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Floating corner desk Anonymous Fri Dec 6 22:29:19 2019 No.1729868 [Reply] [Original]

How can I make something like this? What material should I use? And how does it stay up? Could something like this support much weight? I want to have a monitor, printer, books, papers, a lamp, and an xbox sitting on it, probably more that I can’t think of.

Is such a thing feasible? Pic related was all I could find.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 6 22:53:59 2019 No.1729883 Piece a plywood, corner braces, and a leg for support in the middle.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 6 22:55:14 2019 No.1729885 it's a plywood box screwed to the wall. do kitchen cabinets hold any weight? cause they're the same thing as your pic.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 6 23:01:27 2019 No.1729891 File: 75 KB, 1274x710, Capture.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] really strong floating shelves are braced to your framing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBmcZbcO9qs

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 6 23:04:12 2019 No.1729893 >>1729883 I don’t want a leg in the center, my knees will hit it >>1729885 I never thought about it like that... >>1729891 What this means?

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 6 23:07:05 2019 No.1729895 >>1729893 what do you mean, what this means, you fucking idiot? I posted a photo and a video showing what it means

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 6 23:15:23 2019 No.1729900 use pocket holes op put pocket holes in the plywood and line them up on the wall studs you idiot

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 6 23:19:51 2019 No.1729905 >>1729895 My parents would never let me do that

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 6 23:56:58 2019 No.1729930 >>1729905 just do it while they're asleep

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 7 05:10:49 2019 No.1730003 >>1729868 magnets

Anonymous Sat Dec 7 05:40:18 2019 No.1730012

>>1729868
Yes OP, there are wall plugs that can hold a car's weight to a wall. Use the kind of compensated wood they use for furniture nowadays and you're set. Just take the measurements of the place and go to a woodsmith or cut it yourself and you're set.
Don't forget to look if you're drilling into a column, you don't want to do that.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 7 06:08:20 2019 No.1730018 >>1729891 You don't 2x4 framing coming out of the wall to have strong shelves.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 7 07:35:21 2019 No.1730048 >>1729885 Kitchen counters sit on the floor.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 7 08:32:52 2019 No.1730058 >>1730048 No silly they obviously mean the hanging cabinets and not the counter.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 7 08:41:36 2019 No.1730060 >>1730058 hanging cabinets still sit on the counter though, there is just a space inbetween

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 7 08:49:23 2019 No.1730061 >>1729930 Underrated reply

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 7 08:52:14 2019 No.1730062 File: 35 KB, 500x375, cabinets.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1730060 wut

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 7 09:36:48 2019 No.1730073 >>1730062 he's probably living in some poverty apartment with cheap linoleum bolt-in counters.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 7 12:24:14 2019 No.1730153 >>1730060 HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH oh my fuck

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 7 15:59:11 2019 No.1730260 >>1729868 Steel L brackets from home depot or any hardware stores into wall studs.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 7 22:04:46 2019 No.1730578 >>1729868 You need wood backing behind the plywood.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 8 10:16:37 2019 No.1730783 >>1729905 >My parents would never let me do that LOL. 40 year old basement virgin detected

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 8 10:31:37 2019 No.1730793 >>1730058 >hanging cabinets Are not counters, and don’t have to hold the weight that a counter does.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 8 11:52:52 2019 No.1730839 >>1730793 How much weight does a counter really hold?

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 8 12:04:18 2019 No.1730843 >>1730060 kek

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 9 02:23:08 2019 No.1731274 >>1729868 Just build it, fasten the edges to a wall and have a single support in the middle. You've never built this before. You will break things if you don't use a support

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Anonymous Mon Dec 9 11:50:48 2019 No.1731460
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>>1729868
Use laminated MDF to keep it clean and easy or sheathing plywood and framing studs to keep it cheap but thicc. 3/4" or above for the desktop, 1/2" or above for the sides, 3/16" or above for dividers and shelves inside the boxes. Will try to dig up an old minimalist-style furniture set I designed a while back, but the point is that the back panel can be safely mounted to a bunch of wall studs if you use about 2-3 lag bolts for each one. The back panel can be about 1/2" if you reinforce the ends to allow the side panels to be screwed against them, thus giving them better support against breaking off the wall under a load. The desktop can completely cover all upright pieces, and you can get away with using angle brackets underneath it to keep the surface untouched.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 10 07:02:59 2019 No.1731911 >>1729891 Seems like overkill for a TV shelf.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 17:39:41 2019 No.1732749 >>1730003 That's not how you spell magic.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 18:11:07 2019 No.1732762 >>1729893 >>>1729891 >What this means? It means you should pay someone to build it for you.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 18:12:09 2019 No.1732763 >>1729905 >>>1729895 >My parents would never let me do that The fuck are you asking for, then? are you stupid?

Anonymous Wed Dec 11 18:14:42 2019 No.1732765

>>1730062
>>>1730060
>wut
well, this pic is a clear example of magic, because the cabinet at the bottom is missing.

this is accomplished by installing the counter first, then the cabinets on top. at night, when the cabinet sleeps, one removes the counter and there you have it.

It's perfect. You can use it to create desks like the OP wants. Build them with legs, then remove them at night. The desktop will never know, and stay put.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 18:15:48 2019 No.1732769 >>1730578 Don't forget to soak the logs in wood before you start.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 18:21:06 2019 No.1732771 >>1732765 I'm new to this board but it seems to be pretty hilarious

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 18:23:00 2019 No.1732773 >>1730839 >>>1730793 >How much weight does a counter really hold? it 'hold like 40 weight.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 21:33:46 2019 No.1732887 >>1730003 based and lodestone pilled

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 23:02:50 2019 No.1732935 >>1732771 lurk moar

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 11 23:19:14 2019 No.1732944 >>1732935 You are just jealous that your most eloquent post went something like "lurk moar", and this is the only time anyone has ever answered you. You have no sense of humor, no social graces, and you should feel bad about yourself. Goodnight, Sir.

Anonymous Sat Dec 14 11:59:49 2019 No.1734366

>>1729868
Thats not a lot of weight to support. I'd lag bolt the box areas to the studs, then french cleat the open areas. Wouldn't need anything in the center where the chair would fit.
Just google "floating corner desk plans", there's tons of free plans

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