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Ah ok ! Je savais pas qu'il y avait tant de choses sur google warehouse !  
 
Je suis attentivement ton topic en tout cas
 

Can't wait for the next step

Thanks, they're coming soon!
 

Thanks!
 

Thank you!
 

Oui, c'est vraiment encroyable, non? Il y a ten de modeles pour tout vos projects 3D! Excuse mon Francais lol, je peu le parlez, mais ecrire, c'est une autre chose!
 
So - it's been sometime since I've posted an update - apologies, things have been very busy lately.
 
With the parts from Danger Den having arrived, I could now move on to some more specific details with both of the cabinets that will contain the computers.
 
Once again, I started with a test fitting, this time, it was a very accurate fitting, requiring quite a bit of sanding and fiddling around to get as close to the final product as possible.
 

 

 

 
I then placed some test parts for fitting, and traced some outlines on the wood. The motherboard tray was placed on some thin strips of packing foam that I cut up, to help isolate any vibration from the CPU Heatsink.
 

 

 
Installed some new blades on the jigsaw, put my biggest drill bit in the drill, and went to town!
 

 

 
Part 2 coming right up!
 
 
 
 

After doing the rough cut with the jigsaw, I took out the router and free-handed with a straight bit to smooth out the edges.
 

 
The semi-finished air intake for the left-hand cabinet:
 

 
The power supply rough cut:
 

 

 
I decided that the PSU bolts will need a little more clearance around the screw holes.
 

 
The I/O Shield cut out was a bit tricky to measure, but I think I did a pretty decent job:
 

 

 

 
And a final shot from above and below:
 

 

 
Next update, I'll have pics of actual assembly of the left hand cabinet, and then more cutting, and biscuit joining on the right-hand cabinet.

 
the router the ultimate tool for finishing
 
great work

Yeahh !

Where is this bell... Oh yeah ! *suscribe*
 
Man, this is really an awesome job !
I didn't expect to find such a nice project on the forum.
 
Nothing more to say, just waiting for the following pictures !
 
Keep on this way

Thanks for the kind words everyone
 
 
It's been a while, but I can assure you, progress is still moving forward with the Ultimate Computer Desk!
 
I finally got around to assembling the left-hand cabinet - here it is, all glued and clamped together. It's a really solid unit - the dado cuts lined up really well, and the structure is rock solid.
 

 

 
Here I am doing a mock-up of the right-hand cabinet. This one was a little trickier to put together. There is a pretty specific order of assembly, otherwise, you're left with a piece that just doesn't want to fit properly.
 

 
Some outlines for the motherboard I/O and power supply
 

 
I remember mentioning that I free-handed the holes with the router for the left-hand cabinet. I decided to play a safer route for the right-hand cabinet.
 
I took a piece of wood, lined it up with my straight edge, and ran my router on top of the wood with a straight bit - this game me a perfect "stencil". What I can do then, is take the stencil, line up the edge with a line that I've drawn on the target piece, place a straight edge behind the stencil, clamp down the straight edge, remove the stencil, and run my router across the straight edge for a straight, accurate line.
 
Wow, that was a mouthful.
 

 

 
And the end product:
 

 

 
And then I made a pretty huge mistake...
 
Here is the suspect:
 

 
Bam. Can you guess why this was a bad idea?
 

 

great work but i guess the bad idea was to drill the big whole on your main desk board, you could have daly touch the front of it...
 
Am I right?
 
By the way the whole job is crazy!!!

Yeahh good job !

Thanks, but the mistake, as you'll see is a bit worse than that! Next update!
 
 
 
I've been terribly sick lately, sorry for the no show on the updates. Here are some kittens to keep you content until I get some more work done
 
These are pictures from when they were 3 weeks to 8 weeks old.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Hopefully I'll have something interesting for you on Monday
 

I want him  
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/765/img5913o.jpg  
*___*
Good recovery man and we wait for your fuckin' good job  

Gimme your cats
Wan' them, they are so fuckin' cute

²
I'm found about your cats ! But I already have some home, it won't be possible

Fredo, you can't afford to have a kitteh, it would finished hanged with one of the wire in your mess
 
I really like the fourth picture, these two little innocent faces, ready to disturb you during the night and running all over the house

But your GF seems pretty also

(jk )

I Agree ^^

@etienne corrige ma faute dans ta citation ^^'

I    the kittens and also the desk    

Holy moly, I'm really sorry for the lack of updates folks - I've been sick for quite a while and the weather has been miserable so I haven't had much time to work on the desk. Apparently I had cedar poisoning! Wonderful!
 
Thanks for all the wonderful comments about the kittens - they are super cute aren't they! And oh yes, they DO blast around the house at 4 in the morning fairly regularly...
 
Anyways - back on track!
 
Those of you who guessed it right - yes, I shouldn't have made the hole in the first place. I don't know what I was thinking. This is the right-hand cabinet.
 

 
Whoops!
 

 
Here's the biscuit joiner I was using. It worked pretty well for what it is. The tricky part was determining the order of which pieces/faces/sides to glue first and how to keep it all from falling apart before completion.
 

 

 

 

 
Here's the left-hand cabinet all dried and ready for some trim
 

 
And voila, my erm.. elegant clamping solution (I need to grab some cauls!)
 

 

 
Hope you enjoy! Rest assured, this project WILL BE FINISHED! Just.. mm, I don't really know when. I'm moving in a month and a half, so all the staining/sanding will have to be done, at a minimum.
 
Take care!

cu soon!

You're a god of mod
 

Yes!
 

lolol, I have never heard that one before! Thanks!
 
This part of the project took a better part of a month. There was a lot of sanding, waiting, and sweating as I put on each thin layer of polyurethane on the desk surface.
 
Here it is at the start of the phase - what a mess!
 

 

 
You can see there was still sanding to do from when I put in the wood filler back in... November!
 

 
All cleaned up, ready to rock the stain. It was starting to get nice as well so it was time to lube up the 'ol bike chain as well!
 

 

 
Part way through the first coat
 

 
Note that this is the bottom of the desk surface. I did this intially without any kind of pre-stain or wood treatment to see if I could get away with it.
 

 

 
I actually noticed a significant amount of dark spots and uneveness, so for the top of the desk, and for all future staining, I went with a pre-stain, and two coats of Old Masters Gel Stain. Here is the desk surface approximately a month later with around 8 coats of polyurethane on top. It will be getting a good ol fashion rubbing out in another month from now once it has fully cured.
 

 
Have a good weekend everyone!
 

You've got a three day WE to finish this mod, you'd better hurry!!!
 
nice work so far, really...

This mod is pretty impresive !
All things you've done are awesome !
 
Since some weeks i'm dreaming about a desk looking like this, and you're just doing it ! AWESOME !
Hope to see something like this in a few years in some store ^^
 
Congrats !
Keep working on it !

beautiful desktop  
not loose your work is progressing well
 
sogetel20

Super boulot !    
 
Mais je pense que tu as trouvé ton maître :
 

 

 
Le bureau ultime existe déjà
 
Workblog :
 
http://forum.coolermaster.com/view [...] 49&t=14742

Not the same type of desktop, still waiting for the next step !
Love wood job

Love it

Hehe, thanks, I was able to get quite a bit done this weekend actually!
 

Thank you, maybe one day Ikea will have something like this!
 

Thanks!
 

Yes, I've seen that many times when doing my initial research - too much bling for me!
 

Thanks!
 

Thank you!
 
So, with the main desk surface out of the way, it was time to start focusing on the top shelf portion, which, at this point, hadn't been sanded, cut perfectly, or assembled. Here were all the pieces required.
 

 
A quick mock up:
 

 
A few tests with the biscuit joiner to make sure I was aligned properly:
 

 

 

 
I couldn't get it exactly in the center - the bottom of the joiner is a bit concave and it made lining it up a little difficult. The tool is generally used to join boards end to end, so there wasn't really any facility for on-face joining like this.
 
Assembly and glue up time:
 

 

 

 
Enjoy! You can never have too many clamps you know? I couldn't continue on doing the side pods until this stuff dried up first.
 

With the first phase of the top shelf all solid and dried, I could continue on to the two side pods. Here's the initial mockup.
 

 

 
Notice the pencil lines for the biscuits I'll be installing.
 

 
Those biscuits are so dark and moody... lol!
 

 
Aaand, some gratuitous clamping shots. Like that extra-long setup? Yeah, that worked this time, but I don't recommend it. It wasn't too stable, but there wasn't really anything else I could clamp on to for that end-pressure required.
 

 

 

 
Mmmm glue.
 

 
So that's it for this update, I know it's a pretty simple one, but hey, it's one more phase done. Just needs to have some trim stuck on and then staining!
 
Have a good weekend!

Yeah !  
 
Do you add screws after ?  
 
(Sorry for the english)

Will you add screws later ?  

They don't use screws alot here...
 
they often use glue or nails...
 
By the way I love the big clamp
 
How many do you have at home? it costs you a fortune no?

+1

Nice Impressive project and really an artistic and technical task !
 
When an Ikea desk like that ? xD (with cats included ^^).

Super boulot, vraiment  

No screws. I hardly used any. With the biscuits and glue, it should be very, very strong.
 

Well, it's not like they were free, but I always bought them when there was a sale, so it didn't cost too much. They are the cheap kind as well, not the really nice ones!
 

Thanks!
 

Hehe, that would be interesting. I don't know if Ikea will ever make anything as strong as this though!
 

Merci beaucoup!
 
 
Ok, so it's been a little while since an update eh?
 
I've been busy, sorry folks, life seems to speed up in the summertime!
 
As a peace offering, here are the kiddo's, at about 4 months old now!
 

 

 
And, back to the desk!
 
I had a bunch of solid maple cut into more 1/4" strips so I could finish doing the trim on the top shelf and the cabinets.
 

 
My trusty compound mitre saw - got it reconditioned at a bargain place for like 60 dollars, and it's been pretty reliable for a number of years now. It's loud as all heck though!
 

 
And, my favorite part - clamping up!
 

 

 

 
And, since there was nowhere to place clamps in between this area, I had to improvise with a small block of wood!
 

 

After the trim was glued on and then sanded flush, I proceeded with the staining and poly
 

 
Looks good, eh?
 

 
I also finally decided to buckle down and build myself a quick rig to store all my clamps. Since I'm moving soon, it'll also make it easier to move them to the new place! Nice lap joints eh!!
 

 
I proceeded to the cabinet drawers, where I finally sanded off the wood filler that's been attached for weeks (months?)
 

 
Lined up the drawer faces, glued them on (Was going to screw them on after, from behind. Lol)
 

 
And put a bit of weight on top..
 

 
Walked away for a bit, and realized... maybe it was a bad idea to glue them on first! Uh oh!

I decided that it might actually be a lot easier to line up the drawer faces if I attached them AFTER I had attached the drawers to the drawer slides, to I ripped em off.
 
So, next on the list - staining the actual drawers!
 
Pre-stain on!
 

 
Mmm, they look so good
 

 

 
And, poly of course
 

 

 
Done!
 

 
And just so ya know, it really did basically take a month just to finish the top shelf and the drawers... more to come soon!