These last two weeks I was busy designing and constructing a computer table out of an old antique office desk made from 3/4 inch thick hardwood (Narra) board. It was from my father and used it in his factory office back in the 70′s. If you are planning to make your own computer table, to be successful I suggest you have some basic knowledge in carpentry. Designing a computer table is not very hard specially if you already know how to use a CAD software like AutoCAD. The hardest part is to materialize what you have already drawn. Designing from scratch can be done, I mean without reference to other table design. But the problem is if you didn’t consider the structure’s rigidity, you might end up of crashing everything on the floor together with your precious computer in bits and pieces.

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