Cool high techish L shaped desk with a nice triangle in the middle

[holden j caufield]

the triangle connecting the L (two side) has to have a decent surface area because the keyboard and mouse go there. There are 2 30 inch monitors that must fit on each side of the L. Anybody have some thing like this?

edit. the middle thing has like maybe a slide out keyboard/mouse area. It's designed so that the person sits/works in the middle on not on one of the sides.

 

[Mike Gayner]

I don't understand what the triangle does or where it goes.

 

[alfa147x]

Paint drawing needed.

 

[coldmeat]

like this?

 

[destrekor]

:hmm:

 

[holden j caufield]

like this?

yeah I think that kind of works. But that looks very distinguished and I want a little more modern tech look

 

[zinfamous]

:hmm:

:hmm:

 

[IronWing]

like this?

Thought experiment:

Pull up a chair and sit in front of that desk. Play with the keyboard and mouse. All is well. Now open a drawer. What's that? The drawer hits your leg so you have to move the chair to open the drawer? Now, about the vast space behind the monitor. Good to stack external drives or potted plants I suppose.

 

[Ika]

Thought experiment:

Pull up a chair and sit in front of that desk. Play with the keyboard and mouse. All is well. Now open a drawer. What's that? The drawer hits your leg so you have to move the chair to open the drawer? Now, about the vast space behind the monitor. Good to stack external drives or potted plants I suppose.

yeah that thing looks like it's designed for monstrous CRTs. Hopefully there's a more contemporary version that makes better use of the space.

http://www.onewayfurniture.com/ameriwood-l-shape-workcenter-9113083st.html

Hm... I've never liked pull-out keyboard trays much...

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Thought experiment:

Pull up a chair and sit in front of that desk. Play with the keyboard and mouse. All is well. Now open a drawer. What's that? The drawer hits your leg so you have to move the chair to open the drawer? Now, about the vast space behind the monitor. Good to stack external drives or potted plants I suppose.

you took the words right out of my mouth

 

[Lonyo]

yeah that thing looks like it's designed for monstrous CRTs. Hopefully there's a more contemporary version that makes better use of the space.

http://www.onewayfurniture.com/ameriwood-l-shape-workcenter-9113083st.html

Hm... I've never liked pull-out keyboard trays much...

That's awesome! If you've had your legs amputated.

 

[lxskllr]

That's awesome! If you've had your legs amputated.

:^D

I literally LoL'd

 

[0roo0roo]

Thought experiment:

Pull up a chair and sit in front of that desk. Play with the keyboard and mouse. All is well. Now open a drawer. What's that? The drawer hits your leg so you have to move the chair to open the drawer? Now, about the vast space behind the monitor. Good to stack external drives or potted plants I suppose.

bingo, kb tray is horrible. too low for the desk by default. so you sit funny and have a super limited and unstable mousing area. its a hold over from an era where your crt monitor was so freaking huge with its rear end that it took all your deskspace away so you pretty much had to sit back and use a tray.

 

[0roo0roo]

teh horror...

 

[Matthiasa]

Thought experiment:

Pull up a chair and sit in front of that desk. Play with the keyboard and mouse. All is well. Now open a drawer. What's that? The drawer hits your leg so you have to move the chair to open the drawer? Now, about the vast space behind the monitor. Good to stack external drives or potted plants I suppose.

Another "thought experiment"
Imagine the space... Now imagine one or several hot chicks. they are now under the desk... and no one else can see them.

 

[alfa147x]

teh horror...

d:d:d:

 

[IronWing]

teh horror...

Doom and Doom 2 Strategy Guides?

Hint from the Pros: Kill everything.

 

[Matthiasa]

Doom and Doom 2 Strategy Guides?

Hint from the Pros: Kill everything.

More pro tips: adjust gamma setting and contrast.

 

[gaidensensei]

I have an L shape for the PC desk, standard ikea brand.

Hard to get a photo to fit everything but you get the idea. This one costs about $80? forgot, at ikea.

 

[gaidensensei]

bingo, kb tray is horrible. too low for the desk by default. so you sit funny and have a super limited and unstable mousing area. its a hold over from an era where your crt monitor was so freaking huge with its rear end that it took all your deskspace away so you pretty much had to sit back and use a tray.

Yep I have toyed with KB trays in the past, from a couple PC desks before at some point they get TERRIBLE to use, you just put it on the desk instead. Or at least I did.

 

[Leros]

I have an L shape for the PC desk, standard ikea brand.

Hard to get a photo to fit everything but you get the idea. This one costs about $80? forgot, at ikea.

I have the same desk, its more like $250-300 depending on which legs you get.

 

[gaidensensei]

I have the same desk, its more like $250-300 depending on which legs you get.

For real? Damn I can't remember how much I paid for this then, that's way off. I got mine around 7-8 years ago, maybe the times have changed.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Not all what you are looking for, but still cool as all get out. A friend and I had a similar idea to build a desk like is shown in the linked article a few years ago. Someone beat us to the punch.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/build-pc/4318067

 

[Leros]

For real? Damn I can't remember how much I paid for this then, that's way off. I got mine around 7-8 years ago, maybe the times have changed.

I got mine last year. I got the more expensive T-legs so it was nearly $300 with tax.

 

[shortylickens]

I vote the the word "techish" be banned from ATOT for eternity.