Scratch Build – Complete ⭐ Mahogany Desk by Husky Bongs [Build of the Year 2018, FINISHED]

Well here we go, the legs have been redone. They now have a more smooth and round shape at the upper part.



Also increased the surface area and therefor strengthened the structure with about 150% more surface area.



Obviously the legs will get sanded down and chromed.




Time to get that screen onto this table then




Screenholder getting bored and threaded



Using a 65 mm thick shaftsteel to hold the screen in place





Trown in place



Tried to get the shape of the screen emulated and keep the same curvature of the wood



And mounted in place!







It's a heavy piece now



Testfitting the back wood panel.









Next up is sanding and getting back some of the things from chrome

 

OMG?!

 

Bond-villain level desk. You just need a 1500 square foot, all-white room to put it in.

 

Don't forget the white, long-haired cat.

 

just need to locate an active volcano for the lair...

 

Thanks for the kind comments!

Time to do a small update. Getting my chromeparts back the 17th of marsh

Got my cableholders back from powder coating. Each hole holds 6 MDPC 16 gauge wires and the bigger hole on the righthand side keeps 5 satadata cables.




Had to make a truly wooden pc to do the cables for the motherboard without ripping out my motherboard in my current pc







Got a few layers of the key as well to keep the grease and dirt of my fingers away from the wood. The wood is Flaming Birch




And here's my lamp that will be in the same room as my desk. Just for the luls






Just started with this and it's not really a priority but if anyone wanna make a lamp here's 1 way to do it

 

What it, John Silver's leg?

 

Tommorow assembly starts. I got my 27 chromed parts home. FINALLY

Let the games begin

 

I'm loving the curved monitor mount. Fits perfectly.

 

It is time then. Second to last assembly. This time every single thing will be built into the table with the exception of putting in the water. Then disassembly one final time prep the parts and go to town and hope the end result was worth it.

With that being said here we go.

I just love how nickel plating looks and feels. I had to clean them up a bit with window cleaner but they were looking fantastic in general






Starting from scratch again pretty much

1 LEG!





Had to change the type of bolt for aesthetic reasons




2 legs now and some interior panels



Time for the radiator grills


Portside





And Starboard



Installing the big ones



With the special fasteners



Also put in a bit of a cheat to make sure they didn't sag at all. Screw wont be visible



Key mechanism installed




Had to cut a hole out of the back panel to feed motherboard cables to the screen etc. This won't be visible either




Painted the reinforcement



All chromed parts in place









Key in place as well as the usb/audio plate also that nickel plated. Key as previously made from flaming birch. 5 or 6 layers of 2 component varnish to not stain the wood.



I like the color scheme



Monitor back on with the glass



A lot of photos. Outside is pretty much finished except the wood needs to get that nanosanding done to gloss it up a bit more



















Made a quick video so you can get a better 3d view

 

Oooooohh SHINY

 

This present work of art.

 

For those who liked the hinges here's how they ended up, I'm pretty pleased with them

 

The chromer soaked those forever.

 

Is that bad?

 

Nope.

 

I could guess from the start that you are a perfectionist , and the result is outstanding like I could expect just fantastic , it only miss the hardware now

 

It's wonderful just don't touch

 

Time for a small update. Parts will start to get installed tommorow

Anyways let's get going, repainted and extended the black to now have any wood show in bad places from the outside



We made a part for the ethernet and power cable. This way you can easily connect and disconnect the cables with 4x m8 bolts. Obviously this gets powdercoated too



This will hold a lot of weight if need be. No chance of power cable coming loose



Pumps arrived, remade the stands for them as well. You'll see how they're mounted very soon (Mainframe m7 )



Hinges mounted



Love how it reflects everything



Testing the 2 component epoxy glue on some other glass. Supposedly an area of 56 square centimeters should hold 7000kg of tension force.



Protecting the wood and hinges from the glue if we get it wrong and use too much. I recommend this specific frozen pizza package for this





Wide shot with the hinges in. No picture with the glass glued because i'll let it cure overnight just to make sure

 

I think you can remove "Aspiring custom PC builder" from your signature. You've put yourself in elite status with this.

Just don't spray paint it gold at the last hour.