I had some spare off cut Tasmanian Oak timber, I wanted to use as much as possible without buying more timber, I just needed to buy drawer runners and mdf board for the drawer base, I had the material for the top of the desk that I purchased from Bunnings when they were at a bargain price.
Materials
Offcuts/spare Tasmanian Oak, these were given to me from a friend , he was going to use it for firewood.
Two drawer runners, soft close.
6mm mdf board.
Various screws for fitting mdf board, rails and desk top.
Pine timber for the drawer.
Specrite timber for desktop.
8 mm dominoes for legs and rails.
Timber glue.
Tools
Mitre saw.
Table saw
Router and bits .
Router table, to machine to size edges of timber.
Router table to cut box joints.
Router table to cut mortises.
Sander.
Screw driver.
Speed square.
Steps
Step 1
Draw up desk material list.
Gather and purchase materials.
Cut legs to size on table saw.
Step 2
Router and sand timber legs to size.
Step 3
Prepare legs for floating mortises, using Domino’s/timber biscuits.
Dry fit, then glue base.
Step 4
Prepare top section of desk. I decided to make them with the box joint method.
Sample piece made before cutting the final product.
The box joints were made on a router table using a homemade box joint jig.
Sand all over , then glue together.
Fit to desk base, using small timber brackets.
Step 5
The drawer is made from pine timber , I ran out of TAS Oak.
This was joined together using the box joint method.
Cut and install mdf board, I routered a slot on the base of the drawer to allow assembly of the base.
Fit and glue together.
Install drawer runners and fit to desk.
Cut and fit drawer front.
Step 6
Cut and fit desk top. Two pieces of timber were glued together then sanded flat.
Assemble desk top to desk, using home made timber joiners.
Step 7
Sand all over then paint three coats of clear satin varnish.
Another project done 😃
