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Offline BOBO

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I built a Aces High desk.
« on: September 16, 2016, 12:26:39 PM »
I took the lazy route and just used pre-finished trim and plywood for the top.  And then I took the lazy route again by just buying using 4 sticks of Unistrut to make the frame.  My only regret is spending as little $ as possible on a 5" hole saw because it oscilated like crazy and caused my dad's old Craftsman drill to catch fire (I was nice and replaced it with a Milwaukee).  If i were to do it over again I'd use thin Unistrut because this thing weighs a ton, I could barely flip it over when I finished but then again, each leg is rated to support 3,000 pounds and that might be useful someday.

Total cost including bolts & spring nuts was about $175 and in the end I'm happy with it for now.



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Offline Hajo

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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2016, 12:54:35 PM »
Nice work!
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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2016, 04:18:22 PM »
Looks very sturdy, Bobo.  Most of us need something very industrial to bang our foreheads on.

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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2016, 04:49:27 PM »
Well done BoBo! Put some kind of sealer on that top or it will start looking ratty real quick.

Mine cost a bit more but I did make a matching cabinet :)

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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2016, 08:25:26 AM »
Absolutely,

Looks like yours required more tooling than mine. All I needed was a chop saw, table saw, 2 drills, 9/16 wrench and a screwdriver.  I've always been a fan of corner desks.  I'm going to do a shallower top at some point and make it wide enough for 2 gamestations at some point.  One of the reasons I did the frame out of Unistrut was so that I can easily reconfigure it later on.

It's like erector set for adults.




Quote from: The Fugitive on September 16, 2016, 04:49:27 PM
Well done BoBo! Put some kind of sealer on that top or it will start looking ratty real quick.

Mine cost a bit more but I did make a matching cabinet :)


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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2016, 08:41:30 AM »
Oil hardened, Philippine Ebony (usually used for Katana Koshirae). 1300lbs with all hardware installed. Very hard to work with.

Picture is more than a year old now (maybe two). A server rack with recording system and batteries is to the right now, where the DVD shelves were in this picture.

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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2016, 10:08:42 AM »
Quote from: BOBO on September 17, 2016, 08:25:26 AM
Absolutely,

Looks like yours required more tooling than mine. All I needed was a chop saw, table saw, 2 drills, 9/16 wrench and a screwdriver.  I've always been a fan of corner desks.  I'm going to do a shallower top at some point and make it wide enough for 2 gamestations at some point.  One of the reasons I did the frame out of Unistrut was so that I can easily reconfigure it later on.

It's like erector set for adults.
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My tools were the same except I had a jig saw for the curve and an iron to apply the laminate to the edges  :D

Flexibility is always good to have in a build. Im an old fart and know this is what I wanted so I wont be changing it much in the future.

After a few years in this I KNEW what I needed in a desk.

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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2016, 02:27:29 PM »
Quote from: Chalenge on September 17, 2016, 08:41:30 AM
Oil hardened, Philippine Ebony (usually used for Katana Koshirae). 1300lbs with all hardware installed. Very hard to work with.

Picture is more than a year old now (maybe two). A server rack with recording system and batteries is to the right now, where the DVD shelves were in this picture.

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now this is a serious gaming system---and I'm, jealous
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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2016, 02:28:26 PM »
Quote from: The Fugitive on September 16, 2016, 04:49:27 PM
Well done BoBo! Put some kind of sealer on that top or it will start looking ratty real quick.

Mine cost a bit more but I did make a matching cabinet :)


this one is nice as well
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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2016, 01:46:30 PM »
Quote from: Chalenge on September 17, 2016, 08:41:30 AM
Oil hardened, Philippine Ebony (usually used for Katana Koshirae). 1300lbs with all hardware installed. Very hard to work with.

Picture is more than a year old now (maybe two). A server rack with recording system and batteries is to the right now, where the DVD shelves were in this picture.

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What's the big controller beneath the center monitor?
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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2016, 08:42:51 PM »
It's the RailDriver Train Cab Controller.

http://raildriver.com/products/raildriver.php

I bought it to keep my nephews happy when they come to visit, but they like war games just like I do.

I have a ShipDriver Watercraft Controller also.

http://www.shipdriver.com/products/shipdriver.php
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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2016, 08:59:50 PM »
Quote from: Chalenge on September 17, 2016, 08:41:30 AM
Oil hardened, Philippine Ebony (usually used for Katana Koshirae). 1300lbs with all hardware installed. Very hard to work with.

Picture is more than a year old now (maybe two). A server rack with recording system and batteries is to the right now, where the DVD shelves were in this picture.

(Image removed from quote.)

awesome i never knew you could use a racin steerin wheel to fly a plane in the game i am gonna hunt my old wheel out and give it a spin  :airplane:

i see you have a 3d modelling project on the go? winston churchill was a lot tubbier than the guy you modelled and not as tall for sure  :uhoh heres a picture for reference.



it would be great to see the finished 3d model but leave out the dog!  ;)
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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2016, 09:42:57 PM »
You are nearly 100% mistaken in your post. The only thing you got right was the modeling project, but your eyes must be failing you or you didn't get a good look. The infantry guy started out at just 2,500 polygons, but eventually became a multi-million polygon model. My work is not intended for games.



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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2016, 08:21:29 PM »
Very nice BoBo. Look slie you have plenty of room for stuff.  :aok
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Re: I built a Aces High desk.
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2016, 09:06:53 PM »
Quote from: pipz on September 20, 2016, 08:21:29 PM
Very nice BoBo. Look slie you have plenty of room for stuff.  :aok

Thanks,  vDALLAS is staying with me for a while now that he's back from living in Europe if you can believe it and if I can talk him into getting his computer out of storage in Illinois I'll be stretching it to a little over 10 feet with my 2 leftover sticks of strut and another top piece.
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