Studio A Project - The Desk
After our Easter move-in, we still had a lot of finishing touches to do. We were waiting on a part before installing one door. We needed to paint all the trim. There was a lot of drywall and painting work still on the Studio B side of the wall. Mostly, Michael was trying to wrap his head around what cables and wires he would need to do actual recording.
Michael had run CAT 6 cable into Studio A, Studio B, and the vocal booth. He wanted to start an Amazon order for cables. They were running 7-10 day shipping during the pandemic instead of 2 day shipping. He was thinking ahead so he wasn’t waiting around when the time comes. The trouble was, he didn’t know exactly which cables he would need.
He wanted to actually try to set up some equipment and do a test run. He really didn’t want to set everything up, only to have to tear it down again. He needed a recording desk. He had one picked out and it was a reasonable price. When we went to order it, it was going to be 14 weeks for delivery. Ouch! I looked at the design and suggested that he could have it built for a comparable price. He didn’t agree. He really didn’t want to build it himself. He is not a fine builder. He didn’t think he could hire it done without plans. He found a website with building plans for a very similar desk. That was enough for him to gain enough confidence to build the desk himself.
Michael’s dad helped him make the fine cuts at the professional woodshop at Effingham Builder’s Supply. He and I stumbled through the rest of the building process together. The killer feature of this desk is that the sides are all perfect measurements for rack-mounted gear. We really struggled with getting this measurement correct. There was really no room for error. We really needed some room for error. There are a few chips on our edges, but overall, I think it turned out great.
In under a week, we have the desk in place and Michael could start doing sample runs with his recording equipment.
