/diy/ - Do It Yourself

The actual shelving parts would have to be bought in store, but I got an entire walls worth of shelving hardware for $50~ at Lowes, so meh.

A bunch of 2x4s, nails, and glue. Drawer hardware iffin' ya wanna be fancy.

I honestly think this could be done for about $100, give or take.

I can see the brackets that go into the vertical beams (which I guess also should be secured to the wall in regular intervals) are fairly sturdy. Nevermind the wood itself, that can just be measured and cut to fit, its the braces Im worrying about fabricating.

That large one there for the desk, that must be custom, I cant seem to find any that big that can support 200+ lbs of weight without bending or snapping. The tare weight for a solid piece of wood it at least 40 or 50, give or take and those little slits for the brace to fit in is going to holt that much?

>>nope.

You could do something with pipes for a slightly more industrial look. tutorial here: http://www.the-brick-house.com/2009/09/shelving-unit/

might be difficult to pull off in an effay way.

>>360740
I share this >>360757 anon's concerns, though I think it's easily manageable if you go for a bit more sturdy shelving hardware, and not the flimsy 50$ kind. Also screws, no nails.
I would estimate 300$ in materials if I had to build it.

>>360758

I looked into making some floor to ceiling shelves for my garage using steel pipe, junctions and flanges. I called up 5 different hardware places (local and big box like Home Depot) and the prices they quoted me shut that shit down right quick. Just the strait pipes themselves cost 4 times as much as some 2x4s. The junctions, all just "T" types, cost even more. When I prices it out it would cost me about $400 to do my entire garage with 2x4s and cedar fence boards (they were cheapest) and over a grand for *just* the pipe. Fuck that.

>>360838
best thing I ever used is called SPUR, it's steel uprights with really strong click in shelf brackets, after I put it up I could climb in it so it took all my spare power supply stock & computer parts with no trouble, if I wanted drawers and tables attached to it I could just make them from planks & hardware from an old computer desk, it's simple if you plan it.

$6,320.00 what? Pesos?
Certainly not Dollars.
You could buy most of the components pre-
made for around $1-300. All you would need to do is attach brackets to mount them and you're good to go.

not op but

http://www.westelm.com/products/mrk-design-workshop-modular-wall-storage-system-g799/

Holy shit, wtf.

>>360835
I agree with the OP.
Have you ever been at a home-center? It's normal that they multiply the "material costs" with the factor 10-20 , and then you have the selling price. ;)

DIY is always much cheaper, more individual and nicer, IMHO

>>360740
There is no fucking way that costs over $6,000.

I work as a cabinetaker, and even if you included the outrageous material costs we have in Australia, plus the cost of labour at say $30/hr, that would cost an absolute maximum of $1500, but more than likely a lot less.

>>360917
*cabinetmaker

>>360740
If I were to build it, It'd cost me around $300 and I'm dealing with the outragous meterials costs here in Alaska. And I don't use nails or screws. Pure old-world style carpentry here; pegs and glue, mortise and tenon, dovetailed joints. Use 2x2 for the upright supports, 2x10 for the shelves (mayhap add some angled supports for the shelves in the form of spindles). Hidden peg and sleeve hinges on the doors, no castors, use VERY smooth runners instead, or glue on some of those "carpet-magic" furniture pads to the drawer cabinet.

Even with all that, Total cost would be in the $300 - $400 range, retail really should be right around $1000 to $1500

Holy shit that's expensive. Are they smoking crack?

It cost me about $200 for shelving strips and shelves for a 16' x 10' span. I'd imagine it'd be about another $100 in lumber for the desktop and other small container/cabinet items in that pic. That pic shouldn't cost all that much. The real expense would be the wood if you got some nice, already planed and finished oak lumber. Then again plywood would do the job well enough and you can make it look good, if you know what you are doing.

$300 is a fair estimate.

>>360881
OK. The real oak planks may account for some of the cost there. Getting good oak is fucking outrageous expensive.

just a quick google, i rather buy this for $4,310

than the half assed modular office

>>360958
Where I live, pre-planed and finished oak boards that are 8' x 12" are $48 last I checked. At the local lumber yard, rough oak and other hardwoods are pretty much the same price between them and run about $2 per foot for 1" thick boards.

>>360960
Yeah, there's some awesome stuff in Van Dyke's Restorers that I'd much rather buy for those insane prices and that POS in the OP. I'd still have enough left over to buy this $1500+ day bed. lol

so can we have a thread of expensive furniture we can do by our own on a fraction of the cost

this is $400 to $500

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Glass-Top-Cable-Desk/6354071/product.html

Also estimate and time one could do it.

i said $300 TOPs, and one month because i dont really work with wood and i can only work on weekends, it could be done in a weekend if i dont give the same shape to the beams or whatever are called.

>>360961
Here, s4s red oak in 1x12 runs $10 a board foot. You can't FIND appearance grade oak in 12 inch widths you have to order it from the lower 48.

Whereas an 8 foot stick of the same thing in pine is only $15 a pop.

>>360740
6000$? No deal... wait, does it include the log at the top?

>>360965
Guess, I live in a good place to get lumber. lol

>>360971
>driftwood sold separately
>$400

>>360740

I work as a commercial cabinetmaker in Canada...most of the metal bits and pieces are available...$20 for chrome pilasters, shelf supports are about $8 each in a box of 12...non marking swivel casters are about $8 each...probably about $150 in solid wood, and probably about $60 in veneer pb.

Lacquer is about $150 a 5 gallon pail...this job may use 2-3 litres (sanding sealer included).

So yeah, you can save a bit of cash doing this yourself...

Question is...are you up to the task?

>>360977

I am on the weekends, as is the guy with the tools who is interested in a set for himself.

I figure it would take more then a few readings of Woodworking Magazine to actually make it worth it. I understand, if I lived in the city (any city) and had money, 6k may not seem outrageous, but I know the markup its insane, and Im not in a rush to build everything all at once.

So, I figure I need to find the metal braces first, and then I need some angle irons or metal bars to fabricate to the floor stand support you see on the legs. Also, shelving brackets of unique sizes seems a bit worrisome, considering the slats need to hold a decent weight.

BTW, I intend to use this as an electrical workshop system, so the shelved will need to hold my Voltage Supply, a 3D Printer, Oscilloscope, Wave Form Generator, Several printer board holders, a few soldering stations, a large Monitor, a FULL tower CPU (which will probably just end up on the ground, but I'd prefer it not to be), among other kinds of test equipment.

>>360977
>Lacquer is about $150 a 5 gallon pail

Dang, it is like $10 for the most expensive stuff here per gallon.

You can buy those slotted metal rails, and the brackets to fit them, at any hardware store. They are made by a variety of manufacturers and come in different colors and weight grades. You can even get industrial grade models for commercial inventory storage, they're still pretty cheap. I cant see any way you could justify a price tag of thousands for something like that.

>>361029

I know what you mean. I'm actually curious who has purchased these already and paid the full price.

>>361029

The idea of a designer product is one of the key frailties of the human race, friendo. Put a name on something and you can throw in whatever markup you feel like.

>>361036
Its one thing if products are actually 'designed' in a unique or high quality way. But a simple modular system like that isnt 'designer' no matter what name you put on it.

>>360964

what are those metal cables for? how do they contribute to the function of the table

Does this seem more do-able/practical then the OP?

>>361018
Really? it's about $10 a quart here. $30 a gallon.

>>361070
it make it les wobbly, give strength but you dont actually need them, is just for the industrial look i guess

>>360964
>http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Glass-Top-Cable-Desk/6354071/product.html
>>360964
>>360964
>>360964
http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Cable-Sofa-Table/6050945/product.html?recSet=cde9bd58-8cda-4cb2
-8467-720dcad933b4

Same table with fewer materials... CHEAPER on the same page. Well its 1 inch wider, and 2 inches longer,

>>361081

>Lacquer is about $150 a 5 gallon pail

>>> it's about $10 a quart here. $30 a gallon.<<<

>>360740

It looks at least $6000 too much.

The black supports at the back are basically stockroom shelving. The shelves and small units are just attached to an appropriate style of clip units that fit the brackets.

If you want this eclectic but organised look then all it takes is a little imagination and you could have something much better and much more interesting for a lot less.