Small personal project (Patreon)

Bit of a non-art post for those of you of a mechanical bent. :)

This is the current state of this (now past) weekend's project. What is it , you ask? Why, it's just a desk. :)

No, really. :) My current computer desk- in fact, the only computer desk I've ever had, is a cheap pressboard thing, that I've moved around so many times most of the screws are stripped. I've also had to modify and reinforce it multiple times over the years, and now it's just a mess of proverbial bubble gum and baling wire.

It's a "corner desk" in the same configuration as shown above, and I have my graphics tablet on the left "wing". Except it overhangs the actual desk by an easy eight inches.

Given all the other half-fixes I've done to this desk, rather than band-aiding it one more time,  I've decided to do what I've been thinking about doing for at least three or four years now, and just build a new one. 

The comic Doc isn't just made up from whole cloth, y'know. :)

I'm implementing a bunch of additions and upgrades I wanted to do for years- more power outlets, longer side "wings", a more modular monitor mounting system (one of these days I'm gonna splurge on one of those big long curved jobbies [drools]) a more modular PC cubby (that can take a wider variety of tower or case shapes, from rackmount to ATX) better cable management, and more.

Yeah, I can't really spare the time, but it's August in Alaska- the leaves are already starting to fall off the trees. If I don't do it now, it'll be next summer, and given the amount of time I spend sitting in front of this thing, it needs to be better laid out and more comfortable.

For those of you that are interested, there's a more complete write-up over on the Tinker's Guild.

And as always, thanks for reading!

Doc.