OK, I will now reveal my secret. It all starts with some of this....
You can find that stuff just about everywhere. Its just your basic metal cube storage rack. The metal squares are one piece, then the plastic corner pieces hold them together however you want. All you need is the metal squares though.
Then, what you are going to want to do is measure out how much you will need. I used 7 pieces. There are 3 down each side of my desk, and then another in the middle right in back.
Here is where the real work comes in. What I did was nail that stuff to the top ledge of the desk. Just a couple nails on both sides to hang it on, then I bent them over so it won't come off.
Then, after you have all your metal squares hung, all you have to do is get to routing the cables. I just did a basic weave with them. The nice thing is, if you have lots of slack in some cables, you can just do some loops with it, and its all the same.
Here are some quick pics to show what I have...
No, I should say, there are a couple things that make this work well for me, and why it might not for you.
First off, my desk is wood (duh). If you don't have that, you are either out of luck, or will have to find other means to hang the metal squares.
The second is that the back edge of my desktop and the back of that lower back-splash are separated by about 5 inches. This gives plenty of room for the squares to hang down with room to work and route the cables easily. Also, they don't clank around and rattle, which my "
500W Footrest" is known to do.
And lastly, that lower back-splash is just long enough that you can't see the metal squares hanging down. This desk was my parents old desk. I just took it because I wanted a new one, not knowing initially how sweet it would turn out to be.
I hope that gives people an idea of what I'm working with. Its
slightly messy back there if you get down and look. But really, who does that?? I take the "
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind" approach to cabling. You never see them after you have things wired, so if its a little messy, who cares. But, with my system, even though it might look a little cluttered, if I need to get any of the cables out, its a snap, since they are all routed in separate loops.
If you have any other questions, let me know, and I will try to answer. Or get better pics, if anyone wants. I'd rather not have to move the desk, but if people want to really see it, I can work on that this weekend. Let me know.
