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L shaped desk design - wrb - 02-04-2017
I would like to build an L-shaped desk for my home office. The size could be up to 9 ft in one leg and total of 6ft in the other leg. I would like to have storage, including file drawers and other shallower drawers. I am interested in contemporary designs. Would love to see some examples from here.
RE: L shaped desk design - cputnam - 02-05-2017
Consider making the file cabinets separate boxes on casters. Then they can be pulled out and the top becomes more work surface.
RE: L shaped desk design - JGrout - 02-05-2017
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If you want shallow drawers do it on top of one side
You could put them under but it wastes leg room
You cannot see it but there is a shelf against the vanity panel on the inside client uses it for a gun and his after work beer if a client happens to appear
JMO
Joe
RE: L shaped desk design - wrb - 02-05-2017
Thanks for the suggestions and sharing one. It looks very nice and built so well. Is the top veneer over a substrate or solid wood?
While surfing the internet, I came across this one below. Interestingly is from the mid century. Really like this design. Would appreciate additional thoughts and examples.
RE: L shaped desk design - JGrout - 02-05-2017
The center is veneered the surrounding frame is solid
Your mid century is a clean look I did one similar several yrs ago
Joe
RE: L shaped desk design - Duane N - 02-06-2017
(02-05-2017, 06:43 PM)JGrout Wrote:
If you want shallow drawers do it on top of one side
You could put them under but it wastes leg room
You cannot see it but there is a shelf against the vanity panel on the inside client uses it for a gun and his after work beer if a client happens to appear
JMO
Joe
That's an outstanding piece of furniture.
RE: L shaped desk design - wrb - 02-06-2017
(02-05-2017, 11:38 PM)JGrout Wrote: The center is veneered the surrounding frame is solid
Your mid century is a clean look I did one similar several yrs ago
Joe
That is an amazing craftsmanship! Congrats.
Do you have pictures of your build similar to the one I posted about? I am in particular curious how there is no leg on the interior side of the drawer banks. Is basically the entire box supported by the legs on the outside? The engineer in me is worried about the top sagging if the drawer banks are also connected to the top steel rail. I was thinking of the frame (legs, etc.) made out of tubular 1" steel, but not sure if the top would sag. Would appreciate thoughts...
RE: L shaped desk design - JGrout - 02-06-2017
I do not have pics of that one (confidentiality agreements suck)
But I can describe it.
The tops are torsion box construction which stiffens them immensely allowing the drawer boxes to free hang. My tops were the same height ( no step down) so you would have to do some figuring there but that should not be too hard.
The back corner legs has the support gussets too which mine had they were moved in (more centered) on the top to create what amounted to a 3 legged support both directions
That one has the same amount of legs just orientated differently (4 to the tall part and two to the shorter side).
RE: L shaped desk design - ktkoh - 02-07-2017
This is a SketchUp dwg of a L shaped desk I built for our church secretary. The top is 2 layers of particle board laminated with overlap at the corner joint.It has support along the outside back edge but open between the end drawer Boxes. The dim are 6 ft by 7 ft and we have seen no problem with sagging top
RE: L shaped desk design - wrb - 02-10-2017
(02-07-2017, 09:02 AM)ktkoh Wrote: This is a SketchUp dwg of a L shaped desk I built for our church secretary. The top is 2 layers of particle board laminated with overlap at the corner joint.It has support along the outside back edge but open between the end drawer Boxes. The dim are 6 ft by 7 ft and we have seen no problem with sagging top
That looks nice. Great to know the front section (user side) did not sag at all.