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mcperson2k 09-17-2010 12:41 PM

Who here has built a computer desk?
 
Anyone here ever build your own computer desk? I cant find any that i like for sale so I am going to attempt to build my own on Saturday.. I am definitely no craftsman, but thank god I like them simple. I am going to replicate this one:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/15520/workstation09.jpg

Ill probably add on to it later down the road, but my real question is how are those two doors connected? Would that just be some type of wood glue / apoxie? I'm not going to go with legs like that either, I want to be able to move my chair anywhere underneath the entire desk.

Give me some ideas and post up your own home crafted desks!

Elliott18t 09-17-2010 12:43 PM

its probably bisquits and glue. then sand and then poly'd.

A leg to join them at the connection point.

grimm 09-17-2010 01:54 PM

i would imagine they are joined by a bracket on the underside. a simple steel plate with holes on each side would do it. We had desks made of doors at a company i used to work for and they were actually really nice, but we just used a simple steel plate to hole the side on. and you can by the legs at ikea. or you can just buy ikea tables and put them together
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S09872828

FocusDude 09-18-2010 08:28 AM

^^Mending plates most likely. Maybe some wood glue or elmers in the joint to add some strength. Those support legs right underneath that seam are what's really supporting the weight. I don't trust mending plates in their own, over time they always loosen.


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