
It was all pretty straight forward. I first designed it on SketchUp, knowing the wood size and thickness I’d be using. The main tools used were a miter saw, cordless drill, nail gun, and palm sander. Each piece is glued and screwed/nailed together. Cutting and assembly is the easy part. The sanding was tedious. I wanted to keep the natural look of the wood, as I think its beautiful. I sanded up to 220, then applied 2 coats of a flat polyurethane clear coat (no stain). The glass was ordered from a local glass shop, and I got the lights from a dealer in China.
Obviously there’s a lot of skill and ambition involved with something like this, but if you want a really cool desk and a great (probably multiple) weekend project you might want to consider following in bcarpenterfh’s footsteps.
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Lambchop
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 11:59 AMThat’s the coolest I’ve seen in a while. Nice work.
What are those speakers? I have to have some o’ them.
And where did you hide the amps?
orko138
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 12:29 PMThey look like KRK Rokit 5′s. They are powered monitors, so, self enclosed amps.
Matt
Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 4:55 PMThey are indeed KRK’s. They are actually reference monitors to be technical, but work great as everyday speakers as well. Only around $600 a pair too
orko138
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 12:30 PMOh, and love the side table – nice use of a shipping pallette!
Alex
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 2:53 PMYep they are KRK Rokit 6′s
I got a pair myself.