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- Fennero1
- what are those carts that are being used as the base of these tables?omg
- They're work benches on wheels with a plywood board on top. high-tech stuff...Fennero
- i likecannonball1978
- i love that table!kona
- mg332
I posted in the quarantine of the day post that I was getting stuff to build a new desk. https://www.qbn.com/reply/396053…
Thanks to utopian's comments about the potential for the Ikea karlby countertop to sag in the middle, I started rethinking the minimal legs I was going to use, then realized that this Karlby + Alex cabinet support combo is more popular than I realized.
I already have an Alex cabinet, so going to get another one and use those for supports on the Karlby cabinet. My plan is the same as before - trim 12" off the back so that the desk dimensions are:
Desk: 74" wide x 30.5 inches deep.
Shelf (using wood trimmed from main piece) 55" wide x 12" deep.My next dilemma was thinking of a proper way to get a slide out keyboard tray that will accommodate my midi controller. There are some people who make them on Etsy and they mount under the desktop. Considering I'll have the Alex drawers, I think my solution is to use cabinet drawer slides and.a piece of wood that I can stain to match the top.
I've got a neighbor across the street who has tools, saws, etc that can help me out.
Diagram:
My only concern right now is whether or not I'm comfortable with the 23" vertical space between floor and bottom of the slide-out keyboard tray. If this were an issue, the solution would be to put Ikea cabinet risers on the bottom, which would raise the desk by 4"
The other reason I'm glad to consider this route is that I had completely forgotten about an idea to house most of my effects pedals into the top two drawers of an Alex cabinet. Run power into it, have all my reverb / delay / modulation pedals at arms reach and just keep my volume pedal, tuner, and looper on the floor for easy access.
Any thoughts?
- dusty_shackle0
- ... hey that's my mom's bedroo..
you monster!7point34 - LOL!!mg33
- beat me to itBannedKappa
- *Giggles*Mishga
- His name isn't dusty_shackle for nothing.ETM
- ... hey that's my mom's bedroo..
- sted3
- georgesIII2
- so this is where the relentless Reddit reposting occurs... superb (like the furniture though).fadein11
- Who's the best actor and why is it Tom Cruise?
+1isleptwithsirenstonight
- Mattjanz3n0
- one of these clocks has the wrong time.omg
- Nice desk plantbezoar
- that tree died and we put new batteries in the clock after about 6 months hhahaMattjanz3n
- :(bezoar
- kona1
- mg330
I need to take more pics, but recently made some updates. Got my monitors off their stands and onto one of those dual-monitor adjustable stands. For the past few years I've sat with both screens flat, usually my work computer on the right screen and home computer on the left. Once I figured out how to use one keyboard and mouse with two Macs I realized it would be better to sit centered. So the monitor stand helps angle them inward and I get no neck strain from it.I'm a nutcase for tidy wires so I don't see any while I'm working except for audio interface and an iPhone cable.
- Oh, that's all my effect pedals in the drawers on the left. Did that a couple years ago. So convenient.mg33
- same mousemat :)kingsteven
- agree about the monitors, i have a 32" alongside my 16" MBP monitor and i'm always sitting lopsided/ correcting my posture.kingsteven
- i_was-1
- Que c'est triste !palimpsest
- Tu es allé t'enfermer dans la cambrousse pour avoir une vue de merde. Je comprends mieux ta colère.palimpsest
- Manquerait plus qu'il pleuve toute la journée...D4W33D
- Fermez-la les deux fils de pute, je suis sûr que votre mère s'appelle Micheline et suce des queues d'arabesi_was
- Et voilà la vraie source de ta colère, ça revient toujours à la mère.
Passe le bonjour à Micheline.palimpsest - haha, thug life.i_was