Desk plan, need advice

Kathy · 2004-11-14T20:25:15+00:00

I need a desk for my computer & can't bring myself to buy anything onthe market. All the desks out there in my price range are made ofparticle board.I'm an amatuer in woodworking. I've built a picnic table & a play setfor my daughter. Never made anything for indoors. Never did anythingwith plywood, but I came up with a design for a desk using plywood,mostly. I have limited skills, few tools, & no space, so this shouldbe easy, right? LOLHere's a drawing of it & a cutting layout for the plywood. my questions;What kind of plywood? I assume I should be using 3/4", right?I keep reading about birch plywood & baltic birch, what's thedifference & which do I need? Or something else?I'm hoping to get my local independent lumber store to cut the piecesout for me, is that likely? They made all the cuts for the playcenter, but that wasn't plywood.How do I attach the plywood to plywood, do I use a nail gun? I'd haveto rent one. Should I hammer nails in? What size nails? Should I usescrews instead of nails? I assume I should also use glue, what kind?Should I attach 2x4's or 1x4's underneath & in the back to make itstronger?By reading here about plywood, I gather I should attach a 3/4" moldingstrip to the edge of the desktop with glue. So using a router on theedge doesn't work on plywood?What else don't I know?TIAKathy

Nov 14, 2004 22 Replies

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bridger 21 years ago

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Morris Dovey 21 years ago

of plywood work pretty hard - and you definitely have a good, functional workspace now.

Good job.

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Joe Gorman 21 years ago

Take the leftover 9" piece, cut a section large enough for a keyboard and mouse tray, rip the remainder into 4 pieces for the slides. One pair of strips on the bottom of the desktop and the others attached to the tray as slides. Use three metal pins in the rear half of the moving slides to slide in grooves in the fixed pieces. Joe

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