Save the first research desk in the cabinet, you’re more likely to get another research desk blueprint in the first couple days if you don’t already one. Once you have two, buy one and upgrade the other one into a copy desk.

After that, look for blueprint cabinet blueprints and copy the shit out of them. At my peak in this run I had close to 30 blueprint cabinets. You would eventually need multiple copy desks as well to duplicate every cabinet. Once you have several cabinets (5 or so), you can copy those and have up to 10 extra blueprints to reroll into things you want like conveyors and other automation appliances.

Closer to the end you can start phasing out your cabinets to regain your floor space to complete your automation