So I currently have a hand me down desk that I'm not even sure where I got it from. For a long time I have wanted a nice large desk so that I have room to do everything I want. Two weeks ago I decided enough was enough, I was going to get a nice desk. After a bunch of research, to get a decent sized corner desk was going to cost me over a thousand dollars. I couldn't believe this, and wasn't going to pay it. Well, I'm not exactly a finish carpenter by any means but I can handle a saw so I decided to set out on my own and figure this out, how hard could it be. I decided on some rough demensions and worked out a cutting plan for the plywood. A friend came over and sawing away we went, a short 3 hours later everything was cut and ready to go. We ended up making it 8 ft long in one direction and 6 feet in the other. I went and bought some trim this weekend and trimmed and sanded everything down, I just need to get the poly coats on this week.
I'm quite impressed, it turned out well, and for less than $150. I do need to spend some more and make some cabinet fronts for it but that can be next months project. I plan on putting my printer on a shelf in the section to the left and putting my two cpus in the same cabinet with a door on the front. I want to buy a Belkin OmniView KVM switch to switch between my two cpus. I plan on wiring the desk for electric so that I'll have one set of wires running places and not just have them running all over the place. I'll see if I can get my design drawn up in QCad and uploaded here.
Pics are
here
2 - 4 ft X 8ft 3/4" Oak Panels 37.99 * 2 = $75.98
2 - 8 ft Pine select boards $7 * 2 = $15.00
20 - Corner Melding supports $0.43 * 20 = $8.60
2 - 8 ft Oak rounded edge moulding - $4.83 * 2 = $9.66
2 - 8ft Oak flat trim - $ 4.83 * 2 = $9.66
1 can Minwax Wood Finish - Colonial Maple - $5.99
1 can Minwax Fast drying Polyurethane - $5.99
1 box 3/4" screws 350 ct - $3.00
TOTAL : 133.88
I'll get some more pictures and I'll get my design done in QCad and put up here later this week.
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