Yawman And Erbe Desk
Do any of you have one of these in your garage? I am talking about the very heavy steel desks, probably from the 40s or 50s, often in olive green or gray, some with a metal top and some covered with a kid of tar/rubber top. Couple/few drawers on the right side, sometimes a cabinet on the left, plus a narrow drawer in the middle. I let a roaming scrap metal guy haul one away a couple years ago, kind of regret it now. But, I have one old beat up one in a shed that needs to be cleaned up if I am going to use it. There is also at least one, in good condition, in my parents' basement that would be free for the taking.
If anyone might appreciate and use these things, I figure it would be people on here. Is 'battleship' a common slang name for them? I don't know what drafting linoleum is like. The one the scrap guy hauled away had a top that was covered in some sort of like a waxy/rubber deal. I had chipped/peeled most of it away when it was being used in my upstairs office.
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The weight is impressive.from a time when manufacturers did not skimp on steel. It took me and a friend to carry mine upstairs, with lots of grunting. The more I think about it, the more I want one in my garage.
But, they don't offer a ton of storage.although the drawers are pretty deep.:headscrat. Steelcase is one of several brands; I think Hamilton and Hon were others. The one in your picture is I think later perhaps 60's the early desks has stub leg and the later ones had full height legs that form the corners.
One of the companies that made steel desks 'Hon' had a factory across the way for a hangar I used to fly from and their front office had an old Decoish desk. I got seconds shelving and door cabinets from them.
The rounder the better for the Mid-Century collectors, the ornate detail was aluminum trim around the top and base IIRC kind of like body side molding. 'battleship desk' is fairly common slang amongst the used office furniture guys I know. Or, 'tanker desk'. Just describe what you're looking for and you can see the lightbulb go off on top of their head. Usually followed by 'I know exactly what you're looking for, follow me!'
Drafting linoleum comes in various thicknesses. When new, it has an extremely smooth top with a light matte sheen. It's usually about.075' thick, +-, although I've seen it up to 1/8' thick on desks. It is designed to provide an optimum writing surface, which has a very small amount of 'give' under the point of the writing instrument. This prevents a pencil from skating on the paper, as it does on a hard surface. It also allows for a more uniform density mark and provides a surface that can be pricked by drafting instruments like compasses, dividers, and trammels.
It's made in the same process as linoleum flooring, but to much higher standards of quality. Sunday In Hell Torrent. Bull, I'd love to have one of those older desks in my garage.
One things stops me.space. If I had a much bigger garage, I'd find the room for one. A lot of times people will give them away b/c they just want them gone. Those big old metal desks are kind of like pool tables.you can't wait to get one.but when you really need the space, you can't wait to get rid of it!:spit: btw, I type my messages on a 1940s wood desk that I restored the top of with a beautiful mahogany finish. I took the drawers out of it and carried it in here by myself.
Being 50' wide and 26' deep (the desk, not me!) I was able to handle it. I think a 60' x 30' one, which is a standard size, would've been a bit too heavy for one person.:). Yes, I have one of those old 'Tanker' style desks in my Garage. They are serious Beasts. It has a thick Rubber Top on it. An Aluminum trip strip around the top.
I Keep a spare Computer on it. My Desk has a nice center drawer with a metal orginizer. On the right side is 3 pull out drawers with removable metal seperators. On the left is 1 large metal door that opens (I keep all my Drills/Cases.Sanders/Cases.Nailers/Cases inside there. Originally it had a hydraulic shelf that would swing out and lift up.used for some type of Machine shop equipment.