Need a large slab of wood
Discussion
I've been hunting around for a decent desk but despite much hunting around, there's nothing out there that really fits the bill. So I've decided I should make one myself that'll fit perfectly to what I need. So, several questions arise...
1) Where can I get a big slab of wood; 1500x600x40mm?
2) Ideally I'd like it to be european beech (mainly based on colouring) but will this be suitable? Is a veneered ply going to be better/easier? The desk won't need to hold any serious weight as monitors will be mounted to the wall behind the desk, so so long as it can support the weight of a keyboard, mouse and two small speakers, I'm happy.
3) Who can then trim this vast slab to look like the diagram below?
1) Where can I get a big slab of wood; 1500x600x40mm?
2) Ideally I'd like it to be european beech (mainly based on colouring) but will this be suitable? Is a veneered ply going to be better/easier? The desk won't need to hold any serious weight as monitors will be mounted to the wall behind the desk, so so long as it can support the weight of a keyboard, mouse and two small speakers, I'm happy.
3) Who can then trim this vast slab to look like the diagram below?
Arthur Jackson said:
http://tinyurl.com/6ykh7wrPerfect!
Veneered mdf or faced ply would be your best bet, you can always put strip wood or iron on facings round the visible edges to smarten it up a bit, (just noticed the thickness of 40mm, i think veneered mdf usually topsn out at 25mm but you might get some thats thicker), you could always double up with two sheets of mdf/ply glued and screwed together to get towards that thickness and then edge with solid wood.
As another poster said solid wood of that thickness will set you back an awful lot, and would almost certainly have to be biscuited and joined from separate stock boards after having been through a thicknesser.
I think your best best bet would be to get a local joiners to do it for you.
As another poster said solid wood of that thickness will set you back an awful lot, and would almost certainly have to be biscuited and joined from separate stock boards after having been through a thicknesser.
I think your best best bet would be to get a local joiners to do it for you.
Any decent kitchen worktop place, I think it was barncrest I used for the kitchen, wasn't cheap though. It's since been replaced with granite, and what was once the island is now my monstrously oversized desk. The cut to order etc, I can't see your picture because for some reason Thumbsnap doesn't work for me any more, but they were pretty handy - you just send the dimensions etc though and they make it.
Rawwr said:
Well the worktop material seems perfect, really. Finding someone to cut the hole and the two notches for the trunking is the issue now.
Seems my post was too slow!I'd buy yourself a cheap and cheerful router and have a go yourself (maybe practice on some scrap wood first), you might be able to do your front bevel yourself as well.
One of these:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/9001492...
A jig saw and a hole saw for the cut-outs
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/9001492...
A jig saw and a hole saw for the cut-outs
mgtony said:
One of these:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/9001492...
A jig saw and a hole saw for the cut-outs
I was going to suggest having a wander around IKEA. http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/9001492...
A jig saw and a hole saw for the cut-outs
I wanted deeper than 60cm so built my desk a few years ago using one of the 120 x 80 tabletops slung between two IVAR shelving units turned sideways (they do the brackets to attach the table top to the shelving units.
If it needs altering or holes cutting in it then get a local woodwork workshop to do it (there are loads of them around, hidden away).
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