[Shop-talk] Convert TV Wall Cabinet space into Office Desk

[Peter J. Thomas]

On 7/14/2017 10:08 AM, David Hillman wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2017, Steve Hammatt, Mount Vernon WA USA wrote:
>> Required Shop Content: Probably use the shop tools to make it work.
>> I?m on a mission to convert a part of an Belgium made wall unit (6 
>> sections
>> long) and convert the TV Cabinet space (has two doors that open 90
>> degrees, then slide back into the cabinet) into a slide out office 
>> desk and
>> hopefully fitted with small storage cubbyholes above the working area.
>> The best would be to find a suitable unit (18? deep x 30? wide) that
>> could simply be installed.  Anybody seen anything like this?
>
>    No, but this is shop-talk... don't you just need a couple 
> undermount drawer slides?  Then make your desk surface out of whatever 
> material suits you, and chop up some 1-by into cubbies for the top.
>
>    The unlikelihood of finding a unit that will precisely fit a 
> specific existing cabinet and the relative simplicity of building it 
> seem to argue for the latter, in this case.
>
> -- 
>  David Hillman 
I'd go to Ikea and find a short bookcase of the right width and depth 
(ignore the height) to fit in the opening.  Then cut the case down and 
use a shelf with slide out mounted to the cut down case. You'd have a 
pull out desk and a stepped shelf to hold a monitor, phone, etc.  Leave 
enough clearance so you can stow the desk without clearing it.