Tips on a homemade desk.

[devenson2017]

I'm thinking of building a desk out of plywood. Not the crap kind, the nice thick kind. I just don't know how i should do the design of it. I have many tools at the ready. All I'm asking for is tips and trick to building a desk.

[ELSknutson]

I'm thinking of building a desk out of plywood. Not the crap kind, the nice thick kind. I just don't know how i should do the design of it. I have many tools at the ready. All I'm asking for is tips and trick to building a desk.

you tube? 

or just get some milk crates and lay a board ontop of it and wall a a desk =)

 

but its all based on what you are looking for and how much you want to spend 

[KemoKa]

Go to lowes, pick good,straight planks. 

 

I would personally just make it out of planks. thicker, sturdier wood, and it's dirt-cheap for a lot of it. But whatever floats your boat.

 

Get a piece of paper and draw how you'd like it to look. Then figure out the dimensions of the desk based on where you want it to be.

 

AND USE WOOD SCREWS. DON'T USE NAILS.

[4ndrew]

Tip, use it for a few days with peripherals to find out where you want them before drilling holes for wire management.

I used some of this stuff on mine: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KRCEU2U?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00 makes the desk much nicer looking imo.

[devenson2017]

Thanks, I'm thinking this because I made a rolling cart with some plywood for A/V at my school and it turned out to hold a computer pretty well. (We used it to hold an older PC and we played WaW zombie maps on it)

[SMR]

http://removeandreplace.com/2013/07/17/how-to-build-a-workbench-for-your-garage-to-get-organized/

 

It's the plans I used for mine. Exept the upper shelf and the backplate and I shortened the legs.

 

I made this exact workbench and then found out the design is actually quite good for a PC desk once modified a little.