Gh0sts guide to building a ghetto bench table

[TehGh0st]

So I decided to build myself a new bench table for the benchfest we were having and figured it might give others idea's to build one of their own so here it is.. On a scale of 1 to 10 for difficulty I rate this a 3 or 4. Slight experience with drills and hand tools is needed.

I started off by grabbing an old keyboard tray that was wasting space in my closet. After stripping as much of the crappy covering that was on it and taping the sides with electrical tape to make it look a little less crappy I grabbed my tools and got to work. Click the images for larger pics.

I marked the locations of the mounting holes for the motherboard on the tray then grabbed a small drill bit and my drill. I drilled some small pilot holes then grabbed a bit just slightly smaller than the standoffs and drilled the full sized holes in the tray.

Note: For those with little experience with drills my recommendation is to place a piece of tape on the drill bit at the depth of the standoff that way you will not drill the hole to deep.

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Then I placed a single standoff in each drilled hole and tapped it in with a hammer until it was flush.

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After placing all of the single standoffs here's what it looks like.

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Then screw two standoffs together and screw them on top of the flush standoffs.

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Then after all of the standoffs are on you can mount the motherboard on top.

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As you can see it clears the thick insulation I use on the backing for the Pots backplate.

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Here is the finished product! As you can see there is plenty of room for a power supply, cd drives, and hard drives next to the motherboard. I simply rest the motherboard on top of the standoffs which make it really easy to switch motherboards and other hardware.

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All in all this took me a total of 30 minutes to create. 15 minutes to plan it out and 15 minutes of actual work. Also it cost my nothing but time since I had everything already. I hope this sparks idea's in others and pushes them to create one of their own.

Time: 30 minutes total
Cost: $0.00

G