Woodworking is my number one hobby (except for the coldest winter months). Ham radio is second to woodworking and my work is primarily furniture using hand-joinery (mortise & tenon, dovetails, etc.) and all hardwoods (favorites are Padauk and Maple).
Yet, for my shack combined den/office, I bought two tables from IKEA. They have a blond maple like plastic laminate surface measuring 36 inches deep (which is special order when I bought these) and 64 inches long. They have a gray metal stand with adjustable height legs. For the shelving, I used 16 inch wide melamine type shelving from Home Depot (3/4 inches thick). I have two IKEA tables, one is used for ham radio desk and the other right next to it is my iMac computer work station. The photo at the URL below is of the ham radio desk portion showing the table and the melamine shelves. Note that this photo is several years old, I think it dates just after I added the P3 but does not show re-arrangement and changes because of adding the KAT500 and KPA500 to the mix. http://k7peh.us/hamradio/k7peh_1.jpg 73, phil, K7PEH > On Sep 17, 2015, at 9:04 AM, bill NY9H <n...@arrl.net> wrote: > > for shelving , spend a bit more for this one time event... > use multi-ply 'baltic birch" plywood,,,7 or 9 ply... > > they have it at home depot /lowes type stores, but a visit to the rockler > woodworking store was great, > as they had some 9 ply on sale .,.. > > why balticbirch : > http://www.woodworkerssource.com/6_plywood.html > > My elecraft / ICOM ACOM shack in a cabinet NY9H at QRZ.com > > bill ny9h > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to phys...@mac.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
