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10th July 2006, 12:34 PM
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| Construction (update pics) I am almost finished building a new desk. I was going to buy one of these but Home Depot is a little cheaper. So far I got about $100.00 in it. That was mainly for a $50.00 sheet of oak and 4" casters. I worked on it Saturday and Sunday and all I have left is to sand and polyurethane the top. I used the design from the desk above. I'll post pictures when I'm done. 
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10th July 2006, 12:44 PM
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| sounds good, can't wait to see pics!
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10th July 2006, 08:44 PM
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| I just came home a little early to work on my desk and found that Fedex had delivered my 3 320 gb seagate baracudas' that I ordered. Christmas in July
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12th July 2006, 03:50 AM
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| It took me a while to get to this point. But here we go. I'm trying to decide whether or not to put a 4 rack space/speaker stand on either side. What do you think? I still need to finish the top. And of course load all my gear back up. It's certainly is red isn't it?   
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12th July 2006, 04:12 AM
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| sweet desk , you could do some 4-byin with those wheels. thier is nothing like the pride of building your own stuff. congrats. |
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12th July 2006, 04:13 AM
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Excellent. How much did you spend in all? If you put the word "raxxess" on it, you could sell it for $1,000 :) I assume you bought the rack rails and mounted them in homeade boxes?
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12th July 2006, 04:17 AM
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| hi sweet looking desk. you will have to post pics of it in use in the studio. had a look at the website and that looks like a cool studio, congrats cheers ramjet
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12th July 2006, 09:40 AM
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| keep the monitors on the stands, dont put them on the desk imo, since it is just asking for refractions
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12th July 2006, 10:22 AM
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12th July 2006, 10:30 AM
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| Nice !!  cant wait to see it with the gear on it ! .
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12th July 2006, 10:50 AM
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|  Great job and very nice looking desk. I'm a big fan of DIY and built most of my studio furniture, too. Saves alot of money and nobody else has the same stuff.  |
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12th July 2006, 12:30 PM
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| Thanks for the kind words guys. The desk is actually made from my old rack (that I made as well). You can see the black equipment rack in the pics on my website. I cut it in 2 and then cut them down to 12 rack spaces and tied them together and cut the top. I work in data/telecom for my real job and I have access to all the rack rails one could need. I took a 7 foot Chatsworth data rack with the "U" shaped rails, and ripped them down the middle with a jig saw. That gave me 28 feet total rack rail. And there's plenty more where that came from. I know what you mean about leaving the speaker on stands. That is what I would like to do. But I really need the rack space that it would give me to put them on the desk (see the link in my 1st post). Right now I'm out of space. Unless I loose some gear.  That's not going to happen, this is gearslutz right. Next comes the poly  
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12th July 2006, 12:46 PM
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the casters were another $52.00. I haven't gotten the poly yet but I think it's only about $10 or $12 for a half gallon. The cabinets themselves I had prior to this project. The rails I got for free. The paint was free, Well actually my wife bought it a while back and never used it and then changed her mind and didn't want it. But it came from the reject bin at Home Depot for $5.00. I think that's all. For a grand total of less $120.00 I got a desk that would have cost $1500.00 from Omnirax or somewhere else. Oh yeah lets not forget the hours and splinters and sanding that went into it. I guess that's why people buy from manufacturers. That sander has killed my ears. After sanding the crap out of that top I could of swore I kept hearing my cell phone ringing.  My ears need a rest. 
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12th July 2006, 09:30 PM
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Take care of them ears ! I was looking at your website ,This will make your room look so much better Now,.......... Pics of the gear !!!!!! 
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12th July 2006, 09:50 PM
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| Dude, you're so excellent for ordering the blank panels for your API.  I've been trying to do that for over a year. I think it'll be full before I need them. |
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13th July 2006, 12:14 AM
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| $ .02 way cool wish i did some woodworking.... more analog hardware kinda guy.... |
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13th July 2006, 02:33 PM
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16th July 2006, 05:26 PM
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| Allright, here is the mostly finished product. I still have to make my cable trough for the back but I stuck a board back there for the time being.    
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16th July 2006, 05:30 PM
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| Here's the back.   
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17th July 2006, 03:21 PM
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| Don't make me bump myself. Everybody said they wanted to see it finished. 
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17th July 2006, 04:01 PM
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 | "Lifes Good" Desk looks really nice man! Love the gear too. Nice job on the wiring! A lot of people don't take care to "organize" their wiring...
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17th July 2006, 04:42 PM
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Nah! Neat wiring is for wimps!!! Seriously, it is pretty important to keep the audio cables away from the power cables. Great job man! I built my own desk and racks too, so I can appreciate how much stinking work it really is. Congratulations!
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17th July 2006, 08:20 PM
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I'm not really finished yet. I still have to get my "cable tray" started. That board is just temporary.
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17th July 2006, 08:25 PM
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| Im very impressed, Ive had a force 36 for about 4 years and kinda wish that I had gone your route. :)
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18th July 2006, 02:30 AM
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| $ .02 congrats brother it turned out way cool... and yeah i guess wood is pretty analog...lol |
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18th July 2006, 03:07 AM
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 I really wanted to put the 4 rack space/speaker stands on either side. But now I can't bear to put anything on top. We'll see if I can make it with no more rack space. I like the speakers on the stands but I sure could use the rack spaces. 
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18th July 2006, 04:20 AM
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| hi macrow very very nice dude. i love it. and yeah nice job on the wiring. congrats on a great job cheers ramjet
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