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Corner Desk/shelf unit

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Hey everyone, found you on google and i have a quick question. I'm designing a desk/shelf unit to go in the corner of my dorm room and I whipped up a plan that i'd like to you look at.

The entire structure is made out of 2x4's, 2x6's, and plywood. the "blocks" sticking out of the frame are pieces of 2x4 screwed on to hold up the shelves. The arms on the higher shelves are 2x4's cut at 45 degrees.

what do you think?

-Ian
 

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Looks like a good solid, simple, design. One minor suggestion I would make is that you ease all the corners quite a bit, as shown below. There's no structural reason for it, it will just look a little nicer and it will save your thighs when you bump into the corner. If you don't bump into corners from time to time then I want to know what planet you are from.

Paul
 

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Actually, the inside corner was what I thought of first, for two reasons. First, it looks better and second, it's actually EASIER to do that since you have to cut that section by hand anyway and a gentle curve is a little more forgiving than a 90 degree angle.

If the sides aren't available for your thighs, I understand but what's the chance you might want to use this later somewhere else?

Paul
 
#6 ·
Thanks for the tips guys!

the reason i haven't marked dimensions is because i don't know exactly what they need to be. The beauty of solidworks is i can build the whole thing in 3d and then measure everything the day before and still print off perfect plans to use.

I emailed what i showed you guys to a woodworking friend of mine, and he gave me some cool ideas for a better design so ill post it here once i model it.

thanks for your help!
 
#9 ·
back with new plans!

originally it wasn't going to be a "sitting desk" but i've changed it to make it more versatile. you can never have enough sitting space!

I think this design is waaaay better, props to my cabinet making friend milton for that.
 

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It's designed to fit together without many screws. In the end it could use as few as half a dozen. Definitely easy to knock down at the end of each semester :D

i like the wood in that picture as well... it took me a few minutes to find that menu!

anyways, i'm basically done with it. i'm going to tweak it a little bit and then convert it to two dimensional drawings (through solidworks). If you're interested in having a set for yourself just let me know.
 
#17 ·
Great plan. I would like to have a copy to pass along to my kids that are in college and share a duplex. They are always in need of extra storage and study space. If you like, you can just send the final plans as a PM to me here at WWT. Thanks and great job.
 
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I attached some arbitrary measurements i used to just to design the piece; obviously you need to measure the room you are in and resize accordingly. Let me know if you need higher resolution, i haven't perfected the art of getting Jpg's out of solidworks!


as for the finished project, i wont even get back to school until the 20th and then i have to measure the room, rework the drawing, buy materials.... you get the idea :)

*EDIT*
i just figured out i can save the images as PDF files, but i doubt they would fit on WWT. But i can email them if you need some bigger images. just let me know :)
 

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