Mahogany Desk, Build of the Year 2018

[Zakgruza]

Dude this desk computer is amazing. I really need to step up my game. Ha!

Maybe I will use your desk as inspiration for my next project. Thanks for continuing the new trend of desk computers.

[Koverhar]

31 minutes ago, Zakgruza said:

Dude this desk computer is amazing. I really need to step up my game. Ha!

Maybe I will use your desk as inspiration for my next project. Thanks for continuing the new trend of desk computers.

Healthy competition:) 

[Koverhar]

Well long time no seen but a lot has been done!:)

 

Finally it's stained to the mahogany colour I wanted varnishing stars the following monday. I should have the table back by friday in it's full gloss and glory.The finish I wanted for this really pushed the amount of work.

 

For the ones interested here's how the wood has been prepared,

 

Dried inside for 2 years. several years before before taking it inside.

Then filed down to the desired shape.

Then sandpaper. Going through the different coursnesses. 120 grit 2 times (every step is dried in between with azetone), 240 grit 2 times, 320 grit 2 times, 400 grit 2 times, 500 grit 3 times, 600 grit 2 times and finally 800 grit 2 times.

 

After the first coat of varnish I'll sand it to 1200 grit and then to 2000 grit before the next coat and repeating this until it has 4-5 layers of varnish.

Mixing 2 different industrial strenght stains.

I made the bottom of the edges a bit nicer

 

Let the staining commence

 

 

The back panel

 

 

The rest of the table

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've gone through at least 7 litres of azetone. And like 100 rugs:D Big up again to my friend Michael who's been with me sanding down this beast of a machine

 

[TheCamba]

40 minutes ago, Koverhar said:

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Nicely done!  Little fuzzy on those shots.

[Koverhar]

15 hours ago, TheCamba said:

Nicely done!  Little fuzzy on those shots.

Thank you, My camera isn't the greatest. I will have high res pictures of everything when it's getting finished though. Apologies for the inconvience

[TheCamba]

27 minutes ago, Koverhar said:

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No worries.  Just a super awesome build.

[paddy-stone]

Subbed!

 

@Koverhar Amazing build, can't wait to see it finished. Great work

[Koverhar]

Sneakpeak of what's been happening. Big update coming soon


12 layers of varnish on. I'll get this sucker waxed up and then we'll get a better camera but for now just a few pictures indicating that I'm still alive^^
 

Chromeprepping at 2500 grit sandpaper

 

Mobile phone pick, it's really hard to capture the gloss. I'll get back to you shortly

 

[awpii]

My OCD is so pleased right now

[rjfaber91]

On ‎7‎-‎10‎-‎2017 at 1:25 PM, Koverhar said:

Sneakpeak of what's been happening. Big update coming soon

Damn! I'd completely forgotten about this build, but I'm glad my notifications list reminded me, because it just continues to look more amazing every time!

[Koverhar]

Just a minupdate..

Started with some cablework 

 

My living room is a mess... 

 

Some radiator fan connectors being born

 

And yeah btw I'll make a keyboard (after the table is done) using ebenholtz and moosehorn like an old timey grand piano.
That black piece is the wood from madagaskar

[Koverhar]

 

[alexcheetah]

That desk alone looks amazing, you don't even need a pc for it to be impressive.

[Koverhar]

Well hello again 

I'll start off with some pictures of the table after the varnishing (yet to get nanowax treatment) and if you scroll further down you'll see some of the cablework.

 
 
nevermind the dust It will dissapear

 

 

 

 
 

Now onto the cablework. Thanks again to ICEMODZ for chipping in and helping me out on this!

First things first I had to get everything out. My living room once again is a mess

 

Just did a bunch of y-splitters for these cables and I run them on 2 different knobs on the fan controller

 

Might be a tip for anyone new to this to grab one of these so you make sure you get it right without blowing any components up

 

Then I proceeded to hide pretty much every fan cable in the actual frame.
 

Sneaky sneaky cable management

 

Had to heatshrink all the y-splitters

 

 

The 360 radiator fans did get sleeved however because they will be somewhat visible

 

Testrunning everything. Worked

 

This is just a temporary solution because everything will keep going in and out

 

For those wondering the fan cables from the back radiators (the 560 monstahs) will be run underneath the side fans and completely hidden

 

My first sleeved cable this one will run the fan controller

 

And this is what comes out after the wood comes back down

 

And after this I'll get onto more cable work. Until next time

[Koverhar]

Well happy halloween, I dressed up as usual to my "homeless elf" costume and did some cablework:) This is pretty time consuming stuff I'm learning as I go but after 2 attempts on my harddrive cable this is what I ended up with

 

 

 

 

 

And by some miracle it worked

 

 

[Koverhar]

Going off the rails here a little bit but I wanted something that suited the table where I could rest my headphones when I'm not using them so I made a custom headphone stand.

 

Plasmacut some stainless 4mm thick circular plates and lathed and treaded some 30 mm stainless shaftsteel. Then proceeded to make some holes and this is what the mounting device looks like.

 

And yeah It will get the same Birch style wood with 12 layers of varnish:D That being said I sent the wood off for some final treatment so it doesn't get scratched by the heavy use. So you will see it all together on friday evening but heres the metal at least

 

 

 

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[Koverhar]

Here's the finished headphone stand. It became a little bit overbuilt but I like it. Got 10 or 11 layers of varnish cant remember..

Pictures 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soon I got a complete office

[Koverhar]

Well finally prepped for chrome Or technically nickel-plating. Think is went a bit overkill but these are the hinges that keep up the glass
They're covered in oil atm to not get surface rust so it looks a bit weird but you will get more pictures as they're all nickelplated and shiny

 

 

 

[Koverhar]

Well just so you don't think I died or anything I went on a 12 hour roadtrip today. 

Everything has bent sent off to chrome-plating in sweden after a pretty riddiculus amount of sandpaperwork Here's a map of the "vacation" I'll return with pictures when I get them back

 

[TheNight]

4 hours ago, Koverhar said:

 

This is an amazing project. Your craftsman ship skills are truly unbelievable. 

[Koverhar]

Ye for those who missed it the screen has been decided. I'm gonna get myself a 49 inch samsung. Drew up a size comparison as well. Unfortunately I will have to remake the whole monitor stand but I got an idea for it which you will see in due time.

 

 

 

 

 

[Brammm]

Just went through this topic. Oh my god this build is amazing. The amount of work you've put in it is incredible and I commend you for keeping up with it! Damn. I love that you've kept it this upgradeable (with the caselabs tray). I mean, this desk is gonna be useable for years and years. 

 

The ODAC built into the desk is so fucking cool. 

[Koverhar]

12 hours ago, Brammm said:

Just went through this topic. Oh my god this build is amazing. The amount of work you've put in it is incredible and I commend you for keeping up with it! Damn. I love that you've kept it this upgradeable (with the caselabs tray). I mean, this desk is gonna be useable for years and years. 

 

The ODAC built into the desk is so fucking cool. 

Thank you for the kind words! Yeah it's built to last. It might be a bit overbuilt. I hope people will like the end result even though I don't have dual titans or anything

[Brammm]

2 hours ago, Koverhar said:

Thank you for the kind words! Yeah it's built to last. It might be a bit overbuilt. I hope people will like the end result even though I don't have dual titans or anything

Dude, for all I care, you're running a cpu and gpu from 3 generations ago, ain't no one gonna care. You built a masterpiece.

[paddy-stone]

2 hours ago, Koverhar said:

Thank you for the kind words! Yeah it's built to last. It might be a bit overbuilt. I hope people will like the end result even though I don't have dual titans or anything

Did you try contacting companies to see if they would want to sponsor it?  I know there's a lot of people looking for sponsors, but hey worth a shot I reckon.