made to measure work tops for desk

kaptainmarc · 14 Apr 2016 at 19:10

Having a move around of the man cave and its time for a new desk

I want it to span 3.6m and a minimum of 60mm deep

so my question is... where is best to buy that length of worktop?

ash_91 · 14 Apr 2016 at 21:19

Almost anywhere, 3.6 is a standard length. There all much of a muchness if your going for laminated tops

dholdi · 14 Apr 2016 at 21:45

I think you may struggle with 60mm thick, most are 40.

Defiant306 · 14 Apr 2016 at 22:16

He said deep not thick.

Glaucus · 14 Apr 2016 at 22:22

Defiant306 said:
He said deep not thick.

you think he wants a desk 6cm :confused:

dholdi · 14 Apr 2016 at 22:26

Defiant306 said:
He said deep not thick.

You would get a lot on a desk that deep.

kaptainmarc · 15 Apr 2016 at 08:39

Glaucus said:
you think he wants a desk 6cm

woops typo 600mm deep

ash_91 said:
Almost anywhere, 3.6 is a standard length. There all much of a muchness if your going for laminated tops

most I have seen have been 3m or less. Maybe I am looking in the wrong places

Defiant306 · 16 Apr 2016 at 10:05

Glaucus, Dholdi I was one step ahead. I was betting on it being 60cm or 600mm and that it was a typo

the clue was in his use of dimension words

Mark A · 16 Apr 2016 at 10:17

If you go for solid oak butcher block worktop you can get these up to 4m I believe. My mate ordered one from ebay and got them to cut it to a specific size for his desk.

WillyNelson · 16 Apr 2016 at 23:08

Worktop Express do solid wood work tops up to 4m for very reasonable cost. They'll probably cut you one to 3.6 as well (worth it because believe me, a 4m piece of solid timber worktop is very heavy!).

dholdi · 17 Apr 2016 at 00:50

Defiant306 said:
Glaucus, Dholdi I was one step ahead. I was betting on it being 60cm or 600mm and that it was a typo the clue was in his use of dimension words

That's because you recognise the word thick

Whilst we are discussing typo's its dholdi.

Defiant306 · 17 Apr 2016 at 23:37

dholdi said:
That's because you recognise the word thick
Whilst we are discussing typo's its dholdi.

Well its better I recognised it than you who didn't

, at least you will know for future Dholdi

dholdi · 18 Apr 2016 at 20:29

Absolutely, you are really living up to your member class.
Thanks for putting me straight Deficate306.

Defiant306 · 18 Apr 2016 at 23:51

kaptainmarc said:
Having a move around of the man cave and its time for a new desk

I want it to span 3.6m and a minimum of 60mm deep

so my question is... where is best to buy that length of worktop?

Sorry about the off topic Kaptainmarc, I've bought Oak sections at around 3000mm x 600mm x 16mm (I think) for about £80+ vat from timber merchants. You can get thicker stuff if you go for counter top, gets heavy though. I think Ikea does sections for use as desk, just depends on what you will use it for.

The oak I got was a bit of a pain to cut down as its solid oak rather than veneer and it destroyed a circular saw blade after cutting apart two of those boards. They made good door surrounds for my flat works to replace the old multi generational painted pine ones

ThomP · 19 Apr 2016 at 08:55

+1 for worktop express. I bought Iroko Wooden Worktop 2M X 960mm X 40mm for my computer desk recently. 40mm was overkill & its bloody heavy!

crapler8 · 19 Apr 2016 at 11:24

Why that deep ?

ThomP · 19 Apr 2016 at 13:03

I actually trimmed it down with a plunge-saw and the excess is to be used as either multiple shelves or one long 2M shelf. Still in the building process will be using meranti for the legs and iroko looks fab!