What mods have you made to your desk?

[Scruffy90]

Trying to get ideas for a new desk and was wondering, what mods have you guys made to your desks?

[ForsakenLive]

You mean the actual desk?

 

Well, I made it myself, nothing fancy at all, nice wood as table top, 5 steel legs attached to it. It has the size and height I want and was as cheap as it gets.

[jslane21]

I'm currently using my dining room table as my desk broke and My current mod is a potted plant resting in front of my monitors.

[QueenDemetria]

Trying to get ideas for a new desk and was wondering, what mods have you guys made to your desks?

On my office desk I painted a white rectangle on what I consider "the work area" and I clear coated the entire top, so I can write on my desk with dry erase markers. It was a great idea 3 years ago, but the top got stained from the markers(worth it though).

[minibois]

Get plenty of room for your keyboard and mouse

And save room for a third (or possibly second) monitor.

[Syntaxvgm]

My desk is basically a large black table. I painted a 1 inch red border on it, and added a rack on the bottom to manage power bricks, and hid a power strip under it. 

Here's an old pic not long after I did it. (Ignore the laptop, it now has my desktop and red k70 on it)

I'll update with a better picture when I get home. 

[Hans Christian | Teri]

I use an old, square dining room table. The most important parts about your desk is the height and the depth. You need to be able to sit there comfortably and you need to be able to get your monitors at least an arm length away from you when leaning back in your chair (for a 24" monitor). Not only does this put you at the optimal viewing distance from your monitor, it also leaves plenty of room for you mouse and keyboard, allowing you to rest your forearms on the table.

 

For reference:

[Vacsol]

The only thing I did was remove the keyboard tray because I wanted more leg room.

[IMPERIUS]

I'm using my sister's desk. Her mods were a couple of <3 on it made with edigs. 

[C_Mike]

I cut loads of cable management holes in  my desk, then screwed some cable trunking to the underside. I've also got colour changing LED strips dotted around, mostly behind monitors

[DildorTheDecent]

Stuck green CCFL lights underneath my black GALANT desk for cool underglow.

 

makes it faster. 

[jslane21]

I just ordered an ikea micke, I plan on modding the hell out of it in the future

 

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60244745/#/60244745

[Syntaxvgm]

Stuck green CCFL lights underneath my black GALANT desk for cool underglow.

 

makes it faster. 

Just like my stupid ass alienware laptop's keyboard changes colors. Makes it better for gaming. 

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Stuck green CCFL lights underneath my black GALANT desk for cool underglow.

 

makes it faster. 

 

That's a lot of extra horsepower for a desk. You must like to live life dangerously.

 

[Scruffy90]

You mean the actual desk?

 

Well, I made it myself, nothing fancy at all, nice wood as table top, 5 steel legs attached to it. It has the size and height I want and was as cheap as it gets.

Yes. The actual desk.

 

On my office desk I painted a white rectangle on what I consider "the work area" and I clear coated the entire top, so I can write on my desk with dry erase markers. It was a great idea 3 years ago, but the top got stained from the markers(worth it though).

I've always considered trying something like that out, but I was afraid of two things happening. Smudging my arms with dry erase marker residue, and getting the coating so dirty that I wouldn't be able to completely clean it anymore.

 

Get plenty of room for your keyboard and mouse

And save room for a third (or possibly second) monitor.

I was considering drilling a hole through the desk and using a grommet mount or getting a regular clamp mount for my two monitors. I would love to get a third, but as of right now I have no use for one.

 

I cut loads of cable management holes in  my desk, then screwed some cable trunking to the underside. I've also got colour changing LED strips dotted around, mostly behind monitors

I want to do something like this. I also want to cut a hole and put a usb charger that will stick out of the table top for charging my peripherals.

[Scruffy90]

I just ordered an ikea micke, I plan on modding the hell out of it in the future

 

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60244745/#/60244745

What do you intend on modding on the desk?

[jslane21]

What do you intend on modding on the desk?

 

 

I am 100% certain I plan on doing something but I wont know until I get it and let my creativeness take hold. It should be here feb 25th hopefully.

[DildorTheDecent]

Just like my stupid ass alienware laptop's keyboard changes colors. Makes it better for gaming. 

Of course it does. My 60Hz TN has transformed into a 144Hz IPS with 1ms response time. /jk

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwLquBSX2cfbaTVHRUFYYmZtWHM/edit

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwLquBSX2cfbaGd1eXRvOHFtdGc/edit

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwLquBSX2cfbd3ZmUVB6bjhvWms/edit

That's a lot of extra horsepower for a desk. You must like to live life dangerously.

Gained extra gigahertz = werf

[C_Mike]

I want to do something like this. I also want to cut a hole and put a usb charger that will stick out of the table top for charging my peripherals.

 

I'm actually also planning on doing this, but I'm also going to make a custom box with 4 USB ports, two for charging, and two connected to my computer for data.

[Scruffy90]

I'm actually also planning on doing this, but I'm also going to make a custom box with 4 USB ports, two for charging, and two connected to my computer for data.

How would you go about doing that? I know they have a few gromet covers that have usb. I would be interested in finding one that is rectangular.

[C_Mike]

How would you go about doing that? I know they have a few gromet covers that have usb. I would be interested in finding one that is rectangular.

 

Completely custom.

 

My plan is

1.Cut a cylinder of wood just less than the diameter of a desk gromet.

2. Build a  small wooden trapezium prism (aka cuboid with downward slant on top panel.

3. Cut out holes in top panel for panel mount usb ports, then drill holes for all the cables in the cylinder and bottom panel of the box.

4.Paint everything and clear coat

5. Assemble, fix Box to cylinder.

6. Then use silicon adhesive to secure it into place in the desk.

 

If that's difficult to follow I apologize, but that's the basic idea, I'll probably end up changing the plan as I go along, as I always do with any project I do.

 

[Scruffy90]

Completely custom.

 

My plan is

1.Cut a cylinder of wood just less than the diameter of a desk gromet.

2. Build a  small wooden trapezium prism (aka cuboid with downward slant on top panel.

3. Cut out holes in top panel for panel mount usb ports, then drill holes for all the cables in the cylinder and bottom panel of the box.

4.Paint everything and clear coat

5. Assemble, fix Box to cylinder.

6. Then use silicon adhesive to secure it into place in the desk.

 

If that's difficult to follow I apologize, but that's the basic idea, I'll probably end up changing the plan as I go along, as I always do with any project I do.

 

USB Desk Gromet.png

Not hard to follow. The visuals help. This looks pretty cool. Question though, wouldn't a powered hub be able to achieve the same thing?

[C_Mike]

Not hard to follow. The visuals help. This looks pretty cool. Question though, wouldn't a powered hub be able to achieve the same thing?

Probably, but I like the challenge, plus you don't get many wooden usb hubs.

[carguy86]

I have a 32hp briggs & stratton lawnmower engine bolted to my desk i use it as a space heater(exhaust is vented out my window)

[Scruffy90]

I have a 32hp briggs & stratton lawnmower engine bolted to my desk i use it as a space heater(exhaust is vented out my window)Wha

Thats clever. What does that even look like from afar?