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[–] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My spouse and I both have mid century 5 drawer tanker desks. I'm sitting at it to type this.

Attached to my monitor stand is the modified remains of an 80's gravity lamp. The base broke but the springs are good and it makes a great spotlight.

Our server and tv are built into the remains of an early 80's Zenith console TV. The screen was dead so we cut out space behind the decorative front pannel for a 32in flat screen and cut down the tower to work as scaffolding for the computer parts. Tossed a sound bar in and now it booms like a theater. You don't even notice the 2in of screen that's losts on the ends.

Our stove is a Montgomery Ward from the late 70s. It's an absolute marvel to use. The clock is broken so I'm planning to dismantle that area to put controls for a vent fan I want to install in the attached shelf.

Our fridge is modern but the second I find myself a '64 GE Americana I'm gutting it to modetnize that masterpiece. Unless I find the tools for metal fab first...

My Samsung microwave is from the mid 70's. It doesn't have a turn table but it heats food better than any modern box and has a fraction of the radio leak that my Walmart one had.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    Do you have a writeup with pics for the server/tv project? That sounds very very cool.

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  • [–] 2 points 18 hours ago

    I actually don't, but it's nowhere near as impressive as you might assume lol

    We picked the TV up on marketplace. Unscrewed everything that was originally inside it and disposed of that stuff. I took the plastic faux wood decor off, laid the TV over the hole where the screen was, traced it with sharpie, and cut it with a sawzaw. Now the TV is held in place by the faux wood frame on the front and nylon straps on the back.

    As for the server, I took an old tower and drilled out all the rivets until all the exterior pieces were off, then I used some the loose screws from the TV guts to anchor it too the inside of the TV box.

    We have little strips of fabric covered posterboard hiding the ugly areas at the top and bottom of the screen and if I ever get around to it I'll disable the TV and wrap a full sheet if fabric around the front frame so that it transitions a little better.

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