Mahogany/Steel Computerdesk [SCRATCHBUILD] Dreamhack Summer Masters Winner

Huskybongs · 16 Jan 2018 at 22:35

Time for some time consuming but neccecary stuff

All the harddrives and ssd custom cables have been done. Some small fixes to be made still but it's all there and it works

My custom stand for it all if anyone forgot

Not a fun cable to make:S

All done just gonna tuck it a bit and the cables will flow perfectly

And yeah the key ignition is up and running!

Wedge · 17 Jan 2018 at 15:08

Beautiful, Subbed!

Huskybongs · 20 Jan 2018 at 13:57

Components are coming in a bit more rapidly now

Last night the 8 temp monitors. Had to make the weirdest cable for this. So I converted the ends from molex to 3 pin fan connectors and then rerouted a molex to not feed 12 volt (didn't realize this at first though so the monitors got some good ol' frying time

) and theeen another molex end made for the pumps. But all in all it worked well and 10 components running off 1 cable seems very efficient and clean so I'm happy.

Here's a list of what's happening and needs to be done:

-Drive to Sweden to get my chromeplated parts back (first week of february).
-Fasten those parts and get special glue to fit the hinges to the glass
-Redo the monitor stand and route said cables through the stand. These cables also have to be custom sleeved
-Route said cables from motherboard to the stand
-Get cableclamps drilled, sanded and painted.
-Order pumps and then make custom stands for them aswell as lathe new backparts.
-Slight remake of the top part of the legs.
-Get the new monitor stand, legs and a few smaller parts to chrome.
-In the meantime finish the cable work and install the watercooling.
-Do the lighting
-Make custom external ethernet and power cables
-Make internal AC power splitters to power screen, ODAC and computer

So yeah there's a bit to go but I'm getting there and I have a buildfriend thank god because some of these things are not fun to do alone

Van_Dammesque · 20 Jan 2018 at 18:19

Are you not worried about the heat of the HDDs mounted on the PSU causing problems?

Huskybongs · 20 Jan 2018 at 19:04

Van_Dammesque said:
Are you not worried about the heat of the HDDs mounted on the PSU causing problems?

Not really. Worst case scenario pop a waterblock on them but I think the heat they produce is minuscule and it will just spread through the metal. I might monitor during trials just to be really sure

jonjay · 21 Jan 2018 at 14:56

Id buy a desk like that for sure!!

Amazing build mate.

Huskybongs · 9 Feb 2018 at 17:02

Got them cableholders done. Had to outsource the drilling because it was so incredibly tight. Needed 4 mm drilled holes straight through 5 mm of steel. They're ready for paint now.

Pretty happy with them but it was too tight. Next time I'll get some more margin to work with

I got 8 of them

Huskybongs · 21 Feb 2018 at 18:26

Well I got a huge update coming in 2-3 weeks but here's a sneakpeak

This is what will become the new screenholder for the 49 inch samsung. And jesus christ it was hard to find someone willing to bend a 60mm pipe to my specifications. Had to travel quite far to get this done, wasn't cheap either:S Props to Mikael for the welding.

Andygully · 22 Feb 2018 at 17:17

Really really nice build love the quality and attention to detail. Looking forward to the next update

UkayJ · 24 Feb 2018 at 16:06

Just found this project log and read through it all, absolutely amazing job. I just made a desk for my pc; noggins screwed to the wall painted in wall colour, 18mm sheet MDF painted in bright orange and 2 coats of floor varnish but this project log makes me want to do MORE! Can't wait to see it finished.

Huskybongs · 24 Feb 2018 at 19:04

UkayJ said:
Just found this project log and read through it all, absolutely amazing job. I just made a desk for my pc; noggins screwed to the wall painted in wall colour, 18mm sheet MDF painted in bright orange and 2 coats of floor varnish but this project log makes me want to do MORE! Can't wait to see it finished.

It's a somewhat crazy amount of work though

Huskybongs · 2 Mar 2018 at 21:45

Well here we go, the legs have been redone. They now have a more smooth and round shape at the upper part.

Also increased the surface area and therefor strengthened the structure with about 150% more surface area.

Obviously the legs will get sanded down and chromed.

Time to get that screen onto this table then

Screenholder getting bored and threaded

Using a 65 mm thick shaftsteel to hold the screen in place

Trown in place

Tried to get the shape of the screen emulated and keep the same curvature of the wood

And mounted in place!

It's a heavy piece now

Testfitting the back wood panel.

Next up is sanding and getting back some of the things from chrome

ahar · 3 Mar 2018 at 07:25

Unbelievable!

Mcthommo · 3 Mar 2018 at 09:11

That’s what I meant by a custom monitor fix top notch

C-Roy · 3 Mar 2018 at 15:40

That's some amazing craftsmanship. Well done.

powelly · 3 Mar 2018 at 20:24

Nugsy88 · 4 Mar 2018 at 13:02

Beautifully done!

Gredawarha · 4 Mar 2018 at 18:50

Wow stunning work.

Huskybongs · 7 Mar 2018 at 14:41

Thanks for the kind comments!

Time to do a small update. Getting my chromeparts back the 17th of marsh

Got my cableholders back from powder coating. Each hole holds 6 MDPC 16 gauge wires and the bigger hole on the righthand side keeps 5 satadata cables.

Had to make a truly wooden pc to do the cables for the motherboard without ripping out my motherboard in my current pc

Got a few layers of the key as well to keep the grease and dirt of my fingers away from the wood. The wood is Flaming Birch

And here's my lamp that will be in the same room as my desk. Just for the luls

Just started with this and it's not really a priority but if anyone wanna make a lamp here's 1 way to do it

subbytna · 23 Mar 2018 at 16:19

What are your ideas on the air flow within the desk once it's sealed up? you going to look to positive internal pressure or how are you forseeing the airflow when the desk and components are up and running?

....jaw dropping craftsmanship by the way. Amazing work squire.