How to Make a Modern Writing Desk | I Like To Make Stuff
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- I batched out 3 copies of a simple, modern writing desk for my boys!
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Because I have to make three writing desks, I want to use no more than a single sheet of plywood per desk. I plan on making a modern and sleek design and batching out the desk components to maximize my time. Using a combination of my circular saw and the table saw to cut the rectangular pieces for the desk boxes, I made sure to cut all of the pieces that were the same width at same time so I didn't have to move the table saw fence.
Batching work like this is a great idea when you have multiple pieces to make, but be sure you keep measurements consistent by cutting like pieces together. I also cut all of the strips that will eventually become the leg assemblies.
After I cut the strips of plywood to a rough length, I began cutting the angled pieces on the miter saw. The legs were made of double-stacked plywood connected at some modern-looking angles. I set the saw to ten degrees and followed my plans for each specific geometric piece. After all of the pieces were cut, I began gluing and nailing the parts together.
I made sure to glue up the leg assemblies in a mirror pattern because each desk had a specific left and right leg. Because there were six assemblies altogether, I had to pay extra attention to these little details. I filled all of the tiny nail holes with wood filler and sanded them smooth.
For the desk itself, I wanted a really simple rectangular box with a single drawer. I cut 45 degree miters on each side and glued them together using corner clamps. For the drawer divider, you can totally add a dado slot to the top and bottom surfaces, but I just slid the divider in place, glued it, and secured the desk together with screws.
During this step, I also made three drawer boxes, one per desk. It was a simple design, four panels with small dado grooves cut into one side, butt jointed together. The drawer bottoms were thin sheets of luan glued into the small grooves. I glued all of the drawer walls together and secured them with brad nails.
I attached some drawer slides to the desk boxes and to the drawers, but made sure to mount them 3/4 of an inch from the desk face to leave room for the decorative drawer face. To carry over the design form the boys' dresser, I used some offset pieces of cherry from that project. I mirrored the same handle cutout and notched them into the desk drawer fronts.
At this point, I have two leg assemblies and a desk box with a drawer. The modern design and simple lines allows you to be really creative with the aesthetic. You could paint the legs or the desk or add a unique material to the drawer; whatever you'd like. I chose to keep the wood color throughout but thought there was a bit too much exposed plywood. I decided to apply edge banding to the desk box but keep the plies on the legs. Edge Banding is super simple to iron on and trim off, and makes your plywood project look like solid wood.
If you wanted to paint any of the desk, I would recommend doing so before assembly. This desk has some nooks and crannies, so painting everything before putting it together would make life a little easier. With my edge banding in place, I used a few coats of wipe-on polyurethane to add a layer of protection.
The leg assemblies have a plywood ledge built into it to support the desk box, so I applied glue to the inside surface, set the desk in place, and shot in some brad nails. I made sure to align the back of the desk with the back of the legs. I did notice; however, that when we put the desks in place, the legs butt up against the baseboards, and because the desk box was flush with the legs there was a gap behind the desk. When you glue up desk, you can set the desk box back a bit to avoid this gap.
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Thank you so much for discussing the bowing of the plywood at 5:40. It is easy to watch build videos and think that the materials are all in perfect condition all the time. It is these unexpected oddities in my own builds that I find trouble coming up with the best solution for so it is great to see you acknowledge the bowing and explain how you are going to handle it. It better equips me to deal with things like that in my own builds. Fantastic video as always! Thank you for making this incredible content for us.
That's fantastic to hear! I really hope they're helpful in at least some small ways!
Ideally the bow would have gone inwards and not outwards, would have solved the issue and meant no need for screws
A small change I would make to the desk for my own needs would be some holes drilled on top for cable management or maybe a hinged top section in the back 1/4 of the desktop to hide a power strip. Loved this project Bob! Keep it up!
Wish I could buy the products you make, Bob as they are absolutely incredible.
Coming soon to IKEA-the Klägett
lol
They should!
LOL
AHAHA
They have the same design but different legs in Ikea lol
ANOTHER amazing project. Nice job! I hope your kids know how good they have it with you being their Dad.
As a homeschooling mom with a limited budget, I have to say this is my favorite project so far, and I'm going to get some plywood ASAP :)
jbrohinsky how did it go
Why do people homeschool
Man, i like it when you speak about the sponsors, its in a small window and the build is still going, you don't stop the video and have us sit there waiting. Well done. Love your projects
Really enjoyed the way you came up with the leg design. We've got some long strips of birch ply kicking around that we haven't known what to use for and this has given us some great ideas! Thanks Bob
So much you can do to customize this desk which is awesome. Edge painting for an accent, decals or painted logos on the top would be cool. I actually liked the random look of the cutout of the drawer before the drawer face went on. Great build!
That trick with the screwdriver on the corners of the plywood -- it's called burnishing, a really handy tip on all sorts of materials :)
I have to say you ad plug was the most helpful yet, I have been using a wrong size filter in my air system for years cause I couldn't ever find one they fit exactly and never thought anybody made custom ones. Thank you for that information.
Excellent to hear!!
Hey Bob, how’s it going Man? First, awesome project. I absolutely love that it was for the kids. Second, it’s amazing what one piece of hardwood, in this case cherry, does to really dress up plywood furniture. Thanks for showing everyone that! I like all your videos but I really liked this one!! Take care buddy
Thanks man! Hope you're doing well!
I just checked out your channel and it looks really cool, you've got a subscribe from me
Bob you are amazing! The prsentation/ tutorial was clear and concise. I am no carpenter but it made me want to do it based upon the ease and simplicity uou made it look. Great job! I want a dad like you!!!
I've been looking for "how to make a desk"-type videos to give me some ideas/inspiration for updating my own office desk. Your video has given me some more inspiration. I'm thinking about creating a big, long box for the desk top, with four narrow drawers contained within the box. I also want to make drawer units beneath for more storage and to serve as the "legs."
I love how you brought some elements from the dresser to these desks like the drawer front. Nice job, Bob!
Cool project & video! I have had success using masking tape to create a "hinge" when gluing up mitered corners. It holds the corner perfectly aligned and keeps the glue from squeezing out. Sometimes a shallow dado, a quarter of the depth of the thickness of the plywood will lock the divider in place and give you more glue surface area. You can also brad nail diagonally into the corner to hold it together until the glue dries if the nail gun fits inside the desk. A solid wood face frame is also an option. You can also round over the outside edges of the leg assemblies with a router prior to glue-up to make the corners more kid-friendly. Keep up the great work Bob & Josh!
To make the alignment of the miter-glueups easier lay both pieces flat with the outside up, align the outside edge and then put painterstape over the edges so they stay connected. Then turn the whole thing around and apply the glue. Then just fold the miter and place the cornerclamps
Nice clean lines with these desks but the cherry really warms them up. Those are some great desks "up in heah!"
Very cool design!! Thanks Bob!
Omg. That gold robot on the desk!! Total 80’s kid!! 👍🏼👍🏼 great job on the desks.
Love the additive design of the legs. Great looking desk.
Mate for the mitre joints, flip upside down, line it all up flat and masking tape up along the joint on both sides. Flip back over, glue in the joints and simply fold up and tape to make square. Or staple on the edge. When dry simply remove tape and minimal amount of sanding. Perfect edge every time
I love your longer build videos, and also you tshirt collection. You inspire me every video to get an make stuff. Also like the out takes, and think I should include some in my future videos when I decide to get my channel going again.
I lost it at the end with the split screen takes...🤣🤣🤣
Cool quick build Bob! I like that it matched the boys dresser too!
:) Thanks!
Awesome video as always Bob! The desks turned out great and I love how you explain the whole process of building stuff
The dresser video was one of the first videos I saw on your channel! Cool to see it make a comeback.
Sweet! Hope you enjoyed them both!
I just had to pause the video to say that FilterBy sounds like a wicked awesome company. What a great sponsor!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video... cheers Bob and Josh!
As an aspiring maker myself, something that stumps me is the intricacies of drawers. I think a good idea for a bits video might be the construction of a drawer or different methods of simple box building and the joinery that goes with it. I’m trying to design a storage solution/bookshelf for my girlfriend and am having a lot of trouble with the drawers. Really, anything would be helpful, if you don’t think that’s a good fit for a video then I understand completely. Thank you for the great content that you put out, it really is entertaining and informational for someone like me who aspires to someday become a craftsman.
It amazing how professional everything you make looks.
Very nice! The legs are super slick. Planning on using that for a small art table with a tilt top. Thanks for always making amazing stuff!
Nice design and good to see a project limited to wood working. I am sure that I'm not the only one with no welding or metal working tools.
Great build! I have a few weeks off work before I start a new job, I'll be wood working most of it. Thanks for the ideas! :D
Lovely! I would chamfer the armrest side so it is nicer to the hand instead of corners of the plywood. Lovely design, I will use it for my future project
Nice design Bob!
When you rub the corners for a better fit, that’s called burnishing I believe .. loving the binge watching here
This is def proof that you can make a quality piece of furniture with inexpensive materials! Great video, great project!
Thanks Robert!
Love the room cohesion! I wish my room was that cool when I was a young whipper-snapper!
You just gave me an idea to make for my son. He always want his own little desk. Keep up the good work
Get each of your boys to come up with some little electrical project to customize the desks to themselves. A built in rasPi gaming system? Programmable lights? Heck, even just a lamp?
Hey Bob just wanted to say Awesome video as always! I enjoyed the music and the build. Keep up the good work
I like that design a lot.
Love how you add your bloopers! And all your projects of course
Those kids are so lucky to have such a sweet room and an incredible role model. Love it Bob!
Gotta say, I am surprised you didn't put LEDs in the desk some how. Could be a cool back light on the wall as well as lighting up the inside of the drawer and/or cubby. Maybe a switch to turn just the cubby on/off? A secret button under the veneer?
Great and simple design to come out of one sheet of ply
awesome!! still amazes me what can be made from just 1 sheet of ply wood.... good job
This gives me some ideas for a problem I've dealt with for years.
Because of my disability, I need a desk I can stand at. I'd extend the legs, and probably give myself more surface area for my laptop. My balance is garbage, so I'd also need a desk I can lean my hips against. I might put some kind of cushion material (like a wrist support for keyboards) on that edge to make it more comfortable. Since my knees won't go under the desk, I don't really need the open space below the top surface, so I could fill that space with drawers for the paperwork that comes with adulting (oy, the paperwork).
I had been planning on making something like this for my mom for a while now. A few differences I had planned is she is using a set of filing cabinets for the base and I wanted to make a sliding keyboard tray for the middle to use a laptop. I had planned on using solid wood but if she keeps asking I may have to try a plywood one.
Can you do a diy rock tumbler, and show us the process from rocks to gemstones please?
I wrote "farts" on one of those drawer boxes. You're welcome Bob's kids in the future. FIRST!
Lol good job
Brilliant!
hahahahaha!
Those are such an amazing tables, it looked modern and I want it😍😍
If you notched out the legs for the baseboard, they would sit tighter against the wall. Mathias W did that on his bed frame and it always seems like a good thought in a design.
Yeah, thought about that as stuff will probably roll off the back of the desk eventually. We may end up doing that.
Nice and classy, well done! As the kids get older, you could add a stretcher connecting the outside bottom legs (turning the "A" into an "8") and easily add a few more inches. Love the cherry!
Good call! Thanks!
Really nice design Bob! Thanks for sharing!
Those are some really nice looking desks; I would really like to try one in quarter sawn white oak and one in quarter sawn red oak... some day...
Thanks Bob!
Love the desk, as well as the star wars shirt!
Love these!! Such a cool way to attach the top to the legs too.
Great video Bob. Like the eveloution of Imformation and format with that info. Really enjoyed this one and was very helpful on the issues you would get when making this
To further hide the screw holes you filled, I have routed a channel the same depth as the thickness of the iron on edge banding, going with the grain direction and finding a piece of the edge banding that matches well. This is time consuming and works best when you have a variety of banding to choose from; however this was a manufacturing setting and in a woodshop may not be practical.
Great project! Could you make a video about how you design your woodworking projects before you start building?
I wouldn't change anything on the design...except, I would put a back panel on the open side of the desk!
Yeah, I ALMOST did that as well. Would be a worthwhile addition for sure.
Some modifications I would make for my personal needs:
Height of the desk
Add a wireless charger under the surface of the desk so I can charge my phone
Have a spot to hide a surge protector
Under the drawer, have a shelf to put my PC
That's it!
Keep up with your videos you got me back into woodworking and got me into CAD designing
I love your star wars targeting system shirt!
Love ut. Will use copper coated metal for the legs and draws
I like your Tron shirts - they’re just as cool as the things you make!
Great video! What you said about it being a child height desk, I'm sure you can design a way to extend the legs to convert it to adult size as your boys grow? 👍
I love watching your videos. I wish I had the tools but still fun to watch
Those are beautiful desks, Bob.
Thanks!!
Can you do a vid on why you use the tools and brands you do. Thanks and keep up the good work.
your kids are super cute and the desks are really great
I really like this design. I'm thinking about modifying it for my sewing machine. I thought the side of the desk where there is no drawer could be easily routed out to put my machine in...although I would have to swap the drawer to the left side so the machine will sit on the right.
The desks came out great!!!👍. I also like the cat in the video thumbnail 😅, as well as the 9 grid video outtake at the end
Great job! Good tables!
Man, that looks excellent!
I like the "problem solver" and the falcon targeting computer shirts!
Edit: the desks are nice too xD
But where did he get the shirt?
awesome job Bob!!
This sure looks very similar to a project from the 1950’s or 1960’s from one of the Popular Mechanics or Popular Science or Mechanics Illustrated. They did a bunch of projects that you could from a sheet of plywood, very neat though!
I always like all your videos, but I do especially like it when it is a purely woodworking one. 👍
Well those turned out very nice!!! I'd love to have used the knothole ye had in that offcut in a drawerfront!
AWESOME!! Could you also do a bits video on different drill and screw bits? I know it's super basic, but they still always confuse me!
Well, these turned out nice! Good job, Bob!
Really cool desks, awesome work Bob! 👍👊
I wish I could create custom desks like this, would help so much with my current desk situation.
Another great build..."up in here"🤣😎
I had a desk similar to this growing up...great job!
I feel like Bob would build a skyscraper with Brad nails and pocket holes 😂😂
Awesome project! (Like always)
Slick look! They turned out awesome!
Yay, Josh! Hey Bob, those are ultra cool and modern(just like you guys 😜) but we were wondering if the side to side movement will be stable enough over time or will a stretcher across the back need to be added?
Would be an awesome entertainment center!
Loving the design! Great work Bob! :)
Wow very cool job!
@12:47 Wow. A Magic Mike toy. Haven't seen one of those in ages. My friend had one of those.
More bloopers please! Great project
We put them on every video! Hope you enjoy them :)
Thanks Bob. From Brazil
His bloopers are great haha
I think I'd add a recess in the desk top which could take a cutting mat.
Awe man! Awesome Star Wars shirt!
That`s an awesome desk, and great editing too!