10.2 Measuring the real desk

AI workstation · 15 Oct 2026

The desk model: the shelf's left end, its leg and the main monitor's end

Before anything clamps onto the desk, the desk had to become a model. It holds the desk top, the oak shelf, its two steel legs and the main monitor, so Claude can check fits against it.

Part	Measurement	Source
Shelf	Solid oak, 1200 × 200 × 19 mm	Measured
Shelf height	Top 116 mm above the desk, underside at 97	Measured
Legs	Black steel strip bent into a loop across the shelf's depth, 35 mm in from each end	Measured
Leg flanges	The strip's ends turn in under the shelf, 80 mm apart at their tips	A rule, in inches
Main monitor	LG 49WQ95C, 1215 mm wide, 3800R curve, 12.6 kg, on an arm	Spec
Monitor's bottom edge	176 mm above the desk	Measured
Monitor's face	About 60 mm behind the shelf's front edge	Tape

Screens are drawn in cornflower blue against black cases, so they stand out in every render.

The wall behind the desk is plasterboard, with a vertical line I read as a stud. I've kept that for a wall mount later.