Desk / Workspace
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- canoe
My father gave me his old man desk a few years back but we're moving and I want to sell this beast (or donate it to my sister). I'm looking for some kind of work space system to support a DAW, 2 turntables/mixer, design/work/matte area.
I was thinking of just getting a bunch flat surfaces, but what brands or stores have decent design at decent prices, I don't want to put anything on the credit card. I just need something practical that can handle some weight.
Thanks!
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- prophetone7
In the past I bought a grade A pre-sanded premium sheet of nice plywood and used the IKEA trestle legs, varathaned it - it was awesome as surface was 8'x3.5' which is HUGE.
That desk is gone but I need to re-approach this soon and going to go same route again probs but also building out other matching pieces for the room - so all using raw 3-rod heavy duty hairpin legs and double layering the plywood desktop. Kinda like this but with tighter hairpins:
Super cheap, custom, heavy duty, looks awesome.
- Thankscanoe
- https://hairpinlegs.…prophetone
- or something like this would be cool too https://hairpinlegs.…prophetone
- I've done this but using interior doors:
https://www.homedepo…Gnash - https://www.homedepo…Gnash
- Weird that it doesn't show the weight support on the hair pinscanoe
- as long as you get the 1/2” 3 rods (vs 2 rods) and if surface is thick like 2” plywood it should be able to hold a lot of weightprophetone
- But prob best to put 70lbs of 1200s + mixer one the end over the legs unless there’s like a metal support bar running the length of desk to keep it from saggingprophetone
- No need buy wood and then waste time cutting it. You can either buy a plywood house door precut / finished for about $50- or an IKEA table for the same amount.utopian
- IKEA also has a ton of cool and interesting table legs that are cheap and easy to install.utopian
- nicepedromendez
- @utopian my only 2c to tack on to what you are saying tho is I wanted an 8x3.5' desktop b/c lots of stuff, n nothing was coming close to $60 and achieving thatprophetone
- but if you just need a standard surface then yeah a solid(!!) door will work - but original request above needs to accommodate 1200s and mixer et alprophetone
- Anyway there are options - the other is cool legs but buy IKEA solid butcher block countertop sheet that's like 2" think and is super nice wood lookprophetone
- 8' wide https://www.ikea.com…prophetone
- I pretty much made the equivalent of this last weekend but with a solid mountain ash topthumb_screws
- imbecile3
They're not cheap, but I use 3/4" to 1" thick tables throughout my house. Desk, kitchen, coffee, end tables, all clear, every room.
The dog loves it because he can see right though and the massive size of most of these surfaces doesn't eat into the limited square footage because you see right through them. It never feels cramped.
For the office it is a 6' x 4' x 1" thick piece of flat beveled glass with 6" radius corners across two rockwood 1,500 lb saw horses. it's big enough for two people to use each end but i just sit at the side with a bunch of shit on my desk.
That glass would retail for over a grand, but i'll never replace this surface (or the kitchen table, same stup with proper black wooden supports at 42"), I'll just keep paying movers to put it where i want it.
#glasslife
- milfhunter4
Im having this one in white. It is not de best design but for practical reasons it is a great desk. The table top still looking great after years of working.
- Such working desks often can be seen in different coworking spaces, coworking in Stockholm
https://www.matchoff…MatchOfficeNordic
- Such working desks often can be seen in different coworking spaces, coworking in Stockholm
- utopian0
Never Skip Legs Day!!!!
- canoe0
We just visited the new place for a quick drop... they forgot to tell me there's a 1,000 square foot unfinished basement.
GAME CHANGER!
- utopian1
These are nice legs:
https://www.amazon.com/Hairpin-T…Additional Hairpin Legs:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=28+ha…- yup i like those hairpins, tighter, looks awesome - most places will have local steelwork shops making these by hand for fairly cheap too, and often extra beefyprophetone
- I like these square steel legs as well:
https://www.amazon.c…utopian
- OBBTKN2
- I want to see him drink the coffee in that position.shapesalad
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- MatchOfficeNordic-1
Those are amazing desk for working at home
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