Yesterday I finished building a corner desk for my home office. I have no previous experience with woodworking, but I thought it would be a fun project. The end result is actually pretty good, the desk looks nice and is very close to what I was expecting. Here are a couple pics for reference:
The wood is 15mm MDP, and the base is made of five 25mm x 25mm steel bars. It is pretty solid, with no noticeable movement when I try to shake the desk.
The problem is that when I type, there's a slight vibration that transfers to the bigger LCD screen, making the screen shake a bit. It's not a huge deal, but it is bothering me. My previous desk did not have this problem – it was made entirely of wood and feels more solid than the one I built.
Is there a way I can stop this vibration? Maybe changing something on my design to make the desk more solid… I'm open to suggestions.
Best Answer
The picture helps. I'm guessing that the likely culprit is the slenderness of the legs.
I'd probably try to put some sort of bracing across the "rear" three legs, and see if that helps. You might also try some diagonal bracing, as a little give in any of the bolted holes will allow some pretty significant movement at the feet.
I'm going to assume that you've verified that you have the feet all in a constant plane-- if you push down on each of the five corners, it doesn't tip slightly, suggesting that one of the other leg's a little too long.