Time for a new desk!
- Thread starter Metaltastic
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Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
I completely agree on the ergonomics issue. I would have gotten a StudioRTA desk a while ago, but the screen shelf is on a ridiculous level. My ideal desk would be one that has the screen on about the same level as the keyboard, and two racks on each side so the nearfields can sit on top of them. I guess I just gotta find a normal, wide desk and buy two tabletop racks.
HeadCrusher
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^if you ever find something like that with a reasonable prize please let me know (and so will i if i should be first! 
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Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
^if you ever find something like that with a reasonable prize please let me know (and so will i if i should be first!
Sure! I've been thinking of getting two of these: http://www.thomann.de/fi/thon_studiomoebel_desktop_rack_5003a.htm and some cheap Ikea desk or similar, but even that would put the price to at least 300 euros :zombie:
HeadCrusher
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Ya well... This would actually be quite cool but look at the prize...
http://www.argosyconsole.com/html_internal/argosyvseries_70V2R1003.html
http://www.argosyconsole.com/html_internal/argosyvseries_70V2R1003.html
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
Ya well... This would actually be quite cool but look at the prize...
http://www.argosyconsole.com/html_internal/argosyvseries_70V2R1003.html
Yeah, Argosy has some really cool items but the price is about ten times the sum I could spend
When I get out of army and back to work, that is.Guys if you can find the dimensions of one of the expensive desks, I will do a plan in CAD for you and then you can take it to a carpenter or metal shop and get one built for alot less and it can be shared on this forum.
Anyone interested??
Anyone interested??
Loren Littlejohn
Lover of all boobage.
Guys if you can find the dimensions of one of the expensive desks, I will do a plan in CAD for you and then you can take it to a carpenter or metal shop and get one built for alot less and it can be shared on this forum.
Anyone interested??
This is the fucking idea right here. Seriously a piece of birch, maple or a few others is only $60-80 for a sheet of it.
The only thing that gives me pause about building my own is attaching the legs - I guess I could find metal legs designated for that purpose, but if I were gonna go the wood route, I can't think of how I'd secure them strongly enough...also, the hassle of finishing the whole thing
Metaltastic
There are different ways of attaching legs you could use metal boxing for the legs and attach a H frame to the underside of the desk.
There are different ways of attaching legs you could use metal boxing for the legs and attach a H frame to the underside of the desk.
Well I just bought this baby for $250 from Sweetwater (they don't advertise it on their website cuz it's older, but apparently they still had it in inventory and gave it to me for that price! Fuck yeah...), and although I only plan on using a laptop for the next few years, I don't see what the problem would be with putting an LCD monitor on the main shelf (rather than the upper one) to get it at a comfortable height, and pushing it all the way back to have room in front of it.
Zombietakeover
Member
if you can build stuff...
http://plans.thefrankes.com/Racks/default.aspx
Pretty cool desks if you ask me.
http://plans.thefrankes.com/Racks/default.aspx
Pretty cool desks if you ask me.
Zombietakeover
Member
broken81
Used by Protools
Guys if you can find the dimensions of one of the expensive desks, I will do a plan in CAD for you and then you can take it to a carpenter or metal shop and get one built for alot less and it can be shared on this forum.
Anyone interested??
Yea this would be sweet!
Yeah, that's why I made sure to get the Z-260, cuz the top shelf is 42" wide, which should be fine (unlike the Z-250, where the top shelf is only 38" wide)
Zombietakeover
Member
Well, change of plans - I got a call from Sweetwater today, and apparently they don't have the Z-260 after all, so my sales engineer gave me the narrower Z-250 with a bitchin' pair of adjustable monitor stands for $300 total - don't mind if I do!
MetallyGuitarded
He whom thou art not
Here's my sweet studio console station...
http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/s...roductId=38950&cmArea=SC2:CG39:DP1555:CL70701
Well, it's not sweet but it does work.
Keyboard tray = $20
Table free from a previous employer = Priceless
http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/s...roductId=38950&cmArea=SC2:CG39:DP1555:CL70701
Well, it's not sweet but it does work.
Keyboard tray = $20
Table free from a previous employer = Priceless
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