Found you video and it’s exactly what I’m after !

I just finished making a desk like this based on your design! It was perfect for my daughters room. Thank you for a fantastic idea.

Great solution Charlie. That's what I love about making our own stuff. Creative problem solving. Also really enjoyed the video format. Retrospective storytelling and informative with the sometimes laboured format of every detail we often see elsewhere. Have a great week.

Very clever, I thought it was a bit dodgy before you revealed the metal pins, but that had me sold, really nice work.

I’ve been trying to find the solution I’ve been looking for and this is finally it. Thank you so much.

I've been looking at folding desks too and I'm so glad you shared your hinge system, it looks perfect. Another great video 👍

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate. Really appreciate that 👍👍😏

That desk top is magic!!

GENIUS! I'm so doing my desk extension like this!

Wonderful! Exactly what I needed!

Hmmm, interesting. This video has me rethinking how to construct the desk I need for the living room. I don’t consider myself a DIY’er but your videos have given me a lot of confidence to tackle some of my own projects. There are a lot of great woodworking channels on KZread but very few aimed at the limited tool and non workshop owning audience. In addition, the imperial measures used in many of the American videos are a barrier. Cheers and keep the videos coming.

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and massive thanks for taking the time to comment!

@blackroseCHEPE17

5 жыл бұрын

I thought the exact same thing. Also, imperial measuring is soo confusing, glad I found this video.

@ahhh4117

3 жыл бұрын

I'm an american and I need a conversion table with me when I make diagrams so yeah the rest of the world wins in that department

OMG ! That " hinge " is sheer genius !

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I really like it. The pin idea was great, a simple solution for a clean look

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Douglas 👍🏻

Charlie you are a very clever dicky, The ideas you come up with are amazing. Your videos breed confidence, and your workmanship is excellent. Keep producing these great videos

Great clever design. I just love your videos because you make DIY interesting and informative. Keep making these videos

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Harry - it's comments like yours that keeps me making these vids!

Thanks - Great desk design and video - I made it for use in RV/van - works great

Looks fabulous and great work sir

Great design Charlie - I think I'll make one of these for the grandkids

So clever and loving the space saving feature. Very much needed in a kid's room that needs to grow with them for a while ^_^

Genius! Just bought my first house and obviously I have to start fixin things myself, I am really happy that I found your channel 🙂

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much and good luck with the DIY!!💪👍

Fantastic design , well done 👌

very clever! thank you for sharing!

Nice work charlie...... Very simple and practical..... Thanks for sharing this work

Charlie, you said it's not perfect, oh you jest Sir...it's bloody fantastic 👍👌👏🎊🎊😄👍

very interesting cleaver problem solver ! thanks for sharing

OMG would you believe it - I have wanted make one of these for ages, they are approx £100 plus for one of these. I will be making one soon!! Thanks for all the tips!!!

very good idea, no need for hinges, piano or book, very good job a greeting from Mexico congratulations.

Awesome and simple

GREAT VIDEO, really cool idea with the pin

Greetings from South Africa. Lovely idea Charlie, thanks for the tips, stay well

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

Hey, great to hear from you Val - and very humbled that my funny little channel has reached so far! Thanks for the message - you too!

Thank you very much for the great inspiration for my Murphy desk. Finished it a little while ago. Used your table locking construction with a few optimisations. Great job 👍

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Hey that's great news. Its awesome isn't it. What did you use for the pins? That's where I'd most struggle if I were making this again. Thanks for the comment 👍

Great idea mate, just working out some ideas for my sons bedroom, I don't have the depth to do this in a timber clad wall (concealed) but Iv bought from Ironmongery before so may try them.. eitherway enjoyed watching, thanks

Thanks Charlie.

Thank you so easy. Across the old in Indiana. I need this

This is a great design! I think I'm going to try the your hinge system to turn my bookcase into a bookcase/desk to save space in my living area.

@CharlieDIYte

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Good luck with that 👍🏻

I like what you did there I was thinking of the same thing But not for desk, but for slide in doors for pull-out bed ❤

Love the 'T-shirt', do you sell those? Desk is amazing, that would work well in my flat. Thanks a bunch for sharing this. Well done for achieving 33K followers. Simple DIY at its best!

Brilliant idea for a limited spaced room..

nice build. old fashion system also used for - folding up and sliding in - doors for cabinets it has 2 hinges though

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Very nice desk idea. I could use it but I am in the US! Subscribed!

Very clever idea

@CharlieDIYte

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I can't recall the width and height (we sold it unfortunately).

Brilliant! I need this very thing.

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful 👍

This is amazing, thank you!

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Thanks for the comment. 👍

thx. i love the ideea. i was looking for a folding desk with closing mechanism like yours.

@CharlieDIYte

Жыл бұрын

It's simple but effective. All you need to find is some thick pins like those I used.

Whilst building my wardrobe, I too insert wood glue into my screw holes/joints when building with mdf. It is a great tip. Charlie, I just love your channel, yours was my 1st go to when I was inspired to build my wardrobe. Thanks a 🌷🌷🌷

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Deanne - great to hear from you again! Aw, thanks for that. Can't tell you how much I appreciate comments like that!! I must say, from all your comments it sounds like you're a pretty accomplished DIYer these days! Ha, yes I decided to upgrade my outfit with something new and branded. Got a few polo shirts as well! Not for sale as yet as I can't imagine anyone would want to buy one 🙂 Thanks again!

@PetiteBluebirdgirl

5 жыл бұрын

@@CharlieDIYte My hubby keeps on praising me, so I must be doing something right. I will send to you pictures of my wardrobe build and I thank you for inspiring me to actually do it. I started out with the mere basics of tools and used Homebase (great advise from you) and B&Q to rip the long sheets to size for the main carcass build. I plan to make a video when all is finished to give praise to you Charlie, Peter Millard (10 minute Workshop) and Andy (Gosforth Andyman)... supporting the best (imo) of British in showing the everyday man and woman how to do good DIY. I thank you Charlie, my wardrobe was my biggest project and now I own Router, Bosch Saw with Guide Rail, jig saw, multi-tool and Ryobi Double bevel mitre saw. Channelling out rebates, like you said in your wardrobe video made it all so much easier to get the job done more accurately and I can now make drawers, which a year ago, I thought to be impossible. ♥️🐣🐥😀

Brilliant. I was trying to figure out how it wasn’t falling off the front. And then you delivered the pin reveal. I know your philosophy is DIY without all the complicated kit and huge workshops, but I would say that if a DIYer wants to treat themselves to a more complicated power tool (beyond combi drill and impact driver that most of us have now) I’d go with Router. So useful on so many levels.

@CharlieDIYte

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Must do a DIY game changer vid about that. 👊

brilliant idea !!!!

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Nicely done :)

I'm was just looking for some kind of folding table solution and look what just popped up in my subscription feed! Since I don't need the shelves I was thinking more in the line of a hinged tabletop that could be raised up from a hanging down position with a support leg made of some sheet material that could be swung out until it was perpendicular to the wall, right under the tabletop the support leg would probably be as long as the tabletop extended out from the wall when it was raised and much more narrow at the floor. But this hinge-less design is simply just a lot more elegant solution to the problem and the shelves are just an added bonus. The thickest mdf board I've got at home is about 15 mm and that is probably a little to flimsy to use for a folding table, and since a trip to the hardware store is needed anyway I'll probably try to use 18 mm birch ply instead of mdf. Thank you for the inspiration and the good ideas!

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome Niklas - good to hear from you and thanks for taking the time to tell me about your project. Yes that 18mm sounds like a good option. You just need to make sure that your pins are proportionate in diameter to the thickness of the desk, and therefore strong enough - not that they have to be too strong as they're only guides after all.

Nice thank you 😊

Great video and creation!

@CharlieDIYte

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Nice. Very nice!

@CharlieDIYte

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👊

Hi Charlie, just seen your videos this morning. Good idea for space saving desk. A thought came to me while watching. The two strips of wood that you slot the desk under to keep it down while using the desk - why not put a long piece of MDF plank across them to make in effect another shelf?! I saw you take the lamp from the shelf above to put down onto the desking, but with the plank going across the unit on top of those two strips of wood on either side the lamp or pens etc can stay down there

Great design and who cares if it isn't immaculately finished, it is for a child who know doubt do not always look after things. However the design behind the desk is what is genius and it can be applied to other desks that people can spend more time on and finish to a higher standard should they wish. Great job!

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks - I really appreciate that. Thanks for taking the time to comment!

Genius!

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😉👍

You, Sir, just solved one of my problems in doing my own fold down hingeless table! Been wrecking my brain to make it cost less than the initial plan (cuz those lil thing really costing alot once you total it ups😅)

well done bro

It's an amazing way to make the desk flush with the rest of the bookcase: I picture a wall of inbuilt bookcases with a desk like that, and instead of two side rails the desk slides into a "pocket" created by a very low-sitting shelf that would hold monitors and a desk lamp. It'd be a fantastic solution for a home office in an apartment (or anywhere where space is tight): when you finish for the day the workstation just disappears.

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sasha. Yes that would be a great option. 👍

@womaninwood9177

11 ай бұрын

Sounds like a "DropTop" desk.

Very good

@CharlieDIYte

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Nice house there Charlie you’ve worked hard on it. What projects do you have coming up?

*Quality*

Woah! You live in the Midlands!! Interesting

Ingenious. I love it. Couldn't you just make it wider and taller and even add depth to it? Or does your son just want something totally different? It's really good of you to give it away. Thanks for the video.

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! He wanted something totally different. He's now got a stand alone desk, which has reduced the space by his bed, but that's what he wanted.

Thankyou, I've been trying to figure out something like this. Everything I came up with was going to be overly complicated.

@CharlieDIYte

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it. Yes it worked really well. 👍

Hi Charlie, Do you remember the approximate dimensions of the desk? I wanted to make something similar for my daughter's room. I realise it's a while since you made this, so no issues if you don't recall. Great channel. Cheers

The hingeless design is ingenius. Great work!

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks - you're too kind!!

Nice idea. Just built one for a client. The hardware is a pain.

Hi Charlie, great video as always, thanks. I am wondering what the boxes with holes in them in the underfloor space are?

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robin - really appreciate that and thanks also for generally watching my vids! The boxes with holes in them have the kitchen ceiling down lights in them. It's not so much a heat thing as the LEDs emit almost no heat compared to the CFLS I originally had, but as I was filling between the joists with a Knauff acoustic roll insulation I wanted to keep the down lights away from the insulation and give them a little air circulation. My attempts to insulate the ceiling from sound were pathetic as the Knauff does very little. I should have used Rockwool, followed by an acoustic floor board and not screwed it down. 🙄

@robinwheatley7789

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Charlie, I should have realised! Very sensible of you.

If anyone is interested in buying this desk then please let me know. I'm looking for £50 for it as I've promised the money to my son 🤞

@CJBruce

4 жыл бұрын

Dammit, I missed out on this by 11 months! 🤣

@KimOlarte

3 жыл бұрын

If you ever make another one I would so buy it!

@deanfeltham9216

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Charlie, do u still have the desk? I'd be interested? Long shot I know

great project. I would maybe have used an epoxy glue for the metal pins but I guess there is no real pressure on the glue joint as it only stops the pin from sliding out

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

Fair point. What sort of epoxy would you recommend?

@phililpb

5 жыл бұрын

araldite or something similar. Just the stuff they have in diy shops.

Don't worry about the crayons and sharpies. They all come off with rubbing alcohol, or the gel hand sanitizer (also alcohol)

I must try to do this! Wonder if something can be managed without a router for the pin rails.

@CharlieDIYte

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure how you'd do it - maybe with a sharp chisel 🤔

Great video, good design and as always executed brilliantly. I'm making a bed soon for a customer (in a box room in a semi) it's going up on the wall across the width of the room and because the room is so small it will impede over the window opening. There's currently a single bed in there I've been told I can dismantle and 'use bits of'!! Any advice?!? A little aside here too Charlie.. has anyone mentioned a passing resemblance you have to Gordon Ramsay ?(much better looking than him I hasten to add).

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin - you're not the first one to mention the Gordon Ramsay resemblance 😂 The bed is a tricky one. When you say it's going up on the wall, what do you mean? I probably need to see a picture to comment properly - feel free to email one to me at charliediyte@gmail.com

hi, can i ask how did you hang it on the wall? i can't figure it out

Great idea but the paint will wear off on the door where it sliding in and out. Will will have to repaint it all the time. Maybe a hard wearing vinyl would fix this issue?!

Curious how to hang this desk on the wall?

Where in the Midlands? It'll be great for my boy...

@uBmaniac

5 жыл бұрын

I hope you get it :)

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

Email me at Charliediyte@gmail.com. I'm just checking that my little sis doesn't want it (which is unlikely), and then it's yours!

Мысль

I need to design a jewelry n cosmetics almirah pls guide

Hi Charlie, what are all those mouse box/traps doing under floor😾, down lights, ventilators ?

Is there a way of doing this without a router? This design is exactly what I need but I don't have a router. Maybe a good excuse to buy one? :)

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think so. I meant to talk about the router more in the video. When I bought my De Walt router I was a bit overwhelmed with it at first but it is an invaluable tool now. I use it for everything from rebating locks, putting an ogee edge on skirting boards and of course this. If you're buying one do a bit of research because you could buy a 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch shank router. The 1/4 inch is lighter and easier to use but the 1/2 inch shank is sturdier more powerful and produces more accurate cuts.

@racketman2u

5 жыл бұрын

It's a good question though, that was the first thing that struck me too; I don't have a router, but I do have a lathe, so I thought I could do the same using some aluminium or steel channel and machine some rollers to fit; sounds expensive of time, and it is, but my time costs me nothing! It's always fun to use what you have .

@kevsterman

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Charlie. I think I'm definitely going to get one as I'm moving to a new flat soon and there is so much I want to do that a router will really come in handy.

width and height?

Great and smart idea for the folding desk but you could pay a bit more attention to the finishing (head sides finishing and painting)

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. It only had one top coat and we rushed it a bit towards the end. But I did acknowledge it wasn't perfect.

@racketman2u

5 жыл бұрын

little bits of hindsight like the tip of lacquer/varnish for the surface are always useful, though, thanks!

@serialskeptic

5 жыл бұрын

You are pulling his leg ? I cried tears of blood seeing the crayon-art on the white table. I'm about to tell Charlie : What were you thinking ! Why paint kids' furniture ? Leave it unfinished ! Till they grow up & fix it.

@CharlieDIYte

5 жыл бұрын

@@serialskeptic Ha! I have to say I agree with you!!

7:48 ............Why Bonfire ?......... Dismantle the pieces and reuse to make something else . ....or....pass the whole damm thing through the Jointer....flush the fine dust ....... and no one will know a thing about a missing Gift ?!!

Con tanta letra no se ven los dibujos mucha explicación .concretamente para México mal video