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What do you use for shack furniture? Pick the one that fits best. Comments please.

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My Station Furniture...

I designed my station to operate remotely in my garage. The remote is a MacBook Pro so I can sit anywhere inside (or outside) my house! It's a small house so there was no way to dedicate living space to a station.
Posted by W1MVY on 2021-03-31

My shack

It's a bunch of shelf standards along two walls. Offsetting shelves in the corner. Main desktop is a countertop from Ikea. Two rigs - IC-7300 and ID-4100A. I installed a grounding box with lightning arresters last summer.
Posted by N8SQT on 2021-03-31

Hamshack furniture

I use the older steelcase desks. Three of them in a "U" shape configuration. They are indestructible and will hold as much weight as you can put on them. They are cheap and have a lot of drawer space.
Posted by N8MM on 2021-03-31

Shack Furniture

I'm a part-time woodcrafter using mostly reclaimed pallet wood.
Posted by WA4RWA on 2021-03-30

Furniture

Odds and ends from thrift stores, from yard sales and from found items. The desk and folding chair were both left beside dumpsters.
Posted by N7VLT on 2021-03-30

Shack Furniture

Two old office desks with custom made shelves. Comfy office chairs. One desk is for HF, the other is for V/U Weak Signal.
Posted by K3GM on 2021-03-30

tiny

When I started over 40 years ago I had a small table for a small shack. The became a net controller, con tester, and little bit of everything and a 10x12 building with an operating position of a 10 foot console and another homemade work bench. Now as I've aged i am back to tiny! Have a 4 foot rack that hold most everything. BUT, still love the hobby, it has never got old .
Posted by AE5SB on 2021-03-29

Built a radio table...

...in the 1990s. Filled it up with equipment very quickly. It wraps around the room and has two levels. 11 radios, 2 amplifiers, a tuner, a computer, a printer, a TV/VCR, a weather station, a repeater, and a UPS. The edge of the upper level has brackets for hanging handhelds and microphones.
Posted by N3EG on 2021-03-28

Mish Mash of things I have bought.

I have a nice desk in my back room I used for years. As my disability worsened over the years I moved my gear into the living room by my chair. At first it was an old stereo octagon shaped cabinet. It worked but decidedly not ideal, went to a entertainment center I bought at a thrift store. Used it for quite a number of years. It finally crapped out found another a bit smaller but it works. It has a pull out kinda table/desk few to which my rig & tuner sit on the amp sit to the right side as you are looking at it with my speaker to the left. I have one shelf that is higher it mostly filled with nick nacks from life that I decide to keep.
My amp sits back a bit too far to operate comfortably so I have to get up and change bands etc. every piece of gear is 2 years old. One exception... my IC 705 sit on top of my tuner next to my IC 7300. Gonna have to think of a way to get my amp closer to my operating position. Can’t afford the expensive stuff as a disabled vet so mak do with what I have.
Posted by AI4HO on 2021-03-28

Professional and College Grade

Primary station furniture was fabricated by a professional cabinet maker. Love it except I no longer need a large central opening for CRT monitor. Today, would have it constructed with movable flat panel monitors. Satellite station furniture is college-grade: fiberglass table from Home Depot, a couple of cinder block supports for a Home Depot laminated 6' x 12" board to support computer and monitor. Not pretty but perfectly functional. 73
Posted by AA0FO on 2021-03-26

Ham Radio Furniture

I originally started out in the late 80's with a desk I purchased from a store that specializes in real wood furniture. It sufficed at first, but as I acquired more gear, I needed more space. So I began building matching pieces of furniture and shelving to augment the original desk. I also reinforced the desk and extended the back of the desktop to 38 inches. That old wood desk has held up well with my modifications and additions.

One of the best ideas I had, was when I added multiple wheels to the bottom of the desk, and other pieces. Now, when I need to access something in the station, I can easily roll the desk out away from the wall. I've definitely enjoyed building and modifying my furniture to my own specifications.
Posted by AB4D on 2021-03-24

Ham Radio Furniture

I originally started out in the late 80's with a desk I purchased from a store that specializes in real wood furniture. It sufficed at first, but as I acquired more gear, I needed more space. So I began building matching pieces of furniture and shelving to augment the original desk. I also reinforced the desk and extended the back of the desktop to 38 inches. That old wood desk has held up well with my modifications and additions.

One of the best ideas I had, was when I added multiple wheels to the bottom of the desk, and other pieces. Now, when I need to access something in the station, I can easily roll the desk out away from the wall. I've definitely enjoyed building and modifying my furniture to my own specifications.
Posted by AB4D on 2021-03-24

shack furniture

Used commercial furniture from used office furniture dealers and Craig's list. Some pieces were free for the taking. It's amazing what vinyl contact paper can do to an old executive desk and credenza set, especially when they were free. Paid $25 for an executive office chair and $15 for a 5 drawer file cabinet for storage of parts and test equipment.
Posted by KN4ZCF on 2021-03-24

Operating desk

I fabricated mine from plans on the internet.
Nothing fancy, made from 3/4 inch veneered plywood. Just need to fabricate some desk drawers for the unit.
I have an old 5 foot double pedestal commercial desk I use for projects, repairs, etc.
Posted by VE3EGP on 2021-03-24

older stuff

Just some old desks handed down by a cousin many years ago.
Posted by N2AYM on 2021-03-24

Operating Desk

I have a old used office desk, solid and heavy. It used to hold Hallicrafter gear. Good and strong.
Posted by KA9RYP on 2021-03-23

shack furniture

I use a rollaround computer stand with pullout keyboard tray and storage shelves underneath. I keep the rigs & monitor on top, laptop & keys on the pullout tray, power supply, small toolbox, & books on the lower shelves. I widened the top with plywood, painted flat black & edged with black electrical tape.
Posted by K7GLE on 2021-03-23

Station Desk

Since many years I have a large kitchen table made of solid wood in my shack, which can easily carry all my RIG’s. It comes from IKEA - when you could still get good things there - a long time ago. The table legs have cross bracings. I made a shelf on this, on which power supplies and accessories are stowed. The shelf is half the depth of the table top, looks very good and is very stable.
Posted by DL9BDM on 2021-03-23

Shack Furniture

I purchased the desk and chair but not for this purpose, I just needed a desk and a chair.
Posted by N7KFD on 2021-03-23

Oak

I use an solid oak table (not particle board) table for my ham shack/computer room. Solid table with levels underneath it for more equipment. Solid Oak table to the right and shelf for equipment and ham radio related books. Table to the left with dividers for HTs, HF amplifier and antenna tuner.

I unlike most hams am not cheap and refuse to make my shack look like it comes out of a thrift store.
Posted by KB6QXM on 2021-03-22

Shack Furniture

I have my equipment rack mounted.
Posted by KL7AZZ on 2021-03-22

Old Desk

I use an old desk in the garage. It occasionally gets in the way, so I put it on wheels. The main trick for a garage desk....have something in the back to keep pencils, whatever, falling off the back side.
Posted by KM6HBH on 2021-03-22

shack operating furniture

An old door, homebrew riser and two short file cabinets.
Posted by W5IR on 2021-03-22

Custom oak Console

I purchased an oak desk and my wife constructed a console specifically for the radio gear.
Posted by KC6RCM on 2021-03-22

it doubles up as my office...

My shack is equipped with fairly expensive purpose purchased office furniture - because it is also my office! I'm an IT and electronics developer and I need an ergonomic work environment. The rigs sit along the back of a computer workstation with a PC under the desk, two large monitors on arms and mouse and keyboard (Bluetooth) in front.
Posted by G8FXC on 2021-03-22

8 foot long boards

I discovered that Home Depot stocks boards in 8 foot lengths. Who knew? So I built an 8 foot long ham bench. They are willing to cut almost any 4x8 board into something else by 8. So I got some particle board, 3/4" or 5/8" and had it cut into a 3x8, a 1x8, a 2x8, and some scrap.
I used 2x4s to line the 3x8 and that's the desktop. Then a 1' deep shelf a foot or so above that to hold some radios, meters, power supplies, scope.
Search taddbench on google, or check out my qrz bio. -- KA2DEW
Posted by KA2DEW on 2021-03-22

what I use for shack furniture

I use an old school drafting table. I like to be able to stand some times.

Posted by WV8P on 2021-03-21

used solid wood kitchen table repurposed

I had a 3 x 5 wood kitchen table for years as a kitchen table. Then I moved it to the shack, added 120 V outlet strips under it along the back side, a cable tray along the back edge, and a partial "second deck" for some of the gear. Result is a sturdy, comfortable desk with minimal wires hanging out and zero investment.
Posted by W4FID on 2021-03-21

If only I had a true shack...

Currently my station is a mere vertical extension of my very humble «HiFi» in the living-room. Close to lots of RFI emitters. Living in a larger house, I'd have a specific rack on some corner or rather a nice looking piece of furniture that I could close, to hide everything from my playful cats.

Oliver
Posted by PU2OZT on 2021-03-21

Roll top desk

My nephew builds furniture for a living.He built a roll top desk for my birthday a few years ago specifically to what my equipment need placement was

Posted by K2MMO on 2021-03-21