Thread 2952549

does anyone have any experienced building wallmounted retractable desks like pic related? i'm moving to a smaller place and need to think in more compact terms but still have a space to set up a laptop with a set of small speakers, an audio interface and smaller pieces of gear.
I found a few online but the structure itself seems relatively simple, so I'm thinking of building one myself.

>>2952549 (OP)
Pfff, gay

>>2952549 (OP)
Have you ever seen one of these in use, where a person actually lives? Probably not, because they suck. Just get a normal desk suited to your needs. If you ever need it out of the way it will take as much time to clear the desk surface as the wall mounted piece of shit, and a full minute to remove the legs and stow it all in a closet or under the bed.

>>2952549 (OP)
Seems like a strictly-worse version a secretary.

That said, if you are constrained on space and need a temporary work surface I could see it being useful.

>>2952549 (OP)
I'd go for one of these if you don't have the space for a dedicated desk.
Get some comfortable over-ear open back headphones like the beyerdynamic DT-990 Pro and you won't need speakers.

>>2952549 (OP)
It's a cute idea, but I think that in the real world the desk gets deployed and then never put away. It will get stuff on it, and then always have stuff on it.

>>2952931
I think they are just for temporary work, not long term use.

>>2952549 (OP)
When I rented a room in a townhouse, the only space for me to put up my PC was in a hallway beside the living area. I mounted a monitor to the wall, and below it mounted an 8" deep keyboard shelf on hinged brackets so it would drop down parallel to the wall, out of the way so the hallway could be used easily. I velcro'd the keyboard to the shelf. The desktop PC sat on the floor, sideways.

I thought I would use it to game or work, but it ended up just being used as a media center for the adjacent TV. it just wasn't comfortable to stand at the wall-PC.

OP pic is not going to be comfortable as you can't really rest your arms on the desk.

>>2952857
This is a better solution. But if OP is poor they won't be able to afford the coffee table.

that strikes me as the sort of desk a homosexual might use.

>>2952549 (OP)
why not build one of those Paul Cadovius style desks? you can make it foldable if you need the space

>>2952549 (OP)
I built one, got a project pannel and a pivoting/hinged shelf bracket. Put a 20 x 36 pannel on that. Just sanded, varnished, and reinforced the edges so it didn't snap. I only deploy it when I WFH, and it can take the weight of 1 x laptop.

>>2952973
>temporary work
Yeah - that's the intention.
Reality doesn't always work as designed.

>>2952549 (OP)
Get a fucking card table or a table with retractable legs. If you're OCD on the look of it, get a table cloth.

Also, people give away or throw away all kinds of old tables on online classified ad sites every day. You can get decent wood or table material on there and cut it to whatever size or shape you want. You just need tools. So you could easily make a small folding table if you could get the legs off an old card table that you could most likely buy for cheap on the same site.

Where I live I have a Kijiji.ca which is online classified ads. Probably Facebook Marketplace is similar, I dunno, I don't Facebook but everyone talks about it. There is a free section on it with a shitload of free tables or desks. Disassemble, cut and assemble to your sizing requirements. Or go look in IKEA because those swedes make all kinds of cheap shit.

>>2953849
This is $25 from IKEA.

>>2953740
chemically anchored?
I can't trust any plug anchors after I had one small plant shelf fall.
I've been mounting everything on 10cm 8mm thick steel screw anchors since then.
I can now easily hang myself if I ever wanted without worrying about malfunctions.