The Desk
Searching through the contents of McMaster-Carr led me to the idea that I should build a desk out of modular aluminum tubing and plexiglass. Ideally, I would use extruded acrylic, but I don’t know if I can afford that. I started designing this thing and building it in 3D in Blender. This is what I came up with.
It’s not the greatest, and it’s still pricy. But I can get 8’x4’ plexiglass in town for $100 even. Plexi scratches easier than other things but… I don’t know, glass would be so heavy and brittle. The tubes fit together in specially made connectors that clamp down on the tubes, the surfaces are about .25” thick and would rest on the tubes, probably with some silicon caulk dried on top of the tubes to give it a little padding, and tackyness to hold them in place. The idea is this desk would be very light weight, minimalistic, and easy to take apart for moving.
Anyways, I will probably modify this design many times before anything comes of it.
My dream would be welded titanium rods for the frame, and polycarbonite surfaces.