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Step 2Step 1: Making the desktop frame
Step 1: Making the desktop frame
Before we start cutting, I would like to stress a couple points...
*Measure twice, cut once! Truer words were never spoken.
*It is very important to make flush cuts to ensure proper seating in the connectors.
*If you would like to make this to different dimensions, it's important to factor in 1.25 on each end of the pipe because that's how much seats on the inside of the connectors.
*If you are under 18, please use safety glasses and gloves and other appropriate protective equipment. If you are over 18, you are responsible for your own safety and you don't need a nanny.
*Also, PVC will give you a little room for inaccuracy, but not too much.
Nuff said, lets start cutting!
First, cut your first 10 footer at 50 and then hold it against the remaining pipe, making sure the ends are flush, and mark and cut the remaining piece to the same length. These will be the front and back sides of the desktop. You should be left with an approximately 20 piece of pipe.
*Optional: I took this piece and whittled the end down to a taper with a knife, and used it later on to twist the connectors to the correct angles, and to remove the connectors from the pieces of pipe after my initial fittings. It also works good for hammering connectors onto pipe without damaging them or marring the paint, once they are painted.
Next, grab your next 10 footer and cut two 25 pieces using the afore-mentioned method. You should have about 70 left on your pipe. These will be the sides of your desktop.
Now, join the pieces together with T-connectors on each corner and ensure that the frame is fairly square and that a 2' x 4' sheet of pegboard will fit with some room inside the frame. In the picture, I went ahead and connected the leg connectors, but you don't need to do this yet. It should look about like this though:
Before we start cutting, I would like to stress a couple points...
*Measure twice, cut once! Truer words were never spoken.
*It is very important to make flush cuts to ensure proper seating in the connectors.
*If you would like to make this to different dimensions, it's important to factor in 1.25 on each end of the pipe because that's how much seats on the inside of the connectors.
*If you are under 18, please use safety glasses and gloves and other appropriate protective equipment. If you are over 18, you are responsible for your own safety and you don't need a nanny.
*Also, PVC will give you a little room for inaccuracy, but not too much.
Nuff said, lets start cutting!
First, cut your first 10 footer at 50 and then hold it against the remaining pipe, making sure the ends are flush, and mark and cut the remaining piece to the same length. These will be the front and back sides of the desktop. You should be left with an approximately 20 piece of pipe.
*Optional: I took this piece and whittled the end down to a taper with a knife, and used it later on to twist the connectors to the correct angles, and to remove the connectors from the pieces of pipe after my initial fittings. It also works good for hammering connectors onto pipe without damaging them or marring the paint, once they are painted.
Next, grab your next 10 footer and cut two 25 pieces using the afore-mentioned method. You should have about 70 left on your pipe. These will be the sides of your desktop.
Now, join the pieces together with T-connectors on each corner and ensure that the frame is fairly square and that a 2' x 4' sheet of pegboard will fit with some room inside the frame. In the picture, I went ahead and connected the leg connectors, but you don't need to do this yet. It should look about like this though:
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