El Desko!
UPDATE: Added larger pics that pop up if you click on the original.
A buddy of mine and I were talking about building high-end computer / home theatre systems in to custom furniture. Unfortunately, he's a real artisan, while I'm a hack. He wanted to build some stuff together, but I kind of avoided it. I can't work with that kind of pressure; the whole "right way of doing things" and all...
Anyway, I figured that, left to my own devices, I could come up with something kind of cool.
To start things off, here's a wide shot of the whole desk in action. It's mostly finished... (I'm pretty lazy)
Probably about 80% of the desk is built with old, fucked up, recycled wood. I really like the look and, honestly, the rustic look is a little easier to pull off than something more modern when you're a hack like me.
I have to take all the crap off the desk to open it up. I'd like to figure out a better way to open it for future designs, but this was the easiest way I could think of to build it at the time.
At long as the hood's up, check out my favorite part of the design: the hinges. I know that seems like a small, stupid thing, but I really like how it works and it makes me happy, OK? The hinges are light-duty, spring-loaded toy box hinges that hold the lid in the up position. They aren't designed to hold the weight of the lid - that's why there are regular "flap" hinges along the back as well.
Now let's take a look at the guts of El Desko! Being the nerd that I am, I've always loved building my own computers. This is the first time that I built the case too, though. There's lots of room for expansion and everything is reasonably well laid out. I'll do more work on this part in the future.
All the parts for the computer arrived before I completed the desk, so I was itching to get the damn thing finished and fired up. In my haste, I left a few details uncompleted. Below is the front of the computer where eventually (hopefully) I will mount a housing for the power switches, LED's, USB connections, etc.
Finally, here's the psycho who would even bother doing such a thing:
A buddy of mine and I were talking about building high-end computer / home theatre systems in to custom furniture. Unfortunately, he's a real artisan, while I'm a hack. He wanted to build some stuff together, but I kind of avoided it. I can't work with that kind of pressure; the whole "right way of doing things" and all...
Anyway, I figured that, left to my own devices, I could come up with something kind of cool.
To start things off, here's a wide shot of the whole desk in action. It's mostly finished... (I'm pretty lazy)
Probably about 80% of the desk is built with old, fucked up, recycled wood. I really like the look and, honestly, the rustic look is a little easier to pull off than something more modern when you're a hack like me.
I have to take all the crap off the desk to open it up. I'd like to figure out a better way to open it for future designs, but this was the easiest way I could think of to build it at the time.
At long as the hood's up, check out my favorite part of the design: the hinges. I know that seems like a small, stupid thing, but I really like how it works and it makes me happy, OK? The hinges are light-duty, spring-loaded toy box hinges that hold the lid in the up position. They aren't designed to hold the weight of the lid - that's why there are regular "flap" hinges along the back as well.
Now let's take a look at the guts of El Desko! Being the nerd that I am, I've always loved building my own computers. This is the first time that I built the case too, though. There's lots of room for expansion and everything is reasonably well laid out. I'll do more work on this part in the future.
All the parts for the computer arrived before I completed the desk, so I was itching to get the damn thing finished and fired up. In my haste, I left a few details uncompleted. Below is the front of the computer where eventually (hopefully) I will mount a housing for the power switches, LED's, USB connections, etc.
Finally, here's the psycho who would even bother doing such a thing:
posted by RNDMSFREE at 3:55 PM
3 Comments:
You are the biggest geek ever.
Kiss my ass, Juliet!
This is REALLY geeky:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1823675,00.asp
I love it, though.
Jason
There once was a guy name of Jason
Whose talent was not as a mason.
So he tinkered with wood
Til the desk looked real good.
He blogged it and then stuck his face on.
S
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