Okay im building a computer table from scratch. and heres my idea so far. Its going to be attached to the wall with an inch space between the board so i can run the cables through to the bottom of the table. Im going to use those 90 degree things that hold boards up, and alot of them too. Its going to be running against a 9 foot wall so i can set up multiple computers. Now i know those 90 degree things wont support 1 full pc on there with out it collapsing, So i want to know what i should use as a support on each side of the table. You know how regular tables have legs. I wanna do something like that but mounted to my wall or something. Any ideas would be helpful.

Thanks.

You should mate it to a V8.

umm lol.

I would say take one 90 degree thing and instead replace it with two 45 degree things.
"You know how regular tables have legs. I wanna do something like that but mounted to my wall or something".
Then, knowing how regular tables have legs, I'd use maybe 16 legs , pointing in all directions.
I know you mentioned you wanted it "mounted to my wall or something.", but I'd keep it off the wall and only attach it to the ceiling.

This looks like a thread for DIY.

Take a 2x4, cut a 45 degree angle on each end with both facing towards the center. (i.e. the board now looks like a trapezoid, not a long diamond)

put one on each end, maybe one in the center, and screw it in.

You think it would support about 50 pounds if i had a couple of the 90 degree metal shits and 3 2x4's set up to the wall?

Okay im building a computer table from scratch. and heres my idea so far. Its going to be attached to the wall with an inch space between the board so i can run the cables through to the bottom of the table. Im going to use those 90 degree metal things that hold boards up, and alot of them too. Its going to be running against a 9 foot wall so i can set up multiple computers. Now i know those 90 degree things wont support 1 full pc on there with out it collapsing(or falling out of the wall), So i want to know what i should use as a support on each side of the table. You know how regular tables have legs. I wanna do something like that but mounted to my wall or something. Any ideas would be helpful.

For the support i was thinking of 2x4's on each side and the middle of the table, But im always looking for more ideas on what would be stronger to hold it up. I would make some kind of front legs for it but i have a carpet and id rather have no legs on the table.

Thanks for the help.

tl/dr version at the end!

Cool idea... but your orignal idea won't work. I think you already figured that part out so I won't go into the following dissertation on torque:
Torque=Force X Arm (T=FA) (was just kidding about not going into it; it might be of help to the others out there.

Take one of your 90 brackets and screw or brace it to something that won't move. Screw the other end to a 2x4 (or even a 2x2, it will not take too much for this demo). Push down as hard as you can at the immovable end. I guess you'll get as much as 75 to 100 pounds before it starts to bend.

Now go out about 6 inches on the lever. Something like 50 pounds, no?

Try it again at a foot and you'll see more like 25 pounds. At a foot you'll get 12. And again at 2' it'll be 6. Pretty soon, the bracket will not be able to support the weight of the desktop, let alone anything you would put upon it.

My suggetions (since this forum is supposed to be helpful) would be twofold.

Consider elimintating the gap across the entire width of the top and just notch or drill out a partial segment of the back to allow cables to pass.

Either way, you will need some support at the front edge (nearest you, away from the wall) to make this work. I have built a few of these, and in most cases I have employed something usefull to use at one end.

The one that is just a few feet from me right now is a hollow-core undrilled veneer door anchored to the wall at one end and supported at the other by a two-drawer file cabinet. You can, of course, use some kind of 2x4 support, but any other thing you can come up with at the right height will work just fine.

I can take and send some pics if you want, but I ain't gonna go throught the hassle if you are not truly interested.

tl/dr version: Just read the whole post!!!

edit: next time try posting just one or two forums, K?

here i drew this up real quick, should help out if i understand teh situation correctly:

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/KeepTruckinOn/stuff/computerdeskplan.jpg

screw all that together and stick a sheet of plywood or whatever on top.

^^^
Yep, that'd work too...
Either way, you have some decent guidance now.
Good luck, grasshopper.

Best Regards

I say just staple a couple of sticks together and use that as a table.

Why make it more complicated than it has to be, what with all these "angles" and what not...

Get one of those cheap hollow doors with the pre-drilled hole for the handle ($15 at HD or Lowe's) and put on top of two file cabinets. Finished.

You can use the hole to route all your wires too.



google "door table"

Every time you say "90 degree metal thing" I wanna punch you in the face. It's a fucking bracket for Christ sake!

Every time you say "90 degree metal thing" I wanna punch you in the face. It's a fucking bracket for Christ sake!

You are uncorrect. It's an angle iron.

You are uncorrect. It's an angle iron.

I don't really care what you all call it, it won't work without some kind of outboard support.

Oh, and if it is wrong, it is "INcorrect", not UNcorrect !!!
English is difficult, but not impossible!

Screw all these ideas. This is how you make a bad motherfucker of a desk. First of all, measure out how high you want your desk to be. Subtract 1/2 inch from this, and screw some 2by4's into the walls so they will support the plywood you lay on top.

Buy a big peice of plywood from home depot and finish it using floor lacquer and stain (if you want it to look pretty). Then sand it smooth and make it beautiful. This is not hard to do. Use one of those doohickys for cutting doorknob holes into wood to bore cable holes in the plywood (obv do this before you finish the wood).

I made by desk 8 feet by 2.5 feet.

Then you need to support 1 end of the wood (only 2 sides are being supported by the 2by4's), I did this by taking my old idea desk surface and using it as a table leg for my new desk. Run some 2by4's under the desk so the wood does not bend. If you do this right and screw everything to the beams of your house, it will bad ass desk that can take a body slam from a 500 pound black woman.

I will post pictures of this later so it becomes more clear.

You dont need a brace or anything. My desk can support me jumping up and down on it (i weigh around 200 pounds). And it don't creak or nothing.

http://www.totse.com/community/showthread.php?t=2168076

I don't really care what you all call it, it won't work without some kind of outboard support.

Oh, and if it is wrong, it is "INcorrect", not UNcorrect !!!
English is difficult, but not impossible!

that was the joke.

I would like to put ym 2 cents in here.

Instead of coming up with conventional ways to pass the cables down to the computer, why not eliminate cables that go around all together.

Mount some USB hubs, card readers, and audio ports right in the desktop anywhere convenient, then hook the desk itself to the computers and all the peripherals right into the desk.

I would like to put ym 2 cents in here.

Instead of coming up with conventional ways to pass the cables down to the computer, why not eliminate cables that go around all together.

Mount some USB hubs, card readers, and audio ports right in the desktop anywhere convenient, then hook the desk itself to the computers and all the peripherals right into the desk.

That would be sick. You could also mount some power outlets or power strips or something onto it, and you could have all the plugs already mounted into the desk!

Ive done this myself its quite easy and very fun.

the first thing you need to do is find an outside workplace due to sawdust which is a bitch to cleanup. once you do that buy some plywood, depending on how sturdy you want it a few 2x6's or 2x4's or even 4x4's okay once you have your supplies put the plywood on an level surface add the 4x4's etc then flip it around with the legs facing up add suport by adding wood beams to the legs like this then add wood connectors to the where the legs meet the table now flip the table around the plywood is ugly so buy either a sheet of wood to go over then epoxy/wood glue it down or use sheets . to get the sheets on attach a weight to the corner of all four sides lay it down on the table then nail it down with a nail gun. to get the wires down drill holes in the plywood .
GOOD LUCK HOPE YOU ENJOY IT

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