Major Project - Help and Opinions Appreciated.

[bluesinged]

My rickety old desk has finally gotten to the point where I have deemed it unfit to perform its duties any longer. (my chair too but that's for next month)

I've gone to the trouble of designing my own desk that I'll be building, but I'm having a bit of trouble with the following.

-- Finding the right materials (durable, cheap, scratch resistant)
-- Finding someone (or the right tools) to do the work.
-- Finding the cylindrical parts for the two main leg/cabinets.

My ideas for the top were to make it out of plexiglass (I'll frost it myself) covered in a thick clear laminate. I'd make the legs and shelf out of plywood, covered by a thin sheet of chrome or stainless steel. The bottom leg will have my computer BUILT INTO IT. The glass above the leg which houses the computer will be clear.

The following are some images/drawings from the top of the desk.

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The arrows on the 2nd picture are intake and exhaust fans that will be inside of cutouts in the leg.

 

[DSF]

Any reason you're building you computer onto it other than the heck of it?

 

[WoodButcher]

You could get whiskey barrels, that is just the first thing that came to mind. Craft store or landscaping / garden supply may have something. Over at XS i saw a guy built a case from a bass drum case, you can but the wood cylinder unfinished but I'm thinking that would be to short. Sorry I can't find that thread, maybe aigo can recall the name or title.