for 18mm glued wood plane (I have no idea what the correct word is in English, sorry
), which should hold fine, but YMMV.Anyway, here's the Sketchup file, enjoy!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1809705/Studio_Desk_2_Jarkko_Mattheiszen.skp
Design looks sweet, though I personally would prefer moving the legs in a fair bit from the corners for added stability and support of the center (and probably would negate the need for the 5th leg)
Seriously though, the picture just shows how it would look like in a normal setup.
