I need a new desk

Quartz · 25 Sep 2020 at 19:26

The wood has arrived; I'm just waiting on the legs.

{SAS}TB said:
Worktop express oak worktop here - works a dream

That's the one I ordered. I ordered a 3m splash panel which I'm going to divide to make a modesty panel for the cable management and to possibly raise the desk.

{SAS}TB · 25 Sep 2020 at 20:19

Quartz said:
The wood has arrived; I'm just waiting on the legs.

That's the one I ordered. I ordered a 3m splash panel which I'm going to divide to make a modesty panel for the cable management and to possibly raise the desk.

Brilliant - let us know how you get on

{SAS}TB · 25 Sep 2020 at 20:20

Just added a pair of Alex drawers as well

stuie · 28 Sep 2020 at 09:21

How deep is that?

Quartz · 28 Sep 2020 at 09:27

stuie said:
How deep is that?

That's going to be 62 cm deep.

I'm just waiting on the delivery of the slotted angle iron and the purchase of screws before building mine.

{SAS}TB · 28 Sep 2020 at 09:31

Mine? It's 2m long, 620mm deep and 40mm thick

{SAS}TB · 28 Sep 2020 at 09:42

Quartz said:
That's going to be 62 cm deep.

I'm just waiting on the delivery of the slotted angle iron and the purchase of screws before building mine.

Brill, let us know how you get on.

Also make sure you pre-drill the screw holes.

I tried without and snapped the head off two screws, tough stuff !

stuie · 28 Sep 2020 at 10:14

do you find 620 deep enough? ill be going from 1.2m x 800 to a bench spanning 2.9m wide to accommodate my gaming setup and wfh gear

Quartz · 28 Sep 2020 at 11:13

{SAS}TB said:
Also make sure you pre-drill the screw holes.

Oh yes, very good spot. What length of screws did you use?

stuie said:
do you find 620 deep enough?

I will have my monitors mounted on arms, not the huge stands with which they come. That saves a lot of depth: the arms only require 10 cm.

The angle iron has just arrived and it seems I also need to buy washers as the holes are so large. Off to B&Q and / or Screwfix this afternoon!

{SAS}TB · 28 Sep 2020 at 11:28

@Quartz they were 30mm IIRC (they came with the legs I bought)

@stuie 620 is plenty deep fro what I need - any more and it gets a pain reaching over / opening the windows and its just more space to fill with crap

Quartz · 28 Sep 2020 at 11:36

{SAS}TB said:
@Quartz they were 30mm IIRC (they came with the legs I bought)

Heh. I better check the packaging again! Nope. No screws. I did find some rubber pads, though.

JohnG7 · 28 Sep 2020 at 18:38

No offence but that looks exactly like it is, ie homemade (I nearly went that route).

My desk is 800mm deep, my case would not fit on a desk only 620mm deep, you can get same desk with a kind of curve/wave at either L or R side to make it even deeper (1000mm) at that part where PC case would be (hope that was explained well enough),

{SAS}TB · 28 Sep 2020 at 18:55

No offence taken

It's exactly the look I was going for - in keeping with the look of the room and perfectly suited to what I want.

JohnG7 · 28 Sep 2020 at 18:57

Most I seen here use the units as the legs/base and if really long add a metal leg in centre.

I know IKEA actually do it in a kit but not as thick/non honeycombed like a kitchen worktop.

Quartz · 28 Sep 2020 at 19:12

JohnG7 said:
my case would not fit on a desk only 620mm deep,

My case is in a cupboard.

JohnG7 said:
My desk is 800mm deep,

The long side of the L on my current desk is about that deep and it's too deep. The room is only 8' x 10'. My current desk is far too large for the room. It was absolute hell to get it in, and it's going to be a right pain to extract.

Quartz · 30 Sep 2020 at 16:34

So the old desk is out and the new one in. Only I forgot to wax it. So there's nothing on it right now apart from half a pot of beeswax polish.

{SAS}TB · 30 Sep 2020 at 18:19

Quartz said:
So the old desk is out and the new one in. Only I forgot to wax it. So there's nothing on it right now apart from half a pot of beeswax polish.

Oops!

Let's see then

JohnG7 · 30 Sep 2020 at 18:26

Was he talking about the desk or something else.

Quartz · 4 Oct 2020 at 22:14

The desk is in and my monitors are set up. I still have cable management to finish. With so many cables - I have three monitors - it's a right sod. It's strange having to slide over to game on my 4k monitor when previously I just had to turn around, but I'm mainly playing Star Wars Squadrons on my 3440x1440 monitor, though the 4k monitor may be better for the Tie fighters. One thing I do want to do is round off the front edge of the desk. Any tips?

The monitors take up about 10cm of desk space apart from the one I have at an angle and that can be pushed back. That leaves about 50cm and my eyes are a further 10 cm or so away, so I'm viewing the screens from around 60 cm - just under two feet.

{SAS}TB · 5 Oct 2020 at 06:17

I sanded the edges with three descending grades of sandpaper before oiling

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/posts/33960782/

Scroll down a tad it's a long post