Building a desk... pics inside

[dcwave]

I am tired of trying to get "off-the-shelf" office funiture to fit my needs. So I decided to build a desk that fits how I want to work.
I studied several Argosy desks and talked with many people who built desk to see what they liked post-build and what they would do different.

Here is what I came up with. I am no carpenter and outside of basic wall framing and drywalling, have not used wood tools, nor have I ever in my life built any furniture

I first started with a design from Agosy for the Tascam FW1884, but it sucked big time. I decided on a angled desk with racks.

I came up with a basic shape in Visio then went lumber shopping.
Here's the pics:

The Layout:
http://www.dcwave.com/images/deskb2.jpg

The 1st sidecar. This thing took me while to build and it was done entirely with a hand held circular saw.
As you can see it fits the 01v.
http://www.dcwave.com/images/sidecar1.jpg

The sidecar next to the desktop
http://www.dcwave.com/images/deskb1.jpg

And today - the other sidecare (still need to make the rack for it). Bolted to the desktop. Also test primed to see how much primer this thing would soak up. A lot!
http://www.dcwave.com/images/deskb3.jpg

I will be out of town until the 20th so I wont be able to do any more until then.

[BagHun]

Good thing you're making it somewhat modular!

[dcwave]

Yep... the thing weighs a lot since I am using MDF. Everything unbolts to move.

[vulcan_dc]

looks nice DC....

something just came to my mind... u got to put in some heavy padding below the nearfields, later... a joint-design like this with wood, will create a mid range resonance / vibration when you play sound.... I think you had that problem with your earlier setup as well, right??...

[vulcan_dc]

joint-design....!!!! LOL... :D :D :D .... how did i come up with that word... ;) :D:D

[dcwave]

LOL
Well... the bridge will be used for the small sony's I have - the "B" speakers.
I have DIY PVC stands for the "A" speakers that sit higher and angle down somewhat. The top of the bridge is only 34inches (86.360 cm) The stands I have are at 42in (106.680cm) so I am hoping that I don't have too much table reflection. I doubt I will ever get away from all the table reflection but with enough absorbers and difussors around the room I should be okay.

[vulcan_dc]

ahh.... So ur main speakers will on a different stand... hmm... i thought its going to be on the bridge like in the last picture.... cool....

Hey dc.. have to say, u are pretty good with carpentry.... i cant even drive a nail in the wall right.... LOL..... keep us posted on the progress mate...

cheers,

[bookofjohn]

looks good bro...think it will be done before my mission? Seems like you been working on it forever. Cya.

[dcwave]

It actually is done. Done as far as I am going to go with it. I came up with a better sidecar design and I'll probably start that in august. I have some sessions coming up and need to put it into use by Mid June - ugh.. I hate re cableing.

[howie15]

Looks good from here! I followed the same path for my monitor stands. When I priced the cheapest pair on the market at around $100.00 I said F*** that and went to Menards, bought $20 worth of lumber, wood screws, and sand paper and two hours later had a pair of monitor stands. They aren't perfect, I think one is about 1/8 inch higher than the other, but they work great and I saved money.

Trust me Vulcan, if you have the smarts to do audio, you can do basic woodworking. Get a couple DIY books by Bob Vila or something and read up. Hell, I hadn't built anything since 10th grade wood shop (which was almost 15 years ago) and I just came up with my own design and went at it. Like I said, it's not as fancy as Raxxess or Quicklok, but it's just as sturdy and saved me a bunch of money.

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread and go off ranting about construction. :(

Howie J.

[dcwave]

howie - same deal here. used 4 inch black PVC, toilet rings, sand, and 12" by 12" pine squares for the foot and pedastel. total cost about $30 total time to build about 30minutes.

Also - i havent done word working like this since about 1985 9th grade wood shop building a small foot stool. Its been fun tho' I nice break from the day job (telecom engineer) and a break from the studio too.