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mcperson2k · 09-17-2010, 12:41 PM

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:

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

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.

09-17-2010, 12:41 PM	#1
mcperson2k Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Apr 2009 Member #13471 My Ride: ██▓▒░ iTrader: (0)	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: 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!

09-17-2010, 12:43 PM	#2
Elliott18t Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Blue bell/Ambler ,PA Member #9456 My Ride: 03 GTI w/ F4h-T 250-260hp goal iTrader: (0)	its probably bisquits and glue. then sand and then poly'd. A leg to join them at the connection point. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. TST's Dub Cult Last edited by Elliott18t; 09-17-2010 at 02:18 PM.

09-17-2010, 01:54 PM	#3
grimm Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2006 Member #3058 iTrader: (2)	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 __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

09-18-2010, 08:28 AM	#4
FocusDude Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lower Lower Bucks Member #6269 My Ride: 01 Focus ZX3 iTrader: (0)	^^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. __________________ 2001 Ford Focus ZX3 - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.