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- ********
anybody know of any companies that makes nice big desk/tables for working on? i've got 24'' and 19'' displays and a mixing console for pro tools that i'd like to fit all on the desk. i'm looking at some shits from Ikea but I'd rather something with more personality...
any suggestions?
- Nairn0
Get a carpenter-friend to make you one to your own specification.
If you're not too fussy about the finish, and focus on the functionality, you'll be able to get a great desk for not much $$$.
- ********0
i was thinking that. i don't have any carpenter friends tho. there's this place around the corner from where i live that makes custom shiz but i'm lazy.
- ********0
Go to a timber yard or construction suppliers and order a nice cut of an almighty fuck-off piece of wood, ply, panelling, whatevah... then get railway sleepers stacked for the props either end. Looks great.
- nice. got a link to the railway sleepers? i dunno what those are.********
- the wooden timbers under the railsdoesnotexist
- Sorry... in UK sleepers are sold in gardening shops and wood yards but maybe not in US.********
- That said though, a timber yard would cut up tree heartwood/quads and deliver.********
- nice. got a link to the railway sleepers? i dunno what those are.
- acescence0
i used to use two sawhorses and a big door
- blaw0
Lots of big ol' desks here:
http://www.edeskco.com/- For shame, blaw ! Support thing fellow woodsmithees!Nairn
- 'thine' even.Nairn
- I'm just trying to lighten a_a's pocket by about three grand.blaw
- Gotta say too - I hate the naff veneer finish on 'executive' stuff like that. Raw, used, hand-hewn wood's the way.Nairn
- You'd love the rolltop desk my wife recently refinished for my in-laws. Acquired from their church, quartersawn oak...blaw
- ...Arts and Crafts style. Really, really nice. I have to build some dividers, misc. drawer parts.blaw
- But old, classy piece of furniture.blaw
- Not that A&C and rolltop go hand in hand. Just that this desk borrows from that style.blaw
- Dancer0
I have a barn door for a desk
- Aye, and stupidly, a small Ikea desk for a barn door. Too late, that horse has bolted.Nairn
- Sorry.
I don't know why I bother either.Nairn - hahaha... it was worth it, nairn. I got a chuckle out of it.blaw
- haha. S'ok I have no idea what your on aboutDancer
- Righthand side. http://www.adance.co…Dancer
- lol.Corvo2
- acescence0
or if you want to class it up, use big sonotubes as the legs
- ********0
thanks peeps. i'm with nairn on a style but i'm gonna check out edeskco too.
- ********0
Hey Dance, I'm impressed with the seamless image stitching on the panorama of your office... do you use an expensive application to get it that good?
= D
- Affluenza0
I have this desk, it's one of the cheapest objects at DWR. I got it for $500 because it was an ex-floor model. Still kind of pricey but it's hard to find such a clean looking object.
http://www.dwr.com/product/furni…Failing that, doors do make pretty good desks, I'm sure somebody locally would charge minimum for putting materials together for you
- elahon0
- Scary how small that car looks with an office chairWrappedInBooks
- telecommuting?********
- wrong0
try to find an office furniture auction. sometimes they have them on college campuses. I got a massive desk for 1 dollar about 10 years ago. It's completely indestructible and huge. It's alot like the far desk in this picture:
- Dancer0
Old School science room benches are a good option too
- fooler20
2, 2 drawer filing cabinets and a door
- thenuge0
a friend of mine makes these. but i can't afford one:
- hog0
check out the free section of craigslist. I have been seeing a lot of old 1950's 1960's metal tanker desks on there lately. I don't know if its a regional thing but its worth a shot.
- ********0
you should make one yourself, like i did
- Old pic:
http://farm3.static.…******** - you are right digdre********
- Nice work, digz.blaw
- Old pic:
- showpony0
you in nyc? go to the bowry... got a custom metal goliath of a table made, much the the dwr one, for like $500...
