Art Mulder
09-30-2015, 10:09 AM
As we geared up for the new school year, my wife and I realized that we really needed another writing desk for one of children to use. Given that the school year had already started, I saw this a challenge to build a project very quickly!!
(More details and a build video are on my website)
Started with this piece of plywood
http://i.imgur.com/YnhE4Pk.jpg (http://imgur.com/YnhE4Pk)
Came up with this shaker-style desk plan
http://i.imgur.com/rWJYNyW.jpg (http://imgur.com/rWJYNyW)
I added fake breadboard ends to the top to make it look less like "just" a plywood top:
http://i.imgur.com/Zzv6lfH.jpg (http://imgur.com/Zzv6lfH)
No one ever has enough clamps:
http://i.imgur.com/ON7ExVF.jpg (http://imgur.com/ON7ExVF)
Upside down dry fit (Front notch/curve not yet cut):
http://i.imgur.com/X9cooXs.jpg (http://imgur.com/X9cooXs)
Quick construction == mostly assembled with pocket hole screws.
But with five screws there, 1-1/2" long, it was a SOLID joint.
http://i.imgur.com/mljYE5F.jpg (http://imgur.com/mljYE5F)
Finishing....
http://i.imgur.com/Mw5kJjW.jpg (http://imgur.com/Mw5kJjW)
http://i.imgur.com/Z4NgKDB.jpg (http://imgur.com/Z4NgKDB)
http://i.imgur.com/mNUOdLF.jpg (http://imgur.com/mNUOdLF)
(More details and a build video are on my website)
Started with this piece of plywood
http://i.imgur.com/YnhE4Pk.jpg (http://imgur.com/YnhE4Pk)
Came up with this shaker-style desk plan
http://i.imgur.com/rWJYNyW.jpg (http://imgur.com/rWJYNyW)
I added fake breadboard ends to the top to make it look less like "just" a plywood top:
http://i.imgur.com/Zzv6lfH.jpg (http://imgur.com/Zzv6lfH)
No one ever has enough clamps:
http://i.imgur.com/ON7ExVF.jpg (http://imgur.com/ON7ExVF)
Upside down dry fit (Front notch/curve not yet cut):
http://i.imgur.com/X9cooXs.jpg (http://imgur.com/X9cooXs)
Quick construction == mostly assembled with pocket hole screws.
But with five screws there, 1-1/2" long, it was a SOLID joint.
http://i.imgur.com/mljYE5F.jpg (http://imgur.com/mljYE5F)
Finishing....
http://i.imgur.com/Mw5kJjW.jpg (http://imgur.com/Mw5kJjW)
http://i.imgur.com/Z4NgKDB.jpg (http://imgur.com/Z4NgKDB)
http://i.imgur.com/mNUOdLF.jpg (http://imgur.com/mNUOdLF)