Building a floating desk

ash_scotland88

ash_scotland88

ash_scotland88

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Thinking of building one out of perspex or the only one I can find in the material finish I want is plexiglass. (high gloss white)

Thing is that it would only be attached via two walls (corner, one length (1700mm of desk one width of desk 700mm) and that it would be running window height, which means windows sills would be in the direct way of attaching it to the wall. was thinking of somesort of L shaped blocks of wood that i could sit on, which may also allow gaps for cables to run down.

I also want a "floating" set of drawers attached.

What sort of thickness of sheeting should I be looking at? The stuff I've found is only 6mm thick:

http://www.plexiglas-shop.com/GB/en/cutter.htm?$product=3q4bp8hz18m~p&comeFrom=detail

Would also need it bent round to form the drawer unit as I want it to appear to be made from one sheet.

any tips, other forums to visit etc?
 
You wont be able to find the thickness of perspex you need for your desk. Nowhere seems to sell it in larger than 6mm sheets...

Your best bet for a gloss white finish is to look into kitchen cupboards, though it will be expensive, and usually only come in pre set sizes. You can get companies to apply the gloss finish to a made to measure piece of wood, but again very expensive. Cheapest option would be to build your desk out of normal MDF and wrap it in gloss vinyl, done well it makes a brilliant finish.
 
hahaha, i get you now!

I thought you were meaning something about cost it would be for construction.


Thanks bennie, I have found some places selling 25mm, altho couldnt get a quote online, let alone what i wanted. Off to look at the vinyl gloss now.
 
ash_scotland88 said:
hahaha, i get you now!

I thought you were meaning something about cost it would be for construction.


Thanks bennie, I have found some places selling 25mm, altho couldnt get a quote online, let alone what i wanted. Off to look at the vinyl gloss now.
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Any possibility you could pass the link on to me? Ive been looking for ages...
 
I suppose an other option could be building it out of MDF, then getting the high white gloss sheeting to sit ontop, then get the edge curved round so it hangs over, as well as pain the mdf white.
then the haning drawer unit.....not sure
 
Tell me positions/weights of things like the supports, overall sizes, position of objects and ill be able to tell you if it works

btw, 6mm seems very thin for what you are talking about, even with steel.

KaHn
 
6mm is too thin without plenty of support.

An alternative would be to use plastic a couple mm think, and laminate lots of them together in the curved shape that you want, simmilar to how curved mdf is made.

Also look in to other plastics that may be cheaper such as ABS or HDPE.
 
well not at home so can't give measurements, but guessed 6mm would be too thin.

through diynot.com found this: http://www.edens.co.uk/gfx/ul/files/Page26_1.pdf if you scroll to the bottom for super high gloss.

Wall is a proper real wall (plaster and brick work) so dont need to worry about stupid paperstrength plasterboard.

Looking for something that gives the plastic uber shiney look to things.

Then the next problem would be to find a grain and colour of wood I like.


http://www.midcenturymodernist.com/2008/04/uniform-studio.html
using this desk as inspiration, but top and drawer area is made from white gloss, then have three push to open drawers made from a strongish wood grain (so the grain all matches from door to door)
 
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