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[Scilya]

well been meaning to for a while, and the outher guys thread inspired me. So im renovateing and i thaught i would fix up a new desk while i was at it. The plan is that all my pc stuff can be out the way over there so it can be neet looking and awsome and leaving me alot of room. so i have to make it to hold my server and my main pc.

I'm useing 20x38m strip pine for this. should be fun!!!




so ive started off by makeing a basic frame useing thiner wood but will brace it more


starting to add the braces now, going to go get more fixtures


am temted to make this in to a cockpit its got the shape for it,.. but i had better not lol

Edited by Scilya, 28 June 2012 - 10:58 PM.

[Maxxinator]

Looking good. My computer currently will run MWO just between the minimum and recommended requirements. I am a console player but I would never play any Mechwarrior on console. So I think I'll keep my computer how it is until a new MW comes out and renders mine useless.

Edited by Maxxinator, 28 June 2012 - 01:18 AM.

[Scilya]

finihed for today, went to wicks because b n q had no angle brackets saw there wood was alot cheaper could have got some real meaty logs for the same price as b n q sigh to late to change it now tho even tho the wood im useing is only 20mm X 38mm it will still be strog enough it just takes more effort than if u have a nice meaty log


anyways just put in the braceing for one part and my drill is on flat so needs to charge and i need to sleep, i have work later!

[cipher]

Looks cool. But did you type the OP from a mobile phone or something? lol. Annoying to read, so I gave up. Pictures are cool though and good luck with it.

[Vincent Vascaul]

Judging by the sockets you are in Europe and english is not your first language. I would recommend typing in your native tounge and using a translation site, it may not be perfect but at least everything will be spelled correctly. Looks like a interesting setup I will be following this one.

Oh and Sexy Little Devil case you got there man, always wanted to try one of those out.

[Scilya]

im dyslexic and i dident run it through a spell checker, most of the time its fine but sometimes my posts look wierd i wil fix it lol

[Chiyeko Kuramochi]

Scilya, on 28 June 2012 - 10:55 PM, said:

im dyslexic and i dident run it through a spell checker, most of the time its fine but sometimes my posts look wierd i wil fix it lol

Guess that is why I didn't have any issues reading it (dyslexic to)

Anyhow get a spell checker for your browser, at least firefox and chrome have it, not sure about IE, but IE is evil so you shouldn't use it anyway.

[Scilya]

ok so been buisy but heres an update, got more wood the framework is mostly done just ran out of screws so gonna pick some more up later its looking good so far i think ^^ the tricky bit will be putting the worktop on


and here is as it is now



just need 1 more pannel at the outher side and some joists in the middle and i can go get the bord for the top

Edited by Scilya, 04 July 2012 - 11:37 PM.

[Soloun]

Looking good, keep posting the updates.

[Hellgardia]

Looks promising!

[Iron Hand]

Looks good there. That should hold up.

[Scilya]

ok iv'e been at it all morning and almost there now!!!
the basic frame is all done the battons on the top are just to support the worktop there not structual so slightly smaller screws apart from the 2 in the middle which also support the middle joists





now thats done its time to start with the add-ons which will creap in as time goes on but i had the stuff lying arround to put this in so i did it now. its for my sound systm which was locked up outside since my server just uses HDMI via a 6770 but once this is all complete im going back to my main rig which i took the psu out of when i baught the server so its gonna get it back and the server will be out of action till i find a cheap PSU with 2 8pin cpu cables. in anycase my main rig uses digital optical audio out the back of the Crosshair V so ive put in beackets to mount the main box out of the way ill just use some leftover plywood from the work top to make it secure





now just got to wait for my roommates delivery so we can go down to b n q and carry the worktop back!!

[cipher]

Progress.

What are you going to cover the front with?

[Scilya]

cipher, on 05 July 2012 - 05:11 AM, said:

Progress.

What are you going to cover the front with?

more progress just been solid building while its my night off!

covering it with 10mm MDF

me and my housemate went down to B n Q and grabed 2 large sheets got the guys at B n Q to
cut it to the legnths i marked but they couldent do angles so i had to do that. we looked a tad strange carrying the stuff back (niether of us have a car right now and we only live 15min away)
anyway its comeing together here are a fiew moe pictures!

the joint on the top is pritty nice if i do say so my self ^^

[cipher]

The top fit looks great! May be countersink the top screws a bit.

So what are you going to use to finish the top? Paint and a hard-finish sealer of some sort? Laminate?

[Scilya]

cipher, on 05 July 2012 - 10:15 AM, said:

The top fit looks great! May be countersink the top screws a bit.

So what are you going to use to finish the top? Paint and a hard-finish sealer of some sort? Laminate?

going to paint the MDF in gloss black varnish ect sucks with MDF

its hard to see in the picture but the screws are almost perfectly level with the top

[cipher]

Nice, looks completely countersunk.

[Scilya]

tadaaa its finnished! well i say finnished there will be addons but nothing for a while after my basic set up but i have draws ect planned and an addon to the left which is why its so big on that side.


looks like its strong enough!


and a full shot before i pain it, about to go to the shop and see if they have any black gloss

[Scilya]

painted a bit, used a cheap rller for most of it which was a bad idea there was ALOT of lint so took some sandpaper to the worst bits and went over them again. once its dry i will give it anouther thinner coat of black and then varnish.


my main problem now is finding a chair the desk is 82cm tall most desks are arround 75ish would be awsome if i could find a chair with joystick n keybord on the arms or a suatle chair that i could mod and add pedals to ect

[Scilya]

so looked online saw only stupid priced chaires and none of them was what i wanted SO time im starting to make one, it wont be fancy or pritty but it will be higher have arms that i can put my joystick ect on and i will build the rest of my surround sound i have in to it since the rear 2 speakers are wireless