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I want to build my own desk

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Phoenix15

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I'm looking at using the intereior door trick. The only thing I can't figure out is what to use for the legs. I don't really want to us file cabinets. One person I found used galvanized pipe conduits, but I'm not sure I like that either. Has anyone made a desk like this? What did you use for the legs? Any help will be appreciated!

Jason
 
Originally posted by: Pablo
What?!

Ahh the old interior door trick...

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Take a interior door slab, staned and varnished and it's one of the best looking desks you will ever see. It's exactly what I want in a desk. Large, flat and sturdy. You would never know it was a door untill someone told you.



Edit: Take away the crappy legs and this is what it will look like a door desk
 
this is what ya do:

buy some cinder blocks, buy a 3/4" 4' x 8' piece of plywood. stack up the cinder blocks to the height you want it, then lay your stuff on there. works perfectly 🙂 otherwise, get some 2 x 4s and the plywood and build a more traditional desk.

jd

edit: spelling
 
now that i think about it, we had a door desk in our old apt.

we strapped two chains onto the corners of a sliding door and then attached the other corners and the chains to the wall. foldable goodness!
 
I built my desk cheaply out of a 6 foot section of countertop, a file cabinet, a small bookshelf, particle board, two by fours, and cheap nails.

It's surprisingly survived 4+ years of use. It even survived my move.

It is very very ugly, but very practical for my uses as it holds a bunch of crap on it.

My Desk
 
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
I built my desk cheaply out of a 6 foot section of countertop, a file cabinet, a small bookshelf, particle board, two by fours, and cheap nails.

It's surprisingly survived 4+ years of use. It even survived my move.

It is very very ugly, but very practical for my uses as it holds a bunch of crap on it.

My Desk
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LOL You have this kickass monitor on a shipping crate. Very nice 🙂 (That's the HP right?)
 
Originally posted by: remagavon
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
I built my desk cheaply out of a 6 foot section of countertop, a file cabinet, a small bookshelf, particle board, two by fours, and cheap nails.

It's surprisingly survived 4+ years of use. It even survived my move.

It is very very ugly, but very practical for my uses as it holds a bunch of crap on it.

My Desk
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LOL You have this kickass monitor on a shipping crate. Very nice 🙂 (That's the HP right?)
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nope, it's the cheap "ilo" 27inch HDTV (Tatung display) ... got it when it hit $800 in April.

Hooked it up via DVI, it's great for games, but 1280x768 is a bit too low of a resolution for it's size for normal windows usage. Hopefully a similar sized 1080p model with DVI will be available for under $1000 within a year or two so I can sell this one and upgrade.
 
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