Recent content by DaveChild

Thanks very much :) The stain was a layer of cuprinol antique pine wood dye, with a few layers of clear satin varnish on the top. Next ... I've got a lot of the recycled wood left from this project (changed the plans several times, and only ended up using half of the wood), so probably...

Hi Mick. The bottom shelf doubles as a footrest. Since varnishing the racking is much reduced. I was wondering about adding a couple of crossed cables at the back to reduce it if it gets worse though. Is that at all effective? Also, I finished enough that I was able to start using the thing...

The finished desk will be in four pieces (it needs to get up two narrow flights of stairs) - the right legs, left legs, bottom shelf (and cross supports) and top (and cross supports). I'm going to use brackets to screw the top and shelf to their top supports. Those two bits fit into the legs...

A CMS is usually a good idea. If you're going to have a fairly static site, then use something like modx. If it's going to be updated more often - more like a blog - then Wordpress is probably the best option (but put it on your own domain, not on a wordpress subdomain). With either, if you want...

I'm making a standing desk, mostly out of recycled wood. So far, it's going ok, but I wanted to ask for a little help and guidance from people with more experience than me! If you want to see what I've done so far, this is the set of photos of the build to this point (sorry about the...