What sort of weight would you be placing on it?
Mainly three monitors, a HOTAS, and such.
What sort of weight would you be placing on it?
Have a look on the 'show us your desk' thread, many members have used kitchen worktop for a desk.
Did have it resting on 2 drawer units, but now got an electric riser desk frame from Amazon that it's mounted on.
This is 120x60cm. I'd probably go a little bigger if I was ordering it specifically for a desk, but this was recovered from a kitchen I ripped out.
What did that frame set you back, I had a look and only saw a £300 one but not sure if that's due to things being sold out and price inflated while everyone works from home, I'm guessing there's no budget option for something like that (just that door trick seemed like a much more affordable than other stuff I'd seen so thought maybe you'd found a similar way to save on the frame)... do you often swap to the standing mode, and do you keep your computer on top of the desk and it deal with that weight (and monitors, etc) and stuff fine? ... I'm wondering if maybe I should look more into standing desks as my back isn't doing great.
When you say bigger, which dimension do you find off, like the depth for arm room or you'd want more width for stuff on the sides? ... what did you do for the legs, I can't really see them much in the picture.
It wouldn't hurt to have an extra 10cm of depth though (oo-er), so the monitors could sit a bit further back.
Yeah that's what I'm wondering about ... turns out my dad has some old teak lab bench top from the 60s or something kicking about and I thought it might be cool to use that, but it's only about 60cm deep (and not that wide, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem) and that firedoor someone linked earlier was about 68 or something (and pretty cheap), and while a lot less cool I feel that extra 8 cm as someone with long arms and very much a forearm on table requirement might make or break things...
I never find myself wishing the desk was larger, if that helps. If I had access to a piece of aged teak that was 60cm deep I would jump at it tbh, it'll make a lovely desk!
Plus sanding and oiling the wood is really satisfying and gives you something to do in lockdown
In all honesty I should have gone 200mm (1000mm vs 800mm) longer for my desk but it seemed big at time when ordering after measuring where it is going with a tap measure, just goes to show it is hard to tell what it is going to be size wise unless in the flesh
I currently have an office-style L-shaped desk with 1" steel tubing under the edge and I want something more suitable for my PC. And nicer. Just a straight plank about 5' long with some sturdy uprights and cable management underneath (and with three monitors and umpteen USB devices there are a LOT of cables) and an appropriate depth (help me out here!) for PC use. My monitors will be on monitor arms clamped to the edge, not stands.
I've looked at John Lewis and Ikea and not been impressed, though Ikea's Idasen comes close in style. I don't want veneered chipboard, much less the cardboard that's inside the Idasen.
I'm not afraid of a little carpentry. So I thought of a wood kitchen worktop which I could trim as needed, but are they actually suitable, from where should I buy one, and what about the uprights?
I have the Mokka Executive as does the wife only hers is smaller...
Thanks but despite having a L-shaped desk now, I don't want my new desk to be L-shaped.
I've ordered a 2m oak top and the industrial legs. I've also orderd an oak strip which I'll use as a modesty board behind which to hide the cabing. Plus it will also hide the angle iron I'll be using to brace the desk. Now I just need to get some furniture polish.