I Built My Own Computer Desk (And It Doesn't Suck!)
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- I built my own L-shaped PC desk... and it doesn't suck! Here's how!
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Turns out, many of the white shelf brackets were a tad bit _acute_ or _obtuse,_ meaning the butcher block wouldn't sit super flush on the side furthest from the wall (hence the pic at 3:38). This is why the stainless steel brackets underneath came in so handy! It isn't perfect, but it doesn't suck and that's really all I was going for!
don't go for butchers board that are so short.
Look for wood that you can get in longer formats. One plank is a lot better and a convertible a good way to bring it back home if you don't have a truck or trailer.
And instead of a usual sealing you can get an oil to protect the wood as a kind of breathing seal. protects against fluids and that is enough.
Stainless Steel is far more durable, too. It can handle more heavier loads than lighter materials. I'd recommend a 1.0" thickness of Stainless Steel brackets.
From someone that's done a lot of woodworking and carpentry in high school, that isn't janky, it's actually very smart and something a professional would probably do for a fix in a pinch. It's very low-key, very efficient and effective, and over all it gets the job done perfectly, so be proud of yourself for that.
@@wojtek-33 ¼ ton (1/4th of a ton = 500 pounds)? That's OK for a Steel bracket holding a dead load. But, I recommend using at least 7 1.5" to 2.0" thick Steel brackets, in 8.0" lengths, which can support 1.5× to 3.0× the rated load size (dead load), if it's mounted to >4.0" thick studs.
A bit of shim stock on top of the brackets could get that leveled out if you really wanted it to be perfect. Metal supply store would have what you need in stock probably, and wouldn't break the bank. Looks good the way it is though, nice job!
Subtle flex with the cars lol
He has half a mill subs and gets 40k views per vid I doubt he owns them just saying
Kieran Joyce True but his channel isn’t his only source of income.
@@ElTeeger very true but it's his primary income and you don't earn enough to be able to have cars like that especially when you average 20k-40k views
@@kieranjoyce171 depends. They could have been purchased salvaged and then repaired. The goon squad RUclips channel has done a Lamborghini and a Ferrari. That Ferrari is an older Ferrari and you actually can find them for reasonable prices.
@@kieranjoyce171 Stop hating on how someone can afford what they have. Go do something for yourself first just saying.
You expect us to ignore the casual Porsche and Ferrari in the drive... keep up the good work man!
i think there are two porches
Alexandre P. Shahzad 🚶🏽♂️
By looking at his view counts, I certainly did not expect him to be making enough money to comfortably afford those cars! Glad to see he's killing it tho
Recyclops odds are there are other income sources lol probably something with stocks or engineering
@@recyclops4931 i agree.
Greg: Didn't want to pay the extra $60 or $70 for delivery of the 8x2
Also Greg: Has Ferrari and Porsche in garage.
Me: Yep. Makes sense.
Just because you have bought expensive shit in the past doesn't mean you'll always have that kinda money.
You don't get to afford some nice things by wasting little-by-little on a daily basis..
Millionaires stay rich by not spending on things that are stupid to spend on. A ferrari properly maintained will not depreciate
He also said he didn't want to wait for delivery
@@deinemuddaisdoof isn't that what he meant by "makes sense"?
Throw us some investing knowledge so we too can also have 3 cars parked in our newly built house papa greg
Look up Dave Ramsey on youtube. He talks about more than just investing.
@@BoogerDeluxe22 I like your tastes. :)
The flex is real
I did this project just as you did. Thanks for the video, this is awesome! If your screw holes are level but your brackets are still slightly warped, just screw the table tops onto the brackets and the brackets will bend into place as long as you have a washer on each screw. These brackets are not manufactured to be perfect 90°. Before I screwed the top on it wasn't even and was rocking, but then once I did it looked perfect. I did not have to use any extra hardware besides just screws and mounts. Additionally I use lag bolts for screwing into the studs and I stained and polyurethaned the table tops instead of the traditional butcher block seal
The award for biggest subtle flex of the year: GREG SALAZAR
Wait.... Subtle? Lol
Damn this is great inspiration for the home office set up in my new house, definitely going to go down the table top route after seeing this
Glad it inspired ya! Tweet @ me when you finish the setup!
@@GregSalazar will do! Not working with quite the same amount of space as you were but I can't find an out of the box desk with the depth I want so this should be a good workaround
Now this is the kind of content I love to watch! Looks great.
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!
“It’s not very Thick at All” That’s what she said...Sorry.....I couldn’t resist. 😂
unfunny
do you watch any of the 'HDTVTest' YT Chanel, you will like his jokes
Hi Greg! I've been a viewer of yours for probably 4 years since I finished college, but it's hard to keep track. I normally don't make myself heard (seriously, like never) but I just wanted to say I enjoy every single one of your videos. Your personality to me is incredibly fresh, unique and straight, you don't try and be someone else, and to me that is what is important, your persistence in providing information to the general public and helping to protect us from misinformation and prior experiences. You have influenced me positively in many ways. While I always knew I was on the path to IT I think you've been a big factor in my pursuit of it, while not being one for the camera and voicing my feelings I feel you've helped solidify myself and helped provide confidence as a level 1 technician who dabbles with level 2 and strives to learn and make a positive interaction with my clients despite being pushed into new situations every day. It may be because I didn't find you until after I've found a few other RUclipsrs, but your consistency and video ideas remind me that even though you get inspiration from other places you can be unique and provide important information others missed or forget to display, it's why I keep coming back. People probably don't give you enough credit for sticking it out among the Linus' of the world who have a 30 person operation as I now feel since I've been a technician for 3 years, among the sea of many, without a major degree in the space because of my willingness and curiosity. I worked retail for 5 years, moved states, and started working as a help desk technician with great success because I've learned that if you stick with it and have integrity you can make it work, and even excel, despite lack of experience in the field. I admire you and will continue to learn from you for many years to come. I wish the best, health and mental state, and I hope this comment makes it past your eyes even if I don't get a reply because it's important you hear something along these lines. You deserve to know you helped me, and likely many many other people become who they are wishing to be and provide a positive impact to the world.
(Just because, no real importance. I'm 26, my profile pic is from a long while ago, I don't care enough to update it lol)
ok ??
Thank you so much! Recently my desking desk motor went out and I needed a new desk idea thanks a ton.
Greg: proudly talking about his new desk.
Me for most of the video: wow those are some nice rides dude... 😮
Greg, I remember watching you back in your college apartment. The first videos I remember from you were you dive in the apple eco system, and your microcenter trip to get a 6950x or a 6800k (i cant remember) its awesome to see how far you have come! Keep it up dude!
I appreciate the support throughout the years!
In the middle actually! It was a 6900K!
@@elijah_9392 haha! Thats right!
Possible solution for joining two shorter planks: take the unfinished pieces, use wood glue to join the edges, then pack the gap with wood filler and clamp tight before finishing with sanding and sealing. Did that on a similar project with two friends, and the final result was incredible. Smooth, uninterrupted wood tabletop achieved with 2x12s. I have plans fo build a studio desk someday using the same technique
I like that you actually got a solid wood butcher block instead of the dumb ikea partical board.
Looks mint. I did this but used a 3m long single slab of birch, stained it dark oak, and positioned 3 Ikea Malm drawers under it with the counter resting on chromed cabinet legs. I probably would have done what you did but I desperately needed the 15 drawers worth of storage!
You copied Kyle? Heresy! 🤣
Looks good, gotta love the cable management 🤩
Nice looking desk man. I'm actually getting ready to break ground on a new office and was looking for something like this. Thanks for the video.
I like how you kept it the original color. Very clean work
DIY table setup is really nice. You can have the way you want it. Cool! :)
Nice job Greg!
I did the same after watching kyle's video and researching the best way to have a floating desk. I was previously using a 2'x4' solid birch "school" table and got sick of hitting my toes on the legs, so decided to go with a floating design. I just mounted the brackets to the wall (they look like the same ones you used, only in black to match the rest of the shelving I have in my man cave), took the legs and aprons off the table and used the top with the brackets. I love how it is, but I do want to make a new desktop with an epoxy resin inlay.
I couldn't find a comment about the seal.
It looks real nice and clean.
I did this year's ago but used laminate kitchen counter tops instead. No surface prep, rolled edge, durable surface, seamless, and cheaper.
Also above the desk I have two more "shelfs". One is a regular shelf and above that is a kitchen cabinet layed on its side.
Lastly my monitors are mounted to the wall to free the desk of any brackets or stands.
The goal was to get everything off the floor and if you use lag bolts (wood studs) or nut inserts (metal studs) it will support hundreds of pounds.
0:18 you need a third PC for the baby if you wanna play family LANParty!
I know Baby Salazar is a n00b but he needs to practise.
Baby needs a Ferrari too!
You might want to look into a biscuit jointer. It will help make the pieces level. If you can cut the rounded edges off the joined ends, you can make it virtually seamless.
I gotta(want to) switch my table top. was looking for a nice piece of wood like that, make it look new and handmade, thanks for the suggestion.
This actually made me go for this idea and do it. Turned out awesome Thanks!
Kyle bolted his shelf brackets with expansion bolts into drywall, not into his metal studs. I can't see that holding much weight for very long.
Oh geez.
2:35 I'm impressed by the graphics, your head goes through the table :(
Thanks for the custom desk setup tips Greg 👍 I need to upgrade my youtube studio also..
Thanks for watching!
Just did a similar desk build with the solid wood top workbench from home depot. All in it was a bit cheaper and easier because they come sealed and finished. Paired that with their adjustable desk and it's perfect for building computers on as you can bring it down when working from over the case
Next level: a wall mounted standing/sitting desk using those scissor lift things
To much for an engineer
> Wall-mounted
> Sit-stand desk with moving parts
Can't have both.
I built custom kitchen cabinets for about 20 years. Any local custom cabinet shop should have a biscuit joiner to be able to cut the slots in the edge of the slabs. The biscuits look like flat wooden footballs and they are used to keep wooden joints level.
To get a clean line, just cut the curve off on both side where the joint is and have a clamped piece of scrap wood on the front and back when cutting to prevent tear out. I am sure the store could cut a little off each end if you didn't have a skill saw, clamps and a straight edge. Also 400 grit is good inbetween laquer coats
The graphite blue looks great 👍
If you find out where the brackets need to be by measuring and measuring on the wood where that is you can screw the brackets to the wood and have two people hold them in place with a level on top and screw the brackets to the wall with the top perfectly in place.
Damn! That was so great work. Thanks for the idea mate.
I just took an old door we had lying around and cut 2 old bed posts in half and nailed them all together, now I have a gigantic desk that can fit pretty much anything
Lol shit, yeah thats a big desk
Nice video! I have butcher block countertops that I will be replacing in a year or so when we redo our kitchen and they would be perfect to repurpose as a desk like this.
That's a very nice setup! Well done on the cable management!
2:50 KNOWLEDGE
The challenge with corner desks, L-shaped if you will is the huge unused space underneath in the corner. I opted for a new straight desk with steel O legs - open that give it a very spacey feel. It is super sturdy and I could get the company (Icon Office Furniture - Brantford, Ontario Canada) get me a custom 71" desk in beautiful dark walnut. Between you and I it was very hard for me to put it together the frame is made of solid steel, like yo... I can park a space ship on it. It is 3000 pounds, bit overkill but man it looks so clean. I am still on the hunt for the set of drawers I want, I looked at Alex but I want to 6 drawer in dark brown or blue. By the way this is my first new desk ever!
Panduit company makes awesome adhesive omnidirectional ziptie holders for cable management. I use 1000s of them where i work lol they are pretty useful
It looks great man. Good job!
Biscuits would help line the seams line up perfectly and wood glue in that seam would increase the strength quite a bit
the bracket for the outlet should be screwed to the side of the stud, so you should be safe to throw in the extra screw if it bothers you to look at, and for the join that dont line up properly, you need the flat bracket to cross the join rotated 90deg to how you have it, and do 2 instead of 1, spaced about 6 - 8 inches apart with the first one right up near the front of the desk, otherwise not a bad job for a rookie especially the finishing, you did a great job with that
Looks very nice and clean. I will take inspiration from that.
Looks pretty cool
Hey Greg just wondering if your still using this setup? I need an 'L shaped' solution and been racking my brain trying to come up with something that doesnt break the bank. This seems to be a good choice. I really enjoy the Fix or Flop playlists btw, keep up the good work!
that just looks nice and clean af greg! have been thinking of something like that for a wile now. need extra desk space. got like 1m of space and that is not cuting it. plus like 1/3 og it is taken by my audio mixer. so could really go with more work space
Did you think about cutting the boards at a 45-degree angle in the corner?? Just curious what the pros and cons of doing that may be.
The amount of money you can save by getting wooden boards, a pocket hole jig and some wood glue is massive. I'm building a table right now, I saw the pre fab tables at Lowes and couldn't believe how expensive they were so I said screw it, I'm making my own table.
The steel straight brackets to hold the tabletops level together is totally legit. The only way you could have gotten a smoother transition is if you sanded and sealed them in place, but that would be a horrible mess, and I don't think it would have been worth it. Everything looks great.
I did something similar with a cheaper more thin piece of birch. I had to sand and stain the wood but it came out okay, not quite as fancy as this but definitely more budget friendly. Geaux Cajuns :)
Great job on your custom desk.
A couple weeks ago I snagged a windows 10 home licence from the Microsoft store for half price, super happy I saw it when I did since I built my computer just last week.
Man that red porche and grey lamborghini are amazing
And I am just kidding
Looks great man👍🏻
This is so awesome!
Thank you for mounting them to the studs, ty.
LOL YW
Those are some
beautiful cars in the garage
I want a standing L desk but the legs are expensive, I had the idea to just mount it on the wall instead, I’ll wood glue the pieces together though, and also use cheap dimensional lumber, and then stain it the way I like.
I’ve considered this with kitchen counter tops.
Use wood filler sand and stain/seal the cracks and it should be pretty seamless. If I can do it u can it’s a good touch
I got an 8FT butchers block from home depot and had the same issue with it not fitting in my car. Not sure of lowes offers it but with home depot I was able to rent one of their Vans for like 20 bucks and drove it home myself that day
I've been looking at replacing my current desk with something like this ever since Kyle built his but haven't yet looked at my options to start
I did the same thing out of a 2in thick hardwood door, 32in by 6ft and change. I bolted a 6 foot 2 x 4 into the wall to support one long side of it and used a hardwood dresser and the end of another desk to support the other side.
Once you go hardwood you don't go back... giggity
home depot and lowes allows you to rent a van or truck for like 20-30 bucks..that can be very handy if you need to get things home that dont fit in the car
It would have been better to put the corners together prior to install, but you would either need more hands or a lift to get it up.
In New Zealand you can get kitchen benches for NZ$100. Makes sense to make a solid desk out of these than the 'cheap' mdf laminated tops that don't last...
I didn’t see mentioned what was used to seal the wood? Maybe I missed it.
Great video Greg, thanks again.
Looks great man, good job. 🤙
Thank you, David!
Looks great. I know it's been a couple of years now, so any thoughts on it since then? Have you found the shelf brackets getting in the way or being annoying at all? Looking at doing something similar in my new office but haven't decided weather I want to use brackets or build out a floating frame.
it looks cool but i don't like the dry wall screws that holds the table top
clean and simple! i like it, good job...............
Made pretty much the same desk with the butcher blocks and cable hiders at the beginning of the pandemic. I'm going to have to try the guerilla double-sided tape. My cable hiders keep falling off.
you should get some white paint and paint the screw heads.
I remember when you built your first desk. Awesome desk bro
Great job...and beautiful cars
what is the depth of the butcher block away from the wall? giving all the dimensions of this build would be awesomeeee
Nicely Done Greg...Props for Giving Kyle creds for his setup....Next on your shopping list is a Ferrari Truck for hauling said birch wood \ furniture. ;)
Great ,, This is what I am planning to make on..
Damn now I Gota make a order and get these
I really love the wood tops, but for my desk location I will not be mounting to a wall as my desk faces out, so I'm still getting ideas for Legs or Posts or End Shelving for the wood to rest on an L Shape Desk.
Part time Archangel, part time Woodworker
Been thinking about this the last couple days to about a week or so since Kyle did his, and then I see your video 🤦♀️ ahh looks like I may do this for the really clean look, cuz my desk legs are bulky as hell (motorized, but power plug has been destroyed for a year. Sit/stand is useless) so now I've been trying to make my desk as minimal as I can and this seems perfect
So for my corner desk I need more real estate too for it to work the way I want. One side will be my pc set up and the other side will be my console gaming. Wanting to stream line all my consoles together with the elgato to make it easier to stream my game play.
"Oooooo... That car with horse"... Ah nevermind 🤭😉
This is beautiful. Great setup. The price of those blocks has tripled though lol. Dumb inflation
Corporate greed, not “inflation”
I'm a fan of velcro for the future possibility of remanaging cables if more wires become a thing
You can just shove additional cables into the J channels Lol.
I'm renting rn (and probably for a few years still), so sanding large objects, power tools, and holes in walls aren't exactly encouraged. But when I do get a place for myself, oh there are so many plans
This was, frankly, one of the best parts about buying a home. It's yours to do with as you please :-)
@@GregSalazar Yeah the down payment fund has been started, and I've got my plans running rampant in my head,. Now it's just me vs. my urge to improve my apartment so I can get going on that sooner.
I like the floating desk setup. One thing I would change is make one that is deeper, without the support triangles, instead opting for support beams. Either way, you have given me new ideas and a new project. Thanks a lot, Greg! xD I hate the Gorilla double-sided tape. I don't know what you and others did to it to have it stick like that. I prefer Strenco black adhesive velcro. Removable and stronger.
Don’t forget to paint it with Lead.
Not Lead paint. Just Lead.
Oh also mercury incense. And maybe some plutonium here and there. Enough to give you some light when the electricity goes out.
I'm thinking of using these shelving brackets but was concerned with overhang adding more weight
Subtle flex with all them cars.
this is a great idea
That's why we have a f350 and a trailer, we have never had an issue of something not fitting in our truck.
I would love to do a similar type setup, we own our house too. but my wife would be absolutely LIVID if I bolted or attached anythign to the walls. We may not live here for more than a couple of years and want to keep house with minimal amounts of repairs as possible. currently, we use an old ethan allen expandable dinner table as a computer desk, it's long enough for 3 monitors side by side, so we did the only thing we could do, we got monitor arms and that makes a HUGE difference in desk real estate. yea, cables hang around the back near the wall, but they are all grouped together with alligator clips so it's not entirely spaghetti. I think at some point we may get a second desk(we have plenty of room), but if and when we do that it's just going to be on legs, not mounted to wall.
Brolivia Wilde The repairs would be super quick and easy. Depending on how many studs had a bracket, you would most likely only need 1-2 sheets of drywall(if you want to repair correctly), a razor knife, drywall tape, mud, drywall screws, primer and paint. Realistically it would take maybe an hour or two in total, but spread over a few days in order for mud/primer/paint to dry.