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#1 Vincent Vascaul

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Posted 09 February 2012 - 07:59 PM

Ok so I have been planning on building a new desk ever since me and my brother in law built me a new PC work bench (Pictured below)

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Using Just 2x4's and some melamine we built a super sturdy bench for about $120 and I couldnt be happier with it. Since then I have been looking at my current work/play station with a little bit of disgust, its made up out of 3 seperate desks none of which are exactly the same height. Further more due to my affinity for eyefinity and large PC cases I am finding that my little work nook is getting more and more cramped and cluttered. Heres a pic of the space I am working with please excuse the mess.

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So the new plan is to gut the whole thing and create a desk that wraps around the entire area Like so (sorry for the small paint image)

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Then I am going to wrap the top of the desk with custom printed Mechwarrior themed vinyl using my wide format digital printer. So on to the construction phase. I have to give a ton of thanks to the two guys working with me, Talster91 aka my old room mate and Dreyco Valentin who is my brother in law. With out them theres no way I could get these kind of projects done with the quality and speed we do together, We are also building Talster91 a new desk for the gaming rig I helped him build. So here is the start today, we are using birch plywood for the top and kiln dried 2x4's for the frame, using a overlapping design to interlock the tops and frames together. So today we ripped the plywood and tomorrow we will build the frames.

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Also this arrived today :D
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More updates tomorrow!

Edited by Vincent Vascaul, 09 February 2012 - 08:07 PM.


#2 FACEman Peck

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Posted 09 February 2012 - 08:05 PM

My gaming desk has shelves lining the center part where my computer, angled to a corner in my office. Shelves are built in, along with the hardwood floors. It took a while to build it all, but it was worth it.

#3 Vincent Vascaul

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Posted 09 February 2012 - 08:08 PM

Cool, post pics maybe we can get a desk setup thread goin.

#4 Vernius Ix

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Posted 09 February 2012 - 08:42 PM

I have been making due with stacked moving boxes as a desk for a year now. You have inspired me to get off my lazy *** and follow suit with my own desk build.

Edited by Vernius Ix, 09 February 2012 - 08:59 PM.


#5 Vincent Vascaul

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Posted 09 February 2012 - 08:44 PM

Awesome post pics and if you need help/opinions/ideas feel free to post em up

#6 Will Hung

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Posted 09 February 2012 - 09:09 PM

Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

#7 Vincent Vascaul

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Posted 10 February 2012 - 11:12 PM

Day 2

Ok Most of today is dedicated to Talsters desk build Which is specced to be L60xW30 with a 30 inch height

For legs on both desks are a L shape made of two 2x4's screwed together gives great stuctural support.

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Next up us cutting and laying out the lower braces and the leg spacing.

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When building your own desk its important to have the imagination and vision to know what you want as Talster demonstrates

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Next up is setting up the top box

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Next up is checking to see if the frame is square.

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#8 Vincent Vascaul

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Posted 10 February 2012 - 11:12 PM

Damn its a inch out but dont worry theres a easy way to fix that!

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Tie Downs are like duct tape for woodworking

Next up is cutting the top to length, we will be anchoring to the top to keep the desk in square.
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For everything to look good he mapped out his screws and is pre drilling then using a cone bit for pre seating the heads.

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Next up is taking a router to all the edges for that smoothed finished look.

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Ready for sanding and staining

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Also these showed up on my door woo!

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Throw some stain on and thats all for today
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Tomorrow will be assembly of my MWO desk and hopefully mounting of my projector screen :)

Edited by Vincent Vascaul, 08 March 2012 - 12:57 AM.


#9 Vernius Ix

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Posted 11 February 2012 - 11:37 AM

Looks great!

#10 Seth Deathstalker

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Posted 13 February 2012 - 08:40 AM

Yeah, looks great! Where's the update?! :)
Will that big screen be part of your computer room? With the room looking a bit smallish... And where goes the three monitors eyefinity setup you already have?
Keep it up, dude.

#11 Vincent Vascaul

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 05:23 PM

Whole room is still apart posting from my phone, desk counters getting mounted tonight and should be up and running again tomorrow. Rooem is pretty big It's about 35x16 its just the nook at the end I am filling up with the desk, the projector is up and running. Thanks for the interest guys, this build is about to get a lot more interesting!

#12 Vernius Ix

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 07:01 PM

I cannot wait to see some more pictures!

#13 nubnub

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 07:40 PM

If I had the opportunity I would build it like a mech cockpit, but your setup looks decent!

#14 Vincent Vascaul

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 09:38 AM

Ok guys sorry I was down a day more than I expected ( the multi-player demo of Mass Effect 3 may have had something to do with that ;) ) Ok so first off I want to thank Dreyco again without him this desk would not have happened and the next stage wouldn't even be possible. Ok down to business, to start with I happened to snag a great deal on a 720p projector which I had been wanting for the launch of ME3 for Xbox 360 (yes I play it on console thats where all my saved games are) so we will be starting there. Parts involved are

Optoma 536 720p 2700 lumen projector
Elite Screen 100 inch 16:9 manual screen
Ceiling Mount For projector

Plan is to recess the screen into the ceiling and then re-route the surround sound and video/console equipment.

First off got to get all electronics out of theroom as sheetrock dust is not good for electronics.

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Next up is measuring the screen housing and cutting the hole

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That done we just put some hooks in the floorboards and time to try a test pull

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Threw the projector up and time to see how it looks

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#15 Vincent Vascaul

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 10:11 AM

Ok that done on to the desk, Cleared out all of the old stuff

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With a blank slate its time to get to work

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The key to building a desk with lumber like this is to never pre cut, make each cut to the specific spot so its always spot on and you can compensate for imperfections in the wood.

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With the first section built (it will be the only complete section with 4 legs each section after this with be missing at least one leg to create a open front for chair and legroom)

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Now we are joining the crossmember with a T bracket

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We are double butting our legs for extra support

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To limit flex we added a cross support.

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 10:15 AM

Moving right along to the 10ft section

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At the far end we are putting in quad legs for a "Later" project

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Moving to the final area

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Adding more supports

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 02:47 PM

Frame is complete

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Cutting the tops to fit.

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Test fitting the tops and monitors

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Next up we mark out the monitor slots and our wire slots

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 02:47 PM

The mounts slide into the slots and get 4 lag bolts into the 2x4 below

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Next up we router the holes and screw down the top.

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Time to start putting things back together

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The next stage is the vinyl top but I have to wait until we change our machine out next week also the other part of the project is being drawn up in CAD I will post something up soon enough.

#19 Vincent Vascaul

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 09:04 PM

Hey guys I am getting some great feedback from the forums and PM's and if you could link and recommend this thread to everyone you can, as the next stage involves integrating a gaming PC into the desk and i am hoping to get some manufacturers as sponsors but first I need to prove I can get enough people to view what I have already to justify it. Thanks again for all of the likes and compliments!

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Posted 18 February 2012 - 09:40 AM

Man thats awesome





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