My shop's back at my parent's garage but I live in my own rental space. Don't plan to buy a home anytime soon so I will be moving between rental spaces, probably once every year. I need a desk that move with me.
Most floating desks are built on floating vanity welded brackets that are fixed to studs (requiring you to cut open your walls, mounting them, repatching the drywall, repainting). Landlord's probably not going to let me do that unless I plan to leave it when I move ... which doesn't make financial sense to me. But asking to face-mount cabinets to studs is reasonable since repair work at the end of rental period is minimal (spackling, repaint).
I came up with a design to have a floating cabinet support the desk top. Some issues I'm worried about:
- Find a secure non-permanent way to fasten the desk top to the cabinet. There will be a 3/32" (width of TS blade kerf) spacing between the right cabinet and the top. I'm thinking of running bolts through the cabinet into the underside of the desk top (threaded insert).
- Will L-brackets along the wall (where the cabinets aren't around to provide support) be enough to support the desk and prevent the front from sagging? The desk is 20" deep, the right-side cabinet is 16" (4" overhang). I think this should be enough.
Assembly involves mounting the two cabinets and the cable well (if it ends up being detached from the desk top), making sure they're coplanar. Then mounting the L-brackets. Then laying down the top.
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Desk size: 20" Wide, Variable length (~7ft).
CPU Tower cabinet: 16" Wide, 30" long.
General Cabinet on the left: 10" Wide, 5' Long, 12"+ tall.
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