/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Oh I'm interested in the same, except as basic as possible.

>>107934
I guess im looking for something basic.. but i want to make it very comfortable. The desk i want it to be spacious and fit a gaming computer on it.

>>107934

Ill cont this thread as i learn more and create a design.

a couch with the computer on a table sitting beside the armrest, arm hangs off of armrest and onto table where mouse is, so u can lounge like a boss and still surf

i hope u can visualize that.. i just realized how hard it is to describe my setup... chillin on a couch beats any computer chair i've sat in

>>107944

oh wait i didn't realize you wanted to MAKE a chair..

make a couch

>>107945
I myself don't even know how to make a proper wooden box.

>that feel when useless upbringing by parents

>>107948
I want to make a slightly bigger chair that could recline and sleep in if i want. i plan to make this before going to college.
Ive been looking up how to do Upholster among other things.

I'd recommend against making a chair. A table only needs to be at the right height in order to not fuck up your muscular and skeletal systems. A chair is a little more complicated. Remember, you're going to be using this thing for hours at a time.

Table is easy. Can't beat a big, flat, open space. Fuck draws and slide-out shelves. Those things are for peasants.

Also,
>>107951
The only person you have to blame for your lack of life skills is yourself. Unless your parents locked you in a room until you moved out (assuming you've moved out), IT'S YOUR OWN DAMN FAULT, and only you can improve yourself.

>>107967
Thanks for the advise on the chair.
As for a desk i guess i could end up making a very hardy desk with some organization and i want to avoid drawers but i like shelves and such.

>>107967
>Unless your parents locked you in a room until you moved out (assuming you've moved out), IT'S YOUR OWN DAMN FAULT, and only you can improve yourself.

That's pretty much what they did actually. I'll only be able to fix this when somehow I manage to move out.

Any Advise on Chairs that are compact but can fold out into a bed.

>>107974
Bullshit.

>>107973
Cable management is the only organisation you want to have to worry about with your desk. Get a rack bolted up underneath it to keep your cables tidy and off the floor.

I wouldn't bother with putting a hole in the table to put cables through. No matter how hard you think about it, they're never in the right spot. You could go for a gutter-type shelf on the back of the desk for your cables to sit in. So that they run off the back of the desk, into the gutter.

The biggest thing you need to think about it keeping it clean. Nothing ruins an awesome desk like having garbage, clutter, bowls, plates and glasses left all over it.

>>107985
>>107985
I have OCD to a point... which i enjoy things clean. What material could i make it out of and what type of finish?

>>107977
I don't care what you believe about the matter, I haven't even begun to tell you some of the more fucked up things that have happened to me which you won't believe.

>>107990
Cherry wood is nice

>>108008
and no one cares

>>108013
Unstained cherry wood is epic, but you have to be very careful with it. It's damaged very easily. And you can't chew on it and you have to be careful not to breathe too much sawdust in.

>>108017
agreed.
then let us move on.

building desks? how to?

>>108024
>you can't chew on it
What?

>>108008
Cry me a river.

Did this a while back:

Go to your local non-profit and see if they have solid wood doors (flat ones). Pick one up for about 5 dollars - bonus if it's a flat color so you can paint over it.

Go to lowe's and get about 10 cinder blocks.

Create a table.

The thing will be sturdy as hell, huge for everything you need and can be easily moved when you need.

The whole thing can be done for about $15.

oi, what's up man? I'll post some pictures of the battle station I set up like 2 months ago, it's pretty sweet and didn't cost me very much. I don't know what exactly you're looking for but this is what I have right here.

>>107951

dat feel when all through highschool you took every industrial class and learned how to make and shape anything out of wood , weld,braze,lathe,bend and tack every kind of steel

>>108057
>dat feel when I took courses online and all of highschool for me was just getting some bullshit marks and then forgetting everything

Huge fucking waste of time I should never have had to go through. Fuck this country.

>>108052
>dumpster diving
wat.

>>108041
>Cry me a river.

I took part in experiments. The proper response if I actually told you about everything would be disbelief and/or shock, not pity. You got the wrong idea here.

>>108062
wat what?

What u want is this .

Made by a Dutch guy. Google its name, he has even the drawings online.

>>108061
ela mwrh anarxia

current project, just made the mouse/keypad, taking it out for some spraypainting when it gets less wet outside.

PC is my first-ever build, tables and the little monitor tables are made from IKEA parts (legs for monitor thingies are actually for kitchens..)

>>107944
Thinking of hooking it up to the TV and stereo for a mad and boss Entertainment System slash media centre with a cup holder for my beer. Just need to scrape up some money and contact my local joinery, then the win will begin.

Anyone else on of integrating everything I was thinking of making a wooden box house my computer case in to integrate everything into a media center with my hi Fi and LCD.

Now all I need is to scrape some pennies and contact my local joinery, then the win will begin!

I hate to say this but I am sixteen and I too know little of what to do with tools and wood.
I would fancy myself a new desk, but I lack the required know-how to build one myself

>>109200
You sir win this thread, i also assume that your pc is well ventalated and those are christmas lights you put there?
Where did yu get the place mat?

Build the top out of 35mm thick mdf and finish it with 6 coats of varnish. Then make two solid ass towers to hold the thing up out of 20mm tthick veneered mdf.
I wanted something what would fit 3 monitors and not wobble. well that's what I got and Its going to last forever.

>>108432
>>109200

God damn it, stop putting computers in acrylic housings or giving them windows. Enclosures are made of metal for a reason.

>>109902
the first one is watercooled fool [most likely externally], the second looks to me like open case. which is dumb, but i do this too sometimes. so in short, chill nigla.

>>109906
>the first one is watercooled

That's completely irrelevant. You seem to think the problem is cooling, but that's not it.

>>109908
enlighten us then, o wise one

It's for RF shielding.

Ever wonder why none of the big OEMs offer machines with acrylic windows? They'd be illegal to sell because they'd fail certification.

The only reason you can even get a third-party case with a giant hole in the side is because the case by itself doesn't require the certification that a complete computer does.

>>109914
need more info, what suffers and how/to what extent, the PC, as a result of say the monitor, vice versa, or the human user?

>>109916

It's not to protect the computer. Or humans (wtf?). Any compliant electronic device is required to deal with any interference it receives.

It's to protect communications from interference caused by RF leaking out of a non-compliant device.

>>109924
Sorry could you repeat that again in plain english? What componenents are interefering with each other and how?
D'you mean similar to when just before a cell phone rings you sometimes hear the incoming signal make hifi speakers 'click'? or my CPU is going to interfere with my wifi or what? practical examples please.

>>109931

I mean if you're unlucky enough to be the schlep whose unshielded ricer box interferes with a neighbor's cordless phone when they need to call for an ambulance, the FCC will push your shit in.

>>109934
Yes. Because that's ever happened, anywhere.

>>109935

The laws exist for a reason, champ. Drop the cavalier attitude and make your designs safe.

>>109935
not
>>109931
but im still not very clear, so my CPU and/or RAM [or PSU or what??] for example basically 'broadcast' on the same sort of frequencies as say wifi? what kind of range are we realistically talking about?
if i run my pc with the case open and my router say 5' away [behind/above] from it, will it affect the transmittion? ditto the reception of the wifi dongle plugged into the front of my pc?
inb4 use eth, i generally do. actually could eth also be affected?

>>109938
>>109936
>>109934

Couldn't you just make a secondary case over the computer (could even just attach it to the desk; don't see why it would need to be snug) out of rolled roof flashing or some other easily obtainable sheet metal to fix this?

>>109200
Could you maybe link me to the desk you bought at IKEA? and also what did you buy for the monitor support table things?

>>109948
that sort of defies the point of building it into the desk though. is there any type of glass with metal [particulate?] in it that can provide the appropriate sheilding?

>>109951
this is pertinent to my interests too, can you suggest a search term or something? how much did the sheet of glass cost; how comfortable is it [i'm guessing it can get quite cold at times?] is it fixed to the table or does the weight keep it in place?

also, this >>108062
please elborate [out of curiosity, what are you looking for/where/how often/etc?].

>>109938
The guy you're responding too is technically correct but a fucking idiot about it.

There are certain regulations (FCC) for emissions and a shipped product has to meet those. However, if the PC meets them and the case meets them, and they're not sold assembled, it's not an issue. Though it legally falls onto the consumer to control their emissions if making modifications like that.

Now, the reason why that guy is a FUCKING IDIOT is because he seems to think errant signals bus lines and clocks in a PC will interfere with anything at any real distance. That's because despite a slight apparent knowledge, wouldn't know the inverse square law if it walked up and cockslapped him.

>>109958
There is no glass in his setup?

>>109902

my PC is open, side's off, Cap'n not-so-Obvious, it's not glass.

>>109951

LED lights under and over the table, just for xmas :) LED fans inside the case, 3x 120mm, 1x 140mm, 1x230mm and 1x 140mm on the CPU cooler, I'm getting 2 more, they're ordered. Avg temp on CPU is 20c.

>>109896

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S39869711/ - see them legs? get 'em, they're bought separately. Not entirely sure if they're the same as here in Sweden (Ikea is very very big here, physically, that is. We have a lot of things you don't I assume..)

then I use a normal shelf thingy like this http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50178779/ for the monitors to stand upon.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S99851435/ - I use this table in 2 different sizes for my L shaped "battlestation", I only use different sizes so that it'd fit into my room, it's customizable. I screwed them together like img.

Everything is makeable with different parts, there's plenty on Ikea, and plenty that you can make yourself.

>>109896

also: the mousepad/keyboard pad w/e is home made, I just picked a lot of random shit up from the store and made it. It mainly consists of a cork sort of mat, very thin, and then I glued fabric that worked well with mouse to it

>>110308
>>110301
Thank you sire!
The only IKEA that is close to me is a 3 hour drive north from where I am. :F

>>109969
right sorry i meant
>>108056
>>108053
you don't have to be a fucking prick about it.

>>110445

I'm sure the things can be picked up in random stores. I just got mine from IKEA because I didn't want to go to a 100 different stores :) And I like Ikea's concept and designs, usually very clean and easy to customize.