**Building a Custom Table PC: A DIY Project**

We are primarily going to be using floating shelf brackets for this project, but even on a brick wall like this, these aren't really going to be secure enough for my tastes. So, we're going to be following it up with something else in just a minute. But before we do that, let's talk about how to mount the shelves onto the wall. It's a good idea to use a level to make a line where you want the shelf to be giving a reference mark for the position of the shelf brackets. Then, with a drill on hammer mode and an appropriate masonry bit, the holes for the brackets can now be made. I like sticking a little bag underneath the drill to catch most of the brick dust - it's pretty hard stuff to clean off the carpet.

The holes successfully drilled out, they can now be followed up by some good quality roll plugs that are suitable for brick. Although, do keep in mind that you'll need to push these past any plaster so that they get a solid grip when the screws are added. So, with these successfully mounted in place, I'm actually way more confident in their ability to hold up the shelf without any extra help and this is purely down to the solid brick wall. However, if you have a wall where there's plasterboard and then the brick, you will definitely need to use an additional external bracket for each side as well.

The ones I have here are actually similar in aesthetics to the original table PC legs and they were made custom for me by a chap called Joe. I've placed a link in the description if you'd like to buy a set of these yourself as well, but for now, I think it's about time we mount the shelf in place. This is a two-person job, so don't try and do this yourself - unless you have an extra pair of hands, that is. Although, I'm a solo crew, and there's no one else around to help me, so I'll just have to get on with it.

Before doing anything else, it's very important to lock the shelf to the floating brackets so that it doesn't slide off. Although the shelf itself looks absolutely brilliant, what doesn't look brilliant are the wires - they look really obvious. Ideally, what you do in this situation is chisel out a groove in your wall, put the wires inside, and then plaster over it and then repaint it, and it will just make them disappear. And that would be just a shelf and nothing else - it would look fantastic.

However, I realize that not many of you actually want to chisel grooves in your wall, so what we're going to do instead is disguise them. There are plenty of ways of doing this, but my favorite is to use draping plants like this ivy to cover the wires. Mine is just a baby at this point, though, and not long enough, so I followed it up with some extra bits from outside and a fern at the base. This doesn't look quite as good as it will do once my iv has grown properly, but once the desk is in place, followed up by all of the extra bits and bobs, it still successfully distracts your eye, resulting in the wires being a lot less noticeable.

So much so, in fact, that if you didn't know otherwise, there really is no indication that this is anything but a set of furniture. The clean look is helped along a lot by the use of a power cable splitter - meaning that the only cable that exits the case is a single power cord that powers both the PC inside and the monitor. Even this is super neat as it can be routed down the back of one of the legs.

**The Benefits of This Desk**

So, we're all in! I would say that this is a beautiful build - so what are the benefits of having a setup like this? Well, primarily, I would say that it's just super neat and elegant. I'd even go as far to say that this is the cleanest desktop experience you can have - and that's saying quite a lot. Another benefit is that it's a very space efficient - for example, with it all folded away, you not only get the entire table on which to work, but you also get plenty of storage space on top of the shelf as well, which is pretty cool.

A side benefit of all of this is that it's fairly theft proof - I mean, you can't steal something if you don't know it's there, so it's got peace of mind on that front. Other than that, I think that's it for this video, and I hope you found it a satisfying conclusion to the table PC project. I'm personally very pleased with it, but other than that - that was actually easier than I thought not bad look at that now.

Now, before I sign off, just one final thing - the hinge system is really well done. With a quick twist of the latch, the desk folds up neatly, and when you open it back up, it's as if nothing has happened. It's like magic! Well, not quite, but it feels like it. So, there you have it - our custom table PC build. I hope you enjoyed watching this project come together, and I'll see you in the next video.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enif you've seen my previous video you'll know that this table is actually hollow and has a high power pc built into it this was done to be super minimal and also hidden and it works really well however the game is given away completely by the monitor and you can instantly tell that this is a computer setup however this monitor isn't actually plugged in and that's because it's not the monitor i'm going to be using oh no this is the monitor how cool is that and in this video i'm going to be showing you exactly how to build one not only is this perhaps one of the most interesting desk setups you can have but it results in a workstation that's incredibly elegant and versatile with a gentle push the monitor can vanish from view leaving a clean and clear work area blurring the lines between furniture and technology the build process we're going to employ for this hidden monitor system is going to start off similarly to the build process used for the table pc in that we're going to make the top of it out of a thin sheet of aluminium bordered by a perimeter of real hardwood just like the pc project the hardwood needs to be cut at 45 degree angles using a miter saw after which they can be screwed in place permanently to the aluminium with some countersunk wood screws the back edge however needs a section chiseled out at each end to make a dip which can then be followed up by a rectangular cutout these cutouts and dips offer shelf brackets intended for diy floating shelves a link to which you can find in this video's description we're going to use two of these on each side for extra strength and as you can see the dips on the back edge allow them to be flush with the wood the other ends can be supported by a little block of wood that has another rectangle cut in it and it's a good idea to cut the inside edge of this at an angle so that the brackets self-centre when the shelf gets mounted onto the wall you'll thank yourself later now for some extra rigidity we can also add a length of wood in parallel to these brackets as well so with that done for both sides we can cap these areas off with some more aluminium one of these panels can be mounted permanently with some wood screws but the other side needs to be removable for cable routing purposes so it's a good idea to use some threaded inserts here instead so that its accompanying panel can be screwed in place with some machine screws as these are easy to unscrew when required now just like the table pc i rounded off the front corners of my aluminium sheets which means that the wood needs to be rounded off as well so flipping the whole thing over it should be looking something like this and it's now time to make the top of it look like wood i covered this process in detail in the table pc project but briefly it involves cleaning and then sanding the aluminium followed up immediately by some epoxy resin after which some real hardwood veneer can be squashed down on top now some of you did suggest the use of contact cement but i would still stand by using epoxy as it's a lot more forgiving with any mistakes of alignment as you can simply reposition it until it's cured now once this has cured the excess veneer can be trimmed off carefully and the whole thing sanded down to make it nice and smooth after which it can be oiled for a richer finish so with this framework essentially complete now we can move on to making the all-important hinge system for the monitor now the monitor i'm going to use for this project is this recently released i am a g-master monitor now as you can see it's got an ultra wide aspect ratio which isn't in itself unusual however what is unusual is that it is flat fronted without a curve and this means that its profile is thin enough to fit into our shelf so the first thing to do is remove the stand which is just held in place by four screws these four screw holes here are actually known as vaso mounting holes and are standard on most monitors for mounting them onto different stands or monitor arms so we can utilize them for mounting it to our hinge system the hinges we're going to use for this system are standard kitchen cabinet door hinges which are strong and are able to hinge the final monitor out in such a way that brings it forwards slightly from the shelf now the brackets for these are actually detachable so i'll take them off and mark the mounting hole positions onto yet another sheet of aluminium with these mounting holes countersunk on the other side the hinges can be clamped in place with some plastic spaces as this sheet will likely have some bend to it you may want to add some aluminium angles along the edge to make it more rigid as well for the monitor mounting holes we can make a template of the monitor's vaser holes using a piece of paper and transfer these onto the back of the aluminium and then drill through them again making sure that they're countersunk at this point it's a good idea to check that it can hold the monitor up but before we screw this in place permanently we need to add this platform to our shelf to do this we can get some blocks of wood and drill a hole in each that's the appropriate size for the hinges which in my case is 35 millimeters before mounting the hinges in place however you may want to chisel out a shallow dip and curve off the rear edge so that the wood won't block the hinges in any way once they're screwed in place nice so with that we can place this platform against the front edge of the shelf and screw it down with that done the whole thing opens and closes really easily and the countersunk screws on the back allow it to be completely flush when closed one really important thing that we do need to make however is a catch that will hold it at 90 degrees when open and to do this we're going to use you guessed it a few pieces of aluminium the first piece has a hole at one end which will be the main hinge point and two holes further along its length these extra two holes are for mounting it to the second piece which as you can see has two matching slots for the holes and a final anchor point at the end with some nuts and bolts loosely keeping these pieces together they can slide back and forth quite easily and this will prove very important for our 90 degree support catch to work properly after mounting the remaining piece to the main hinge point the end of this final piece can be screwed to the top edge of our opening platform even if you use locking nuts for all of these joints by the way you may still want to add either thread lock or super glue so that they'll never work themselves loose the last point that needs to be joined up is the anchor point hole which i simply screwed to an aluminum angle which was then in turn screwed to the back edge as you can see this system allows the catch to flex to a 45 degree angle in order to support the platform but to stop it from opening too far it's a good idea to screw in place a short length of aluminium to limit its range of motion which works really well to lock it in place the intention for this is for gravity to hold it in its locked position when the shelf is the right way up as you'll see in just a minute at this point however we can finally add the monitor and also add a little wooden catch at the back to lock it down when closed so we're almost there but now we've got to make a fairly significant aesthetic choice you see the monitor itself is really obvious here but as this is the underside you'll only see it if you actively look underneath the shelf if you want to hide the monitor completely however you could add a sheet of aluminium here as well which could then hinge away at the back to lie against the wall allowing the monitor to hinge forward towards the viewer when you're done with it you could then hinge the monitor closed and then follow it up with the aluminium sheet to completely hide it away and if it was finished off with veneer it would leave no suggestion that there's actually a monitor inside a simpler alternative to this however is to simply use some matte black vinyl wrap to make the aluminium match the monitor's colour and texture along with a front edge to finish things off this does a great job of making the monitor less obvious when looking at it directly and makes the mechanism much simpler to implement the final thing to do now is add the display cable and power wire for the monitor which can be carefully routed through the shelf using some stick on cable clips as we have the foresight to make the panel here removable it can simply be unscrewed for the wires to be threaded through a dip which in my case was added earlier using a coping saw this panel also has a groove in it for the wires to fit through after which it can be mounted back in place so even looking at this underneath it looks pretty good and when the right way up you just would never think there was a monitor in there but before we mount this onto the wall and test it out it's time for a quick ad from this video's sponsor private internet access vpn as we rely on the internet more than ever for work and just our everyday lives online security has never been so important with private internet access you can not only mask your ip address and stop it from being visible to the websites and services that you use but you can stop your internet service provider from being able to see what websites you are visiting which in turn stops them from being able to store this data and potentially sell it onto third parties and this is far beyond just what opening a private tab will do because all that will do is stop your computer from storing it locally another cool thing about private internet access is that you can choose to appear to be browsing the internet from a different country which is great for bypassing geo restrictions and allows you to watch things like netflix shows that might not be available in your region it's available on all major platforms from mac and windows to android and ios and they operate a strict no log policy with a single subscription you can protect up to 10 devices at once and they have a 30 day money back guarantee so you can just try it out so if all this sounds good to you visit this link in the description through which you can get the entire service for less than three dollars per month with three months completely free which sounds pretty good to me so protect your internet today with the link below now as this is really rather heavy we need to make sure that it's mounted very securely onto the wall now as i mentioned earlier we are primarily going to be using floating shelf brackets for this but even on a brick wall like this these aren't really going to be secure enough for my tastes so we're going to be following it with something else in just a minute but to mount these onto the wall it's a good idea to use a level to make a line where you want the shelf to be giving a reference mark for the position of the shelf brackets then with a drill on hammer mode and an appropriate masonry bit the holes for the brackets can now be made i like sticking a little bag underneath the drill to catch most of the brick dust here as it's pretty hard stuff to clean off the carpet with these holes successfully drilled out they can now be followed up by some good quality roll plugs that are suitable for brick although do keep in mind that you'll need to push these past any plaster so that they get a solid grip when the screws are added so with these successfully mounted in place i'm actually way more confident in their ability to hold up the shelf without any extra help and this is purely down to the solid brick wall however if you have a wall where there's plasterboard and then the brick you will definitely need to use an additional external bracket for each side as well the ones i have here are actually similar in aesthetics to the original table pc's legs and they were made custom for me by a chap called joe and i've placed a link in the description if you'd like to buy a set of these yourself as well but for now i think it's about time we mount the shelf in place now this is a two-person job so don't try and do this yourself however i'm a solo crew and there's no one else around to help me so i have to that was actually easier than i thought not bad look at that now before doing anything else it's very important to lock the shelf to the floating brackets so that it doesn't slide off now although the shelf itself looks absolutely brilliant what doesn't look brilliant the wires they look really obvious now ideally what you do in this situation is chisel out a groove in your wall put the wires inside and then plaster over it and then repaint it and it will just make them disappear and it would be just a shelf and nothing else and that would look fantastic however i realize that not many of you actually want to chisel grooves in your wall so what we're going to do instead is disguise them there are plenty of ways of doing this but my favorite is to use draping plants like this ivy to cover the wires mine is just a baby at this point though and not long enough so i followed it up with some extra bits from outside and a fern at the base this doesn't look quite as good as it will do once my iv has grown properly but once the desk is in place followed up by all of the extra bits and bobs it still successfully distracts your eye resulting in the wires being a lot less noticeable so much so in fact that if you didn't know otherwise there really is no indication that this is anything but a set of furniture this clean look is helped along a lot by the use of a power cable splitter meaning that the only cable that exits the case is a single power cord that powers both the pc inside and the monitor and even this is super neat as it can be routed down the back of one of the legs with this done the build is complete and we can now try out the hinge system with a quick twist the latch releases the monitor allowing it to fold forwards the scratch built catch also works brilliantly as gravity pulls it down and locks it in place to lift the monitor up again it's just a case of pushing lightly on the catch which releases it allowing the monitor to hinge back up into the shelf nice so we're all in i would say that this is a beautiful build so what are the benefits of having a setup like this well primarily i would say that it's just super neat and elegant i'd even go as far to say that this is the cleanest desktop experience you can have and that's saying quite a lot now another benefit is that it's a very space efficient for example with it all folded away you not only get the entire table on which to work but you get plenty of storage space on top of the shelf as well which is pretty cool now a side benefit of all of this is that it's fairly theft proof i mean you can't steal something if you don't know it's there so it's got peace of mind on that front but other than that i think that's it for this video and i hope you found it a satisfying conclusion to the table pc project i'm personally very pleased with it but other than that i'm matt you've been watching diy perks and i hope to see you next time goodbye for nowif you've seen my previous video you'll know that this table is actually hollow and has a high power pc built into it this was done to be super minimal and also hidden and it works really well however the game is given away completely by the monitor and you can instantly tell that this is a computer setup however this monitor isn't actually plugged in and that's because it's not the monitor i'm going to be using oh no this is the monitor how cool is that and in this video i'm going to be showing you exactly how to build one not only is this perhaps one of the most interesting desk setups you can have but it results in a workstation that's incredibly elegant and versatile with a gentle push the monitor can vanish from view leaving a clean and clear work area blurring the lines between furniture and technology the build process we're going to employ for this hidden monitor system is going to start off similarly to the build process used for the table pc in that we're going to make the top of it out of a thin sheet of aluminium bordered by a perimeter of real hardwood just like the pc project the hardwood needs to be cut at 45 degree angles using a miter saw after which they can be screwed in place permanently to the aluminium with some countersunk wood screws the back edge however needs a section chiseled out at each end to make a dip which can then be followed up by a rectangular cutout these cutouts and dips offer shelf brackets intended for diy floating shelves a link to which you can find in this video's description we're going to use two of these on each side for extra strength and as you can see the dips on the back edge allow them to be flush with the wood the other ends can be supported by a little block of wood that has another rectangle cut in it and it's a good idea to cut the inside edge of this at an angle so that the brackets self-centre when the shelf gets mounted onto the wall you'll thank yourself later now for some extra rigidity we can also add a length of wood in parallel to these brackets as well so with that done for both sides we can cap these areas off with some more aluminium one of these panels can be mounted permanently with some wood screws but the other side needs to be removable for cable routing purposes so it's a good idea to use some threaded inserts here instead so that its accompanying panel can be screwed in place with some machine screws as these are easy to unscrew when required now just like the table pc i rounded off the front corners of my aluminium sheets which means that the wood needs to be rounded off as well so flipping the whole thing over it should be looking something like this and it's now time to make the top of it look like wood i covered this process in detail in the table pc project but briefly it involves cleaning and then sanding the aluminium followed up immediately by some epoxy resin after which some real hardwood veneer can be squashed down on top now some of you did suggest the use of contact cement but i would still stand by using epoxy as it's a lot more forgiving with any mistakes of alignment as you can simply reposition it until it's cured now once this has cured the excess veneer can be trimmed off carefully and the whole thing sanded down to make it nice and smooth after which it can be oiled for a richer finish so with this framework essentially complete now we can move on to making the all-important hinge system for the monitor now the monitor i'm going to use for this project is this recently released i am a g-master monitor now as you can see it's got an ultra wide aspect ratio which isn't in itself unusual however what is unusual is that it is flat fronted without a curve and this means that its profile is thin enough to fit into our shelf so the first thing to do is remove the stand which is just held in place by four screws these four screw holes here are actually known as vaso mounting holes and are standard on most monitors for mounting them onto different stands or monitor arms so we can utilize them for mounting it to our hinge system the hinges we're going to use for this system are standard kitchen cabinet door hinges which are strong and are able to hinge the final monitor out in such a way that brings it forwards slightly from the shelf now the brackets for these are actually detachable so i'll take them off and mark the mounting hole positions onto yet another sheet of aluminium with these mounting holes countersunk on the other side the hinges can be clamped in place with some plastic spaces as this sheet will likely have some bend to it you may want to add some aluminium angles along the edge to make it more rigid as well for the monitor mounting holes we can make a template of the monitor's vaser holes using a piece of paper and transfer these onto the back of the aluminium and then drill through them again making sure that they're countersunk at this point it's a good idea to check that it can hold the monitor up but before we screw this in place permanently we need to add this platform to our shelf to do this we can get some blocks of wood and drill a hole in each that's the appropriate size for the hinges which in my case is 35 millimeters before mounting the hinges in place however you may want to chisel out a shallow dip and curve off the rear edge so that the wood won't block the hinges in any way once they're screwed in place nice so with that we can place this platform against the front edge of the shelf and screw it down with that done the whole thing opens and closes really easily and the countersunk screws on the back allow it to be completely flush when closed one really important thing that we do need to make however is a catch that will hold it at 90 degrees when open and to do this we're going to use you guessed it a few pieces of aluminium the first piece has a hole at one end which will be the main hinge point and two holes further along its length these extra two holes are for mounting it to the second piece which as you can see has two matching slots for the holes and a final anchor point at the end with some nuts and bolts loosely keeping these pieces together they can slide back and forth quite easily and this will prove very important for our 90 degree support catch to work properly after mounting the remaining piece to the main hinge point the end of this final piece can be screwed to the top edge of our opening platform even if you use locking nuts for all of these joints by the way you may still want to add either thread lock or super glue so that they'll never work themselves loose the last point that needs to be joined up is the anchor point hole which i simply screwed to an aluminum angle which was then in turn screwed to the back edge as you can see this system allows the catch to flex to a 45 degree angle in order to support the platform but to stop it from opening too far it's a good idea to screw in place a short length of aluminium to limit its range of motion which works really well to lock it in place the intention for this is for gravity to hold it in its locked position when the shelf is the right way up as you'll see in just a minute at this point however we can finally add the monitor and also add a little wooden catch at the back to lock it down when closed so we're almost there but now we've got to make a fairly significant aesthetic choice you see the monitor itself is really obvious here but as this is the underside you'll only see it if you actively look underneath the shelf if you want to hide the monitor completely however you could add a sheet of aluminium here as well which could then hinge away at the back to lie against the wall allowing the monitor to hinge forward towards the viewer when you're done with it you could then hinge the monitor closed and then follow it up with the aluminium sheet to completely hide it away and if it was finished off with veneer it would leave no suggestion that there's actually a monitor inside a simpler alternative to this however is to simply use some matte black vinyl wrap to make the aluminium match the monitor's colour and texture along with a front edge to finish things off this does a great job of making the monitor less obvious when looking at it directly and makes the mechanism much simpler to implement the final thing to do now is add the display cable and power wire for the monitor which can be carefully routed through the shelf using some stick on cable clips as we have the foresight to make the panel here removable it can simply be unscrewed for the wires to be threaded through a dip which in my case was added earlier using a coping saw this panel also has a groove in it for the wires to fit through after which it can be mounted back in place so even looking at this underneath it looks pretty good and when the right way up you just would never think there was a monitor in there but before we mount this onto the wall and test it out it's time for a quick ad from this video's sponsor private internet access vpn as we rely on the internet more than ever for work and just our everyday lives online security has never been so important with private internet access you can not only mask your ip address and stop it from being visible to the websites and services that you use but you can stop your internet service provider from being able to see what websites you are visiting which in turn stops them from being able to store this data and potentially sell it onto third parties and this is far beyond just what opening a private tab will do because all that will do is stop your computer from storing it locally another cool thing about private internet access is that you can choose to appear to be browsing the internet from a different country which is great for bypassing geo restrictions and allows you to watch things like netflix shows that might not be available in your region it's available on all major platforms from mac and windows to android and ios and they operate a strict no log policy with a single subscription you can protect up to 10 devices at once and they have a 30 day money back guarantee so you can just try it out so if all this sounds good to you visit this link in the description through which you can get the entire service for less than three dollars per month with three months completely free which sounds pretty good to me so protect your internet today with the link below now as this is really rather heavy we need to make sure that it's mounted very securely onto the wall now as i mentioned earlier we are primarily going to be using floating shelf brackets for this but even on a brick wall like this these aren't really going to be secure enough for my tastes so we're going to be following it with something else in just a minute but to mount these onto the wall it's a good idea to use a level to make a line where you want the shelf to be giving a reference mark for the position of the shelf brackets then with a drill on hammer mode and an appropriate masonry bit the holes for the brackets can now be made i like sticking a little bag underneath the drill to catch most of the brick dust here as it's pretty hard stuff to clean off the carpet with these holes successfully drilled out they can now be followed up by some good quality roll plugs that are suitable for brick although do keep in mind that you'll need to push these past any plaster so that they get a solid grip when the screws are added so with these successfully mounted in place i'm actually way more confident in their ability to hold up the shelf without any extra help and this is purely down to the solid brick wall however if you have a wall where there's plasterboard and then the brick you will definitely need to use an additional external bracket for each side as well the ones i have here are actually similar in aesthetics to the original table pc's legs and they were made custom for me by a chap called joe and i've placed a link in the description if you'd like to buy a set of these yourself as well but for now i think it's about time we mount the shelf in place now this is a two-person job so don't try and do this yourself however i'm a solo crew and there's no one else around to help me so i have to that was actually easier than i thought not bad look at that now before doing anything else it's very important to lock the shelf to the floating brackets so that it doesn't slide off now although the shelf itself looks absolutely brilliant what doesn't look brilliant the wires they look really obvious now ideally what you do in this situation is chisel out a groove in your wall put the wires inside and then plaster over it and then repaint it and it will just make them disappear and it would be just a shelf and nothing else and that would look fantastic however i realize that not many of you actually want to chisel grooves in your wall so what we're going to do instead is disguise them there are plenty of ways of doing this but my favorite is to use draping plants like this ivy to cover the wires mine is just a baby at this point though and not long enough so i followed it up with some extra bits from outside and a fern at the base this doesn't look quite as good as it will do once my iv has grown properly but once the desk is in place followed up by all of the extra bits and bobs it still successfully distracts your eye resulting in the wires being a lot less noticeable so much so in fact that if you didn't know otherwise there really is no indication that this is anything but a set of furniture this clean look is helped along a lot by the use of a power cable splitter meaning that the only cable that exits the case is a single power cord that powers both the pc inside and the monitor and even this is super neat as it can be routed down the back of one of the legs with this done the build is complete and we can now try out the hinge system with a quick twist the latch releases the monitor allowing it to fold forwards the scratch built catch also works brilliantly as gravity pulls it down and locks it in place to lift the monitor up again it's just a case of pushing lightly on the catch which releases it allowing the monitor to hinge back up into the shelf nice so we're all in i would say that this is a beautiful build so what are the benefits of having a setup like this well primarily i would say that it's just super neat and elegant i'd even go as far to say that this is the cleanest desktop experience you can have and that's saying quite a lot now another benefit is that it's a very space efficient for example with it all folded away you not only get the entire table on which to work but you get plenty of storage space on top of the shelf as well which is pretty cool now a side benefit of all of this is that it's fairly theft proof i mean you can't steal something if you don't know it's there so it's got peace of mind on that front but other than that i think that's it for this video and i hope you found it a satisfying conclusion to the table pc project i'm personally very pleased with it but other than that i'm matt you've been watching diy perks and i hope to see you next time goodbye for now\n"