any risk of a fire from all the cables being alone side each other?

Nope. I wouldn't put data and power cables next to each other (electromagnetic induction)...but other than that, looks like a great solution.

AND...how often does one feel great about a $10 purchase (SD deals not included in that )?  

Great idea ID! I did the same thing with something similar. I got mine off an old desk some business was throwing away,

(please don't let this be posted a bunch of times, forums have been real slow to update to show the new post)

I did that a year ago (blog post) and it worked out great, although not as clean since I have the surge protector zip tied to the rack and made a mess with all the looping to keep the wires in there. Looks worse now because I cut the under-board to half-height, so now all the plugs and junk are visible.

I wonder if Walmart has something like that as I refuse to shop at Ikea. I was planning on using zipties but perhaps this is a better solution.

Hi Bebi.

A lot of my cables are kept tidy by conduits made from a couple of lengths of garden hose slit lengthways and nailed to the back side of my desk.  Thing is, I added an extension to the desk for my spare rig, so now I need to get behind there and re-organise it all again.

Hehe, Kona.... that's just like me with Google.

So, what did Ikea ever do to you???

Nice rack!  ........I can't believe I was the first to say that!   seriously though, it looks good. 

Hehe, Fred, that'll get you on the list.

I don't want to talk about it here Starkers.

One solution is to go to some place like Home Depot and buy some thin walled pvc piping the length of your desk or however much you need and then just run a electric saw down the length of it to open up about a 2 inch gap...then just screw it to your desk and drop your cable in it.

That's what I did with the (slightly bigger than standard) garden hose, cut along the length with a craft knife and fixed it to the back of my desk.

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And the great thing about it is that it didn't cost me a cent... well maybe a couple of cents for battery power.  Yeah, I slipped over the fence after dark and cut about 5 foot off the neighbour's hose (he was none the wiser)... then the next morning, I knock on his door to borrow the craft knife to slice up the length.

Nah, seriously, he was tossing it to the tip, and technically (he tells me) it's irrigation hose, not yer standard garden hose, which is why it's a bit bigger in circumference.  Still, it does the trick.

My boss just uses tons of zip ties. He does really clean looking wiring jobs. He'd probably like these things.