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On the other end of the desk, things have been progressing along nicely as well - had this beauty cut for me Placing it in the hole, it sits just a little bit too large. The original square I cut out was about a millimetre smaller on one end than the other So I took out the trusty chisel...

So, now that the hardware has been installed, I can proceed to managing those cables a little. I first cut a quick piece out of 1/4" hardboard with a few strategic holes Already much more to my liking. Time to place the new fans with their new mounting system Ok - with both "plates" in...

A huge thanks goes out to Gigabyte for supplying me with this amazing motherboard - a GA-Z68XUD4-B3. Without a doubt, the coolest motherboard I have ever owned! I could barely wait to open this up when I got it in the mail! And this poor motherboard tray that had been sitting for...

After gluing a few blocks of foam together with a spray adhesive, I trimmed the block down to the appropriate size using a bandsaw. Unfortunately, it wouldn't fit in order to do the vertical cut... So I took out the trusty hand saw! Here's the plan for the fan layout At first I...

Thanks - both of you! I figure another several weeks until I'm finally done! While getting ready to re-polyurethane the drawers, I also took the time to stain and poly the right-hand cabinet door, as well as the two pieces that will be above each of the cubby holes on the top of the desk...

Hehe, thanks for the comments you two! Means a lot to me! So, after I used the table saw to make my reference cuts, I grabbed the router with a 1/2" flush cut bit, set it at the appropriate depth and went to town. Making the reference cuts made the rest of this usually tedious job easy...

So - I finally had some time this weekend to do a bit of work on The Ultimate Computer Desk. Here's a little shot of the desk as it sits now. Note that the drawers aren't installed, there's clutter everywhere, the two cabinets are not lined up in any particular fashion, and of course, no...

So, I finally moved this weekend, and I'm glad to say everything went pretty well. A few small parts of the desk got scuffed up, but nothing major. Here are some shots from just before being transported. The car buffer partially worked. I ended up actually taking some more paint thinner and...