Project - The Next Level

[PasLis]

Hey guys,

Let me introduce myself.My name is Pascal im 38 years old and im from holland.I am a welder/metalworker for 22 years now and my hobby is making scratch builds.I already finisht a few builds and here are some urls to some logs.Desk Art http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/...ssages/1439066 and my project Flipmode http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=211315.

Here is my new project The Next Level.My idea to make a desk without feet inside a frame with a glass top i did 2 times already.

Version 1.



Version 2.



Now its time for a new design.This time im using electric lifting columns to lift the desk and my 2 lcd panels.

The design.





The company Linak was so kind ro sponsor me the lifting columns.



The lifting columns for the desk.







I have not decided yett what hardware im gonna use.More about this later on.

Sponsors :

[Cyrax]

looks good,keep em comming

[PasLis]

Thanks here they come.

[PasLis]

The lifting column for the panels.











Now its time for some work.I already cut the desk body and the side covers.I also made a movie from the laser cutter cutting the desk body.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJEjW9se0xk

This is how the pieces look after cutting.





Then i bend the pieces with a co-worker ( the guy on the picture ).

[PasLis]

Then i spot welded the side covers on the desk body.

















Next thing to do is making the column covers.

[anticupidon]

i am speechless.
such skillzz man,wow.

[LogiTekkers]

Amazing builds dude! Keep em coming! I would love one of them desks in my house

[hallryu]

Stunning.

[PasLis]

Originally Posted by anticupidon

i am speechless.
such skillzz man,wow.

Thanks anticupidon.

Originally Posted by LogiTekkers

Amazing builds dude! Keep em coming! I would love one of them desks in my house

Thanks LogiTekkers.

Originally Posted by hallryu

Stunning.

Thanks hallryu.

[PasLis]

Update 1.

The plan was to finish welding the desk but i made the covers for the columns first.

Here's a drawning of the covers im gonna make.



Lets do some work.This time im making the pieces by hand.

I am using 3mm aluminium for the covers.First i made the angled pieces.





Then i made the rest of the pieces i need.



Time to put the pieces together and spotweld them.







Then i made the last pieces to mount the covers on the desk.







The last pieces spotwelded inside the covers.

[PasLis]

Now its time to weld the covers.







Then some sanding.







The covers are done and this is the way i mount the covers on the desk.











More to come

[PasLis]

Update 2

I finisht welding the desk body and sand it.There is not much to tell about this so here are some pictures of it.







Thats finisht so up to the next job.The psu,cables and the controlbox for the cloumns will be at the back of the desk cover.I'm making a frame for this and then seal it of with a cover.

This is how it looks when its finisht.



First i saw the pieces i need for the frame.





Then i spotwelded the pieces together en then finisht welding them.









This is how im gonna mount the frame on to the desk.







The next thing to do is making the mounting holes for both the column covers as for the frame.

More to come.

[PasLis]

I received a very nice package from aquatuning.

The package.





nice reservoirs.



D5 pomp tops.



Full copper 240 rads



Thank you very much Aquatuning and specially Christian.

[PasLis]

Update 3.

This weekend i made some progress.I started to work on the frame for the cables etc.

M5 thread rivets ( dont know the english word )



The pneumatic tool.



I made a short movie how this tool works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVyycuAtFKM

Finisht the frame.





After that i made the mounting plate for the frame out of 3mm aluminium and bend it.





Then i drilled and countersunk the holes and mounted the plate on to the frame.



After that i drilled and countersunk the holes inside the desk body and mounted the frame on the desk body.







Now thats finisht i can start to make the bracket for the lifting column.For this i used 3mm aluminium.

First some cutting.

[PasLis]

Then i drilled and countersunk the mounting holes.











Time to mount the bracket on the frame and mount the column on the bracket.













Now its time to test the column.I'm very happy with the result.Ofcourse i made a small movie while testing the column.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuQd1qhDOtk

This was it for today.

[AMD4Sho]

A flat out astounding amount of progress for only being a few days into your build! Looks like you have the resources, so why not?! Good job bud, the build looks epic, can't wait to see final product.

[PasLis]

Thanks for your compliment AMD4Sho but i didnt made the progress in a few days.Tomorrow a update again.

[avivoni]

this is a very professional build. reminds me of l3p desk. just finished looking at your other build logs pure skill

[PasLis]

Thanks avivoni.

[PasLis]

Update 4.

This weekend i made some progress again.This week i received the security part for the desk.
Its a hose full of little switches and if 1 switch is pressed then the columns stop moving and go up for about 50mm.

The package.







Linak also gave me a special connector to connect the jackplug.I already test it and i will make a short movie soon.



Thank hpr and specially marc.



Also linak called when they seen the update with the lifting column for the screens and told me that i can mount the column up side down because im using it for lcd panels.So i made a bracket for it and mount it on the frame.







Cheapskate asked me why use stock gear and not making a custom stainless steel reservoir so i came up with a new reservoir design.

First i made a few covers on the lathe.Then i drilled and tapped them with g1/4.



Then i saw 4 pieces of 60mm stainless steel pipe.





Then i spotwelded the covers on the pipes and finisht welding them.

[PasLis]

Some sanding.







Then i spotwelded the pipes together and finsht welding them.





Then i welded the feet and did some polishing and this is how they look.Custom 90 degree stainless steel reservoirs.











More to come.

[avivoni]

how the hell do you become so skilled at this welding stuff. your welds are perfection and then after sanding its beautifull. nice update keep them coming.

[hallryu]

Those welds are brilliant. Mad skills. This is going to be as good if not better than the lepdesk (apologies if I got the name wrong)

[AMD4Sho]

l3p d3sk actually, but I actually don't think he is trying to impress anyone but himself with this. Looks to me like it will just be something you wouldn't think twice of looking at if you were at his house im sure. Probably will just look like a table off the wall. Where as l3p d3sk stands out like a boner in sweatpants.

[PasLis]

Originally Posted by avivoni

how the hell do you become so skilled at this welding stuff. your welds are perfection and then after sanding its beautifull. nice update keep them coming.

Thanks for your compliment avivoni.

Originally Posted by hallryu

Those welds are brilliant. Mad skills. This is going to be as good if not better than the lepdesk (apologies if I got the name wrong)

Thanks for your compliment hallryu.

Originally Posted by AMD4Sho

A flat out astounding amount of progress for only being a few days into your build! Looks like you have the resources, so why not?! Good job bud, the build looks epic, can't wait to see final product.

Originally Posted by AMD4Sho

l3p d3sk actually, but I actually don't think he is trying to impress anyone but himself with this. Looks to me like it will just be something you wouldn't think twice of looking at if you were at his house im sure. Probably will just look like a table off the wall. Where as l3p d3sk stands out like a boner in sweatpants.

Strange...........................? If you look carefully at the top post first pic you can see were l3p d3sk is comming from its my idea and design.