So for those who followed, I went through a series of designs for the new desk I was building before settling on the final design. Over the last 2 days I've put in around hmm... 26 hours of cutting/ sanding/ painting/ nailing/ screwing/ bracing and crying...
But for the most part it's pretty much finished
I'm waiting on some rack rails and some hardware parts but apart from that it's pretty much done which is great. Anyways, here are the Desk Chronicles 2012!
Here are the Base/ Top parts of the monitor stands. Just Black laminated MDF, nothing special, but they do the job well.
And this is the cut/ stained pine I've decided to use for both the monitor stands and desktop.
And here is 1 completed monitor stand Looks good right! I wanted to go for a square shaft for the stands but the triangular shaft looked cooler to me and seems just as sturdy. It's filled with 7kg of Sand in each core. Really stable, I can't wait to test them
Desktop woods drying after being stained. 2 coats seems to have been enough to make them look a rich beach/ cherry stain but not overboard
Hmmm... Joao ponders what next after the frame of the desk is finished. Again, MDF Laminated feet/ structure and a Pine top
And here she is complete with top hutch and slide out Keyboard/ Mouse drawer (Thanks Officeworks (Officemax to US folk)). Looking damn good.. But don't be fooled! The hutch isn't actually screwed in/ glued yet.. I'm still awaiting my rack rails from the U.S which probably won't arrive till next week. Can't wait for them
It's also worth noting that the White BOX with the tubs is what I chose to buy instead of building drawers for the desk. Cheaper, less work and actually really well constructed for $20. It's going to be painted BLACK though, like all self respecting metal-head hardware haha.
So there it pretty much is! I'll post a final picture when the rails and everything is in, but for now, I'm quite content at both the finished product and my dedication to actually building it. I haven't build anything from scratch since I was in high school... Which even at my age feels like an eternity ago!
Costs for this were as follows (Desk + Monitor stands)
Woods - $100
Hardware/ Stainer - $100
Keyboard Fold out + 2 Tub Boxes $100
So, in total $300 for something I'm quite confident will keep me happy for quite a while... Sure I could have bought some prefabricated something or other, but this way I get exactly what I want how I want!
Cheers,
Chris
But for the most part it's pretty much finished
I'm waiting on some rack rails and some hardware parts but apart from that it's pretty much done which is great. Anyways, here are the Desk Chronicles 2012!Here are the Base/ Top parts of the monitor stands. Just Black laminated MDF, nothing special, but they do the job well.
And this is the cut/ stained pine I've decided to use for both the monitor stands and desktop.
And here is 1 completed monitor stand
Looks good right! I wanted to go for a square shaft for the stands but the triangular shaft looked cooler to me and seems just as sturdy. It's filled with 7kg of Sand in each core. Really stable, I can't wait to test them
Desktop woods drying after being stained. 2 coats seems to have been enough to make them look a rich beach/ cherry stain but not overboard
Hmmm... Joao ponders what next after the frame of the desk is finished. Again, MDF Laminated feet/ structure and a Pine top
And here she is complete with top hutch and slide out Keyboard/ Mouse drawer (Thanks Officeworks (Officemax to US folk)). Looking damn good.. But don't be fooled! The hutch isn't actually screwed in/ glued yet.. I'm still awaiting my rack rails from the U.S which probably won't arrive till next week. Can't wait for them
It's also worth noting that the White BOX with the tubs is what I chose to buy instead of building drawers for the desk. Cheaper, less work and actually really well constructed for $20. It's going to be painted BLACK though, like all self respecting metal-head hardware haha.
So there it pretty much is! I'll post a final picture when the rails and everything is in, but for now, I'm quite content at both the finished product and my dedication to actually building it. I haven't build anything from scratch since I was in high school... Which even at my age feels like an eternity ago!
Costs for this were as follows (Desk + Monitor stands)
Woods - $100
Hardware/ Stainer - $100
Keyboard Fold out + 2 Tub Boxes $100
So, in total $300 for something I'm quite confident will keep me happy for quite a while... Sure I could have bought some prefabricated something or other, but this way I get exactly what I want how I want!
Cheers,
Chris
