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Project KAPROS - IKEA Galant PC Desk Mod!!!

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Haven't Added the Leds on the Plexi Glass so you cant really see the SandBlasting in the Dark.. should be done by the weekend.....
PS..All lights can be turned on/off by the Pilot switches

Quick pic from my phone, with the wall mounts :



















Forgot to mention.......

The Lighting you see above in the red circles was custom made with Electricians pipes ..... made holes with drill and painted black.




Older PIcs





Hi all,

I got inspired by many talented users that inserted their PC in their Desk so i came up with the easiest and most fisible one that i could do, trust me its much harder than it looks. I have posted another post about a month ago with another idea i had but it was much much harder, impossible to do
so i came up with the below idea that i have already started.

IKEA GALANT BEFORE:



IKEA GALANT AFTER:


A few parts that have arrived yesterday:

3x Spectre Pro Led 230mm


Buttons for Power on/off ect and red cable sleeving


Touch Monitor



LOG PICTURES:


DAY1

Old case i had, using it to mount the Motherboard on.


Case after cutting it to pieces , Motherboard Mounting , DVD-ROM Cases, Touch screen Case


Cut the first circle for the Fans


Cutting a mold to get the curve of the desk, so not to make a mistake while cutting the actual MDF wood.


Bottom desk part plus part of the top



FEW CHANGES 23/1/2012





Change 1: Add the bellow Hot Swap Trays were i added the red circle on the picture
2x 3.5 HDD
2x 2.5 SSD HDD

Change 2: the Left side corner was going to be done by wood, but changed it to plexi glass





DAY 2


Making the holes for Motherboard, PSU, DVD-ROM, Touch Screen and Hotswap HDDs










It may seem that not much work was done on day 2 but there was lots of measurements that took lots of time and precise cutting.

Will work on it in the afternoon again, should be able to upload a complete picture of the desk by tonight (not painted of course and no plexi glass) but you will be able to get an idea of what the desk will look like when complete


DAY 3


Assembling parts of the desk, still lots of pieced not completed.



Checking if fans fit in desk (Lol i would like to hope so after all that work
)


Cutting the Wood were the buttons , DVD-ROMs, Touch Screen and HDD Hot swaps are going to be inserted.



Going to rest for a few days, maybe ill work on it in the weekend but don't know yet


DAY 4


Fitting all the stuff on front panel. (Misplaced two buttons so it missing two buttons
)





Setting up the desk for a millionth time, trying to get everything straight





Carving the MDF wood so we can fit the Plexi Glass









Placing the plexi glass in the MDF Wood, the protective sticker is still on the Plexi Glass that's why it looks fuzzy



Last picture taken before finishing



I still got to sand all the desk down, Primer it and start painting. Should be done in a couple of days..


SANDING


Managed to complete the sanding of the desk , but had no time to start primer










One of my main concerns was access to the inside of the desk if i needed to fix something..so as you can see in the picture below i screwed some pieces of wood in certain areas, holding the top part of desk so it cant move out of place.



Bought the primer, but had no time to start ..maybe tomorrow if am lucky




DAY 5 (PRIMER)


So i managed to finish the primer today...













Next to come ....

Sand down the Primer so its ready for paint
and hopefully finish the paint this week.... and start putting everything in the desk...


DAY 6...SANDING PRIMER


Finished the Sanding today, hope i can start painting tomorrow if the weather is good
because my paint is polyurethane paint and shouldn't paint if there is humidity,, and guess what ? for the last week the weather is crazy
no day of sun .













If the weather is good tomorrow and i have the chance to paint i will upload pics



DAY 7 PAINTING PART 1


So the Weather was GOOD
and managed to paint the one side of the desk ...going to paint the other side tomorrow morning..















If all goes well i should have the desk in my room by Sunday....will take pics with DSLR for good quality image because all the pics till now were taken from my phone.


SETTING UP THE DESK IN MY ROOM


Will update more pics ,, its just that i promised would update last night some pictures but was too tired ....











Will update pics where i sleeved all that mess of cables




Some quick pics from my phone






Some other pics....

Haven't finished yet still need to do many things yet,,but here are 2 pics i just took..hope you like








Sand Blasting on Plexi_Glass









 

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#3 ·
I love the idea
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and the wife loves IKEA.

You make me think I may have a new job on my hands
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Subbed as well.
 
#7 ·
You know, while you're in there, you could mod a car stereo head unit in there. Pair that up with an 8ohm amp for power, and some nice bookshelf speakers sitting beside those monitors.
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Maybe a powered sub too, and let the car stereo handle all of it (using your PC as input mind you).
 
#8 ·
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Originally Posted by pioneerisloud View Post

You know, while you're in there, you could mod a car stereo head unit in there. Pair that up with an 8ohm amp for power, and some nice bookshelf speakers sitting beside those monitors.
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Maybe a powered sub too, and let the car stereo handle all of it (using your PC as input mind you).
this is an awesome idea
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gonna do a full desk build one day when i can afford it
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#14 ·
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Originally Posted by pioneerisloud View Post

You know, while you're in there, you could mod a car stereo head unit in there. Pair that up with an 8ohm amp for power, and some nice bookshelf speakers sitting beside those monitors.
smile.gif
Maybe a powered sub too, and let the car stereo handle all of it (using your PC as input mind you).
Just what I was thinking! Well, maybe I didn't exactly think about 8ohm amp, but still
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Subbed!
 
#15 ·
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Originally Posted by Blizlake View Post

Quote:
Originally Posted by pioneerisloud View Post

You know, while you're in there, you could mod a car stereo head unit in there. Pair that up with an 8ohm amp for power, and some nice bookshelf speakers sitting beside those monitors.
smile.gif
Maybe a powered sub too, and let the car stereo handle all of it (using your PC as input mind you).
Just what I was thinking! Well, maybe I didn't exactly think about 8ohm amp, but still
biggrin.gif

Subbed!
Well, you'd need an 8ohm amp to power home speakers. I suppose he COULD mount car component speakers inside the desk, but I'd be afraid of the enclosure not turning out right, plus there's also issues with power trying to run a car amplifier properly. Home bookshelfs would be the way to go, with an 8ohm amp if he wants to get good sound. The head unit would just be there to control everything, and give him an added CD player when his rig is off, or radio, or iPod hookup, whatever.
 
#16 ·
subbed, looks cool
 
#17 ·
Definitely subbed. Can't wait to see this finished.
 
#19 ·
Subbed!

I just bought the same table with T-legs and the half-round extender for the small end.
Though I'm not gonna mod it like this, it's still gonna be cool to see what you do to it
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#20 ·
Looks like it's going to be a pretty amazing build, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing this project progress
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#23 ·
That is a good idea.. i will need to think it over because my project is already huge and i don't want to make it any bigger, but thanks for the input it could be useful.
 
#24 ·
Quote:
Originally Posted by pioneerisloud View Post

You know, while you're in there, you could mod a car stereo head unit in there. Pair that up with an 8ohm amp for power, and some nice bookshelf speakers sitting beside those monitors.
smile.gif
Maybe a powered sub too, and let the car stereo handle all of it (using your PC as input mind you).
That is a good idea.. i will need to think it over because my project is already huge and i don't want to make it any bigger, but thanks for the input it could be useful.
 
#26 ·
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Originally Posted by ginger_nuts View Post

I love the idea
thumb.gif
and the wife loves IKEA.
You make me think I may have a new job on my hands
biggrin.gif

Subbed as well.
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Originally Posted by seabiscuit68 View Post

Are you using MDF for the top/side wood pieces and plexi glass for the transparent areas?
All the desk will be done with MDF ,replacing the wood i already have on the desk, because of two reasons.

1) Its a bit scratched , opportunity to make all the desk new
2) Don't know if i can get the same color for the bottom and top part, so don't want to risk it, so doing all desk..

Actually its not Plexi glass, that was first idea as well. I found some1 that can do it for me with glass, a bit costly but i think its worth it
 
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