About Geek Made

Geek Made is home to THE original wooden controller stands loved by gamers and game studios worldwide. 

In 2020 we were honored as official Designed for Xbox licensed partners!  Please check listings for this designation to see if the product you're looking for is an officially licensed design.

WHO WE ARE :
From the outside-in we are pretty boring yet ridiculously busy doing who-knows-what, run-kids-around-all-day-and-night neighbors. But come on over and we'll quickly go giddy about the latest technology, gaming, and our baby - Geek Made. When you reach out to Geek Made, you're getting Garin (an expert CAD Engineer by day, gamer/woodworker-hack by night, and avid cyclist on the in-between) and Shanan (a retired Type-A corporate event planner, a forever foodie and world traveler, and an expert people-lover whose goal is to welcome you and make you feel at home as your new best friend at Geek Made).  We're ridiculously passionate people in every aspect of our life and are honored you found us.  Say hello when you can, we're here and always happy to chat!

HOW WE STARTED
Shanan despised the messy compilation of electronics laying around the house and regularly pleaded (begged) Garin for a solution. With a background in mechanical engineering and a knack for playing in CAD, Garin attempted a cleaner, more modern solution to storing gaming hardware.  Friends and family quickly commented on the genius behind his designs - and Geek Made was born. We are honored to be the creators of this space in the gaming world and are humbled by the reception of gamers and gaming studios everywhere.

OUR PASSION
Each product we cut, laser-etch, and hand-finish ourselves. We take a painstaking amount of time on each piece to make sure it's perfect for you. We don't want our customers just happy, we want them raving fans. We hope our passion for gaming and quality of product shines through from the moment you visit our store to the moment you receive your order.

THE PROCESS:
We often get comments on the ridiculous quality of our products.  We almost-as-often get questions on how we accomplish that quality.  This is how we knock your socks off:

1 - WOOD SELECTION: We start by hand-selecting each piece of lumber from our local supplier.  We only use high-quality domestic hardwoods - Black Walnut, White Oak, and Hard Maple.  Nothing is imported.  Nothing is done in bulk. We sort through thousands of feet of lumber, trying to find that perfect color, pattern, size.  Less than 10% of the lumber we sort through is good enough for Geek Made. 

2 - WOOD PREP: We plane, chop, and sand each piece before dropping it onto our CNC where we carve the configuration based on customer request.  If you've purchased multiple pieces in your order, we do everything we can do get all pieces milled from the same piece of lumber so that your color, grain, and patterns match seamlessly.  

3 - HAND WORK: Once milled on the CNC, the hard work begins.  Pieces with small knots or splits get resin filled, then we hand router, sand, and Dremel the piece before oiling with the highest of quality sealants.  Repeat.  Three times.  With 24 hrs between each step.

4 - FINAL STEPS: After the third day and final coat of sealant, we add any customer modifications (podiums, laser etching, headset hangers), and polish with a Beeswax/Orange Oil conditioner or specialty wax for a buttery smooth (but not too shiny!) finish.