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So I made myself a desk, my friend needed a new one so me and my dad made him a desk. Posting pic's because Finally put last coat of varnish on it and I'm just going to post all the pictures of it I have.

>> No.514350
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>>514349
quick cad drawing for his desk before we started.

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>>514350
doesn't have the backing yet

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>>514351
or trim or anything.

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>>514352
the framing on the legs

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>>514353
backing

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>>514355
support for the plywood, so it doesn't flex so much with weight

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>>514357
Right before staining.

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>>514358
after stain

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>>514359

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>>514362
after sand sealer

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>>514364
final layer varnish on. just needs to dry.

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>>514365
bad lighting, also kinda dusty

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>>514366
put another layer on my old desk while i was at it

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>>514367
simple but sturdy desk

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>>514368
and last pic. kinda getting both. :)

>> No.514376

>>514370
Thats some fine work op.
Kudo's to you and your Dad.

>> No.514386

>>514349
Good job, OP. Nice design and finish. Looks sturdy and well done. 9/10 would have sex in top of it.

>> No.514390

>>514376
>>514386
Thanks

>>514386
I used a semi gloss varnish on his desk.

it was weird varnishing it though. idk if it was just because i was using a different brand of varnish or that it was semi-gloss, but it did not want to go on correctly. didn't spread very well, seemed to thick to me, and had issues with it wrinkling up.

>> No.514405

>>514370
Very nice work.

>> No.514491

>>514390
brilliant work

With your varnishing issues, the crinkling effect is usually because the previous layer hasn't dried properly, or the varnish has already began to cure/dry out.

>> No.514549

Good work. Looks like a good use of time.

>> No.514552

The desk looks like from post-communism states.

>> No.514919

>>514349
Very nice! Personally, I'm not a fan of the stain color, but your dad did a damn fine job. I'm in the market for a new desk after I lost my old cheapy one in a move, so I might give your dad's design a go. I appreciate the CAD plans and the detailed pics.

>> No.514952

>>514491
Yea, I probably should have waited longer than a day between coats, but I'm also on a schedule because I go off to college the 1st and needed to finish by then. in the future though I think I'll just spend more time on it.

>>514919
Yea the stain was my friends choice, I like the mahogany color of my desk. But, it's not my desk so it's whatever he wanted. lol also the cad plan's aren't 100% exact because we made some minor changes + i was guessing for most of the measurements.

Also apparently my family is going to start doing this like as a business after they retire and I finish school. should be interesting.

>> No.515233

That is spectacular. I wonder how much would that would normally sell for.

>> No.515279

>>515233
they were saying probably around like $500-600 for what we made him. but since we are just like prototyping stuff we just made him pay for materials.