Built myself a new desk... [pics]
 

I took a few days off last week and built myself a new desk. What do you guys think?

I added another middle shelf where the UPS is, and cut holes to run all the cables, but this is essentially it:

http://www.wtfmedia.com/temp/desk1.jpg

http://www.wtfmedia.com/temp/desk2.jpg

:thumbsup

nice work

nice as is very nice

Good job. If only I was that handy!

looks good

you built it yourself? damn, its nice! :thumbsup

Yep... I used to work in live theatre so I have lots of carpentry experience.

It's flat cut oak plywood with solid oak trim. I finished it with satin varathane and a foam brush.

very nice work!!

out of curiosity, what would something like that cost to buy from a store? if you had to guess... I am looking to get a new desk : ) not sure i could make something like that but i definitely could buy

it's toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo clean
i'd feel out of place with it

but that's just me :thumbsup

Very nice looking, and you should be proud of yourself for the work. I would be.


The nicest desk I have ever seen was one that a guy made from corian. that fucking thing weighed about a ton, but it was so cool to see it with no seams.

looks good, but do you have enough room for your arms?!?

Nice work... Makes a pleasent change fronm the 'Flat-Packs' I normally use :)

Nice.

My only concern would be air circulation down there... for the hardware... and the _hardware_. :winkwink:

Just the materials cost around $600. Not sure about buying one. You could hire a cabinet maker to build one who could probably do an even better job.

I wanted to lower the keyboard to make it all more ergonomic. It's much more comfortable like this than my old desk.

I've been thinking about this... I may need to put in a little fan before next summer, but so far it's fine. The hardware is running around the same temp as before. ;)

looks really clean. you did a good job! :thumbsup

looks good. nice job.

very nice. keeping the natural color? staining it at all?

that is pretty nice dude

clean and neat. chic.

Impressive! My people are not permitted to handle tools. It is sad and so we lament.

impressive work!

that looks sicc, good job

wow.. nice work! how long did it take you?

well done...
you should change business and start building tables... ;)

Yeah, I'm going to keep it natural. It has three coats of satin Varathane, four coats on the top.

I don't have very good tools here (no chop saw, no rad saw, no table saw) so it took about 40hrs. I did take a few boards to rip on a table saw I had access to.

Most of it was done with a crappy circular saw.

looks great man!! Good job :thumbsup

Nice desk. If I built something like that I'd end up with a pile of firewood! :Oh crap

very cool, gives me Wood@!

I dig the under desk shelving - I could use some of that.

Great desk Bob Vila!

The cables are killing me though. Pick up some velcro tape, it's awesome for tidying up the wires.

A man needs a nice, stable, wooden desk to keep his LJ6L on! :thumbsup

now you need a plastic roller mat or you're going to fuck up your hardwood floors.

It looks great. Congratz for a work well done :thumbsup

Looks good mate!

Looks great man, wish I could do that :)

well done. great work. nice working place. =)

the table for the keyboard and mouse is too short.. tou should make it bigger, like i did mine. :)

looks awesome :thumbsup

Nice work!!

That thing is almost 10 years old and simply won't die. I've only ever had to replace the toner cartridge once. I said a couple years ago, when the toner runs out, I'm getting a new one. Maybe next year! haha!

Very nice job... it looks great imho :)

looks great to me :)

looks good

good job, it looks sturdy