Woodworking -- Sorta'

I finally got tired of my old computer desk (see in in a virgin state on my website if you dare) and over the years it became more and more crowded. I decided that a new desk was called for and after far too much sitting through the pandemic and now with a broken ankle I figured that a sitting/standing desk was called for. This was a minimal woodworking project due to laziness and said broken ankle. The project is based on a commercially-available motorized base. That was the first cheat. The top is made of a 25" deep butcher block birch countertop from the big-box store. That was the second cheat. All went as well as could be expected and the top was sealed and lacquered since I wanted to keep the brightest possible tone. To accommodate the equipment I needed to fabricate an "understory" for the computer, UPS, etc. and there came a real pinch. I had no birch on the shelf but the closest thing in tone was some rather good air-dried highly-figured maple. I hated to waste it but necessity must so I picked the worst of the boards and process them into the needed dimensions. The worst of the board went into the verticals and the wood was ugly enough that it needed to be filled and painted black. I did use every bit of that sucker though and probably wasted no more that a few inches of the 10-foot board.

The desk has powered height adjustment and goes from 29" to 49" which might do well for an NBA center. Right now everything is working although I do need to find my crimping tools to make a couple of new gigabit network cables and to do a bit of general cable dressing to neaten things up. Overall I'm pretty happy with is allowing for my recent lack of woodworking practice and the broken ankle.