I Built My Own Computer Desk (And It Doesn't Suck!)

Do you find you ever hit the brackets

wow, you spent more on those two butcherblock counter tops just to use some cheap ass home depot shelf supports. I hate seeing such dense wood get abused like this

Sloppy work, so much improvement can be done here.

The price of that wood has now tripled 😨

I used two kitchen bench tops

The amount of money you can save by getting wooden boards, a pocket hole jig and some wood glue is massive. I'm building a table right now, I saw the pre fab tables at Lowes and couldn't believe how expensive they were so I said screw it, I'm making my own table.

I want a standing L desk but the legs are expensive, I had the idea to just mount it on the wall instead, I’ll wood glue the pieces together though, and also use cheap dimensional lumber, and then stain it the way I like.

Actually, it does suck!

I’ve considered this with kitchen counter tops.

You don't have a truck !?

How did you seal the wood??

Are you using drywall screws to fasten those brackets to the walls? 🫣

First video i watched of this channel i thought u were shikar dhawan for a second lol.

Jesus Loves all of you guys <3

This is beautiful. Great setup. The price of those blocks has tripled though lol. Dumb inflation

Those are some
beautiful cars in the garage

Ugliest setup

I installed two butcher block desktops and I stained and sealed them. I forgot to seal the bottom since I did not stain it and they warped. So if anyone is doing something like this using real butcher blocks MAKE SURE YOU SEAL THE WHOLE THING.

Mine warped in a weird way too like long ways..not the way you would think. I was able to fix it with some leg braces but it was a hard lesson to learn haha.

After seeing the living room, and the car in your garage I can confirm as a first time viewer you do not have a wife or a girlfriend who lives with you. Not a judgement, I just know I would of been murdered by my girlfriend by now if I was you.

Looks great. I know it's been a couple of years now, so any thoughts on it since then? Have you found the shelf brackets getting in the way or being annoying at all? Looking at doing something similar in my new office but haven't decided weather I want to use brackets or build out a floating frame.

I didn’t see mentioned what was used to seal the wood? Maybe I missed it.

Damn! That was so great work. Thanks for the idea mate.

what is the depth of the butcher block away from the wall? giving all the dimensions of this build would be awesomeeee

I was thinking of doing something like this, but I don't really trust my DIY skills.

I’m actually thinking about building a L shaped desktop computer desk for my room looking for recommendations on wood

Aaaaaand now it's $300

I just clicked on the link to the butcher block from Lowes. $549.00 in Tampa Bay area. Think I'll pass on this lol.

July 29th 2021, this same butcher block is NOW $159.00 .... up from $119.98 time of his video Aug 2020

9 min. video for a piece of wood on some shelf brackets?

Part time Archangel, part time Woodworker

What products do you use to seal the wood?

This site has can be shipped sri lanka bro

I did this project just as you did. Thanks for the video, this is awesome! If your screw holes are level but your brackets are still slightly warped, just screw the table tops onto the brackets and the brackets will bend into place as long as you have a washer on each screw. These brackets are not manufactured to be perfect 90°. Before I screwed the top on it wasn't even and was rocking, but then once I did it looked perfect. I did not have to use any extra hardware besides just screws and mounts. Additionally I use lag bolts for screwing into the studs and I stained and polyurethaned the table tops instead of the traditional butcher block seal

:| if i sit on it its gonna break. :( isn't it

Great job...and beautiful cars

it looks cool but i don't like the dry wall screws that holds the table top

So u used the screws to drill in the wood ?
Edit: your going to need
#3 power bit
I used 7/64 drill bit for the desk
1-1/4 in screw for the desk also

That's not a desk. It's called a shelf

I don't have to worry about that Windows activation watermark I have a certain bat file that automatically activates windows so I don't have to use it haha

Ahh rich people

Man that red porche and grey lamborghini are amazing

Does the brackets not hit your knees? I'm planning on building something similar to this but I'm worried that I might hurt my knees bumping in those

Use wood filler sand and stain/seal the cracks and it should be pretty seamless. If I can do it u can it’s a good touch

Panduit company makes awesome adhesive omnidirectional ziptie holders for cable management. I use 1000s of them where i work lol they are pretty useful

Nice job Greg!
I did the same after watching kyle's video and researching the best way to have a floating desk. I was previously using a 2'x4' solid birch "school" table and got sick of hitting my toes on the legs, so decided to go with a floating design. I just mounted the brackets to the wall (they look like the same ones you used, only in black to match the rest of the shelving I have in my man cave), took the legs and aprons off the table and used the top with the brackets. I love how it is, but I do want to make a new desktop with an epoxy resin inlay.

Great ,, This is what I am planning to make on..

I really love the wood tops, but for my desk location I will not be mounting to a wall as my desk faces out, so I'm still getting ideas for Legs or Posts or End Shelving for the wood to rest on an L Shape Desk.

who's Kyle

I need to know, is this Rage Proof? 😅

I'm the extreme Desk Slam on Rage type of guy so obviously i don't want the thing to collapse when somebody is Camping and i'm rageing