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I'm planning a tabletop for a low-rise desk I'm working
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2016-02-18 14:01:06 Post No. 948523
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Anonymous 2016-02-18 14:01:06 Post No. 948523 [Report]
I'm planning a tabletop for a low-rise desk I'm working on and I've been beating myself over the head thinking of ideas.
My first thought was to use a IKEA desk and just attaching short legs to it but those particle boards are just ugly as sin.
I then thought of using the sheets of wood from the hardware store, I needed a piece that's at least 200X40cm, and after asking they've got a nicely sized sheet of carpenter's(?) pine that's $60 and is 1.8cm thick but I'm wondering if it would hold up as a table top, I don't plan to be smashing it with a hammer but I'd keep a PC on it on top of me leaning on it while I write amongst other things so I'm hoping it won't bend. The other option is a $90 (same size but 1.5cm thick) sheet of walnut but that's a bit past budget than I'd like.
So what do you think /diy/? Also I'll start posting progress pics once I'm started if anyone's interested
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Anonymous 2016-02-18 14:41:19 Post No.948533
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Anonymous 2016-02-18 14:41:19 Post No.948533 [Report]
Good fuck I didn't know my formatting to be this shitty
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Anonymous 2016-02-18 14:46:13 Post No.948534
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Anonymous 2016-02-18 14:46:13 Post No.948534 [Report]
>>948523
>not using a door
>not using the top from an old solid wood desk and cutting it to the size you want
>not spending 20 bucks on a few 1xwhatever pieces of pine at home depot and supporting them underneath with cross pieces

Dude I built a pretty awesome bed frame for 60 bucks. Your desk idea should cost next to nothing.
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Anonymous 2016-02-18 14:48:19 Post No.948535
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Anonymous 2016-02-18 14:48:19 Post No.948535 [Report]
Screw some support boards underneath, they don't need to reach the edges either so they'll be hidden there.
How many legs, 4? You could put a 5th one at the middle if it doesn't get in the way.
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