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Wordbiker
01-07-2012, 05:40 PM
Built this morning for my son's room.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l156/Wordbiker/IMAG0156.jpg

Alder plywood and solid. Will have some shelves mounted above it for an X-Box that switches via the monitor. I would've stained it but ran out of time.

OvRiDe
01-07-2012, 10:49 PM
Nice work!

Not your most conventional gaming chair. :P Then again if its working for ya.. no need to change.

Wordbiker
01-08-2012, 12:51 AM
The chair was not my decision...it was my wife's.

Since she's gone I swapped it out for a more conventional gaming chair. My son is well-pleased. ;)

Thank you for the compliment. Since I have a computer worklog to post up and get after, I'm trying my best to take care of home projects like this to free up some time and space! I'll post again once it's stained and finished.

Fuganater
01-08-2012, 02:01 AM
Awesome desk!

d_stilgar
01-08-2012, 04:18 AM
Very nice work indeed. I love it.

AmEv
01-08-2012, 04:45 PM
With a little more work, you could completely eliminate cable clutter!

Wordbiker
01-09-2012, 09:41 AM
Yep AmEv, that's the plan.

I'll have to move a wall outlet, but when it's done you shouldn't see much. Unfortunately I underestimated the size of the volume control puck and will have to drill another bigger hole, then add shelves above, then stain the desk and paint the room, all by next weekend while working a full-time job. Yikes!

xr4man
01-09-2012, 10:11 AM
that is pretty cool. i'm diggin' it a lot.

Wordbiker
01-15-2012, 11:29 PM
Just finished all the painting today.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l156/Wordbiker/IMAG0166-1.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l156/Wordbiker/IMAG0167.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l156/Wordbiker/IMAG0168.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l156/Wordbiker/IMAG0172.jpg

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l156/Wordbiker/IMAG0174.jpg

The wiring could be tidier, but I have to leave something for my son to do. ;)

Oh, I also have to add another outlet and a network box, but I have some help with that.

Twigsoffury
01-24-2012, 07:43 PM
man that would be sweet if you had some sort of CCFL or LED light for nighttime gaming and typing mounted under that cubby hole behind the keyboard!

AmEv
01-24-2012, 09:07 PM
:stupid:

*and OF COURSE I'm at the top of the page, making the :stu.pid: tag feel stupid....

Wordbiker
01-25-2012, 12:41 AM
Not a bad idea. I'll look for something appropriate.

Twigsoffury
01-26-2012, 07:08 AM
Not a bad idea. I'll look for something appropriate.

= )

BuzzKillington
01-27-2012, 02:23 AM
The shelf holding the tower makes me nervous being used with a rocking chair. If he leans forward enough the arm of the chair may rip it down bringing the tower with it.

Wordbiker
01-27-2012, 09:50 AM
I mentioned earlier that the chair had been changed out for another standard office chair. The wood chair is a standard office type with no tilt.

What I'm more concerned about is the house itself. The studs are on 24" centers so I only had a few attachment points into them. It feels sturdy, but I like to overkill that stuff and just couldn't. I did glue the shelf cleats on with PL-400 adhesive. It will rip chunks of drywall off before it fails.