Ikea desk mods...

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Originally Posted by Audio Aerosol

This is what I am looking to create but with one expedit and a lack shelf angled the other way. Do you think this will work and be secure enough?

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I used two expedites side by side to get the width in the desk, looking for a way to hide the cable now or might make some short or buy a snake RCA for my NI Audio10DJ.

The Lack shelf isn't actually angled (It thought it would be too, it's just the legs that are angled)

I'm actually now looking to prop everything at an angle except for the laptop so might make a custom dual X1 case angled up and maybe something for Maschine as well.

also eyeing of either the K2 or CNTRL

I used the angled CAPITA legs and the large bolt wasn't long enough to let the nuts attach on the other side, i probably would have used something else if I knew this before hand (i don't think it was in the article). They seem secure enough I also stuck wood glue on either end to make sure.

Yeh I dont have the space or the money to use 2 Expedits so am hoping 1 will still give me enough space.

I know the shelf isn't angled but I see from your vid that you angled the Capita legs inwards I was planning on angling them outwards away from the Expedit but not sure if this will affect stability. :confused:

I don't think it will make a difference, i did it that way just so i could fit more underneath it, which would become even more relevant if you used only one table. Actually I just had a look and there's no room for the capita legs if you want to use Vinyl/CDJs and a mixer, there's about an inch of space behind. So you would have to rig something underneath the rear of the expedite shelf that you could attach the capita legs to.

What do you want/need to put on them?

The other thing which i didn't realise is that the shelf has this pullout metal part which you can attach straight to the wall. I wouldn't be able to as I rent where i am, but it would look pretty sweet if you had the expedite with your decks and mixer and your controllers on the shelf above, that way you would have more room

hmmm. I want to put my monitors and laptop on the shelf and keep my CDJ's, Mixer and X1 on the Expedit. I stil have space on the Expedit after having my gear on it so was hoping I could fit the legs either side of the mixer. Now I'm doubting myself.

Is it the Lack shelf you have that's got the metal fixings allowing you to put it straight to the wall? that might be my best option.

Appreciate your help dude.

I think the wall shelf is your best bet, anyway the legs aren't overly expensive and if they don't fit you could use them as monitor stands instead. It might just fit if you push the CDJs and mixer as close to you as possible

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Originally Posted by Patch

Do what I did

1of these:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50103086/
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/images/pro...E229406_S4.JPG

1 of these:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60117016/
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/images/pro...E119394_S4.jpg

2 of these:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40057457/
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/images/pro...E202444_S4.jpg

Couple of these for headphones:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60152590/
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/images/pro...E232985_S4.JPG

Screw the legs to the table top at the back (holes are pre-drilled - easy!), and then screw the table top to the expedit 4x2 book shelf.

The height is a tiny bit off (I'm 6'2"), but I'm gonna add a second table top (I have one lying around) to bring the decks up to the correct height.

Perfect for a battle set up (space for an uberstand and a magma stand, and a couple of external hard drives), and plenty of room behind/below it for hiding cables/surge protectors, etc... Stable as hell. No jumping needles.

I'll get a photo up soon, but mine has got 2xTechnics 1200's, 1xDDM4000, 2 laptops (one on an uberstand, one on a magma style stand), a launchpad, a UC-33e, a UC-16, and some cheap 5.1 speakers (the sub is in one of the cavities in the expedit).

[EDIT: Found an old photo - see below:]

http://s10.postimage.org/hvykdkyyh/IMG_2092.jpg

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ive got a expedit.. i want to be able to have 1210 battle style!

can you explain this further.. is the tabletop just sitting on the expedit with the legs for support

The table top is screwed through to the expedit using 4" screws around the perimeter - that's the only place on the expedit that isn't hollow!

The legs are adjustable, so once the table top is fixed, you can screw the legs to the table top and adjust them to the right length.

Super stable.

you cant see the screws? did you cover them up or is it just the angle

Maybe some of you already read it. But here's a link to an article on DJTT from oct. 2011.

http://www.djtechtools.com/2011/10/1...om-ikea-parts/

Planning on making one myself. Starting at the end of this month.


Cheers!

Capita 11cm
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Add an Ekby Amund
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