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RHMMC - Real Homemade Man Cave build thread
Joseph Davis:
The daughter moved out and I hate cars, so here goes.
It's a tiny room. 6 feet by 11 and change added on at some point, awkward 180* entryway through the second bathroom that prevents me from moving just anything in and out. Specifically the sweet old school steel desk I could have gotten for beans two miles away.
So, steam cleaned the carpet and started hunting for shit to put in it. I ended up with a cheap L desk in like new condition for $75 off Marketplace. I threw up some black out drapes and pushed it into the corner.
I reckon I needed dual monitors. Dunno what a man does with more than one monitor, but we are flexing on poors here. With a $75 desk budget. One that will probably sag over time with a dual monitor mount. It wouldn't be RHM-whatever this place is if some poor choices weren't made along the way. Anyway. I had a terrorist type individual that I know - think of a fully functional buk who isn't afraid to shave or do a situp - make a brace. Enjoy my mspaint drafting ability, that CAD class in college has paid off.
Slather it with wood glue and clamp it on there... waiting for it to dry is lame so proceed with the drilling.
It isn't collapsing under it's own weight... which is surprising for something I did involving wood.
Finished product.
More later.
Ntrain2k:
Reported
Joseph Davis:
So, I wanted a Proline Bench-in-a-box, but the sweet cantilevered ESD topped ergonomically terrific goodness didn't offset the $1500 price tag. Okay. Everything used is beat. All wood is cumbersome - have to build it in the room, dismantle it in the room at some later date. Amazon had some reviews on tables I couldn't see or touch that seemed okay. Build my own? The 8020.net extruded aluminum stuff is awesome on paper, but not as rigid in real life and apparently also costs $1500. The pipe desk thing with butcher block top seemed cool, but nah. Ikea, more of the same. Finally picked a 72" height adjustable Husky work bench with drawers that took too long to ship.
They shorted me two 6mm machine screws... just happened to be 1.25 pitch so I dug through an old box of Honda swill and don'tcha know...
Alllll the way down is the same height as my desk...
Alllll the way up doesn't suck if I want to stand to work.
And...
To be continued.
92CXyD:
Interesting :noel:
Eggylshatch:
I ordered one of the Husky work bench tops to make a kitchen table out of. Bought a set of steel hairpin legs and bolted them on. Good to go.
The next step for this room Dr. Davis is utilizing the vertical space. That looks like an 8' ceiling, you've got at least 16" to spare above your head.
btw where is the sex swing going to go?
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