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:


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.


The sidecar next to the desktop


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!


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... .... how did i come up with that word...

[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,

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.