Funky desk for my niece

[jjowen]

I have just finished a desk for my niece. The design is inspired by Kellie Smits’ funky Insekt desk. The material is 18mm Russian birch ply with Laminex laminate. My enhancement was to have an aluminium strip running down each side of the centre slot so panels can be dropped in reducing the size of the opening as required. I also added push-to-open runners for the draw.

The laminate blade (496308 160x2.2x20 TF 48) for the TS-55 was absolutely essential. I just sanded the cut face and ran some 400 grit paper along the edge of the laminate. Definitly developed my routing skills during this project. Internal partitions are dominoed into the top as alignment with the centre slot was the priority. The bottom was then free to move as I aligned it to the upside-down top.

Tools used: TS 55, OF 1010, VS 600, DF 500, DTS 400.

 

[Stephen B]

Very impressive.
I like the design and I am sure she will get many years of pleasure in using her desk.

 

[stanleymcmahan]

How are the legs attached?

I really love this design. Well done!

 

[#Tee]

very nice...midcenturyish!

 

[iamnothim]

Bravo!
Excellent mid-century flavor

 

[DB10]

Good work,  Very cool and on trend design and nicely built. She's a lucky girl to have such a nice bespoke piece.

 

[mastercabman]

Nice!
Really like the look
Reminds me of a cabinet shop based in Seattle called KERF DESIGN

 

[jjowen]

How are the legs attached?

I really love this design. Well done!

Thanks for the feedback. I can’t take credit for the design though!

The legs at each end are two pieces of the 18mm ply glued together to give a 36mm thickness. The legs were cut out with an integrated 98mm x 90mm tenon which penetrates the desk bottom, and about 6mm into the underside of the desk top, either side of the centre slot. A rail runs between the pairs of legs. I assemble the legs and rail with an allen key and drop the top onto it. It seems all very stable. Not having seen an actual desk, I worked this bit out myself.

 

[jjowen]

Reminds me of a cabinet shop based in Seattle called KERF DESIGN

Thanks MasterCabMan. I have just checked out Kerf Design. So cool! So inspirational!

Everything I have been doing so far has been plywood. I always felt it was just an immature  phase I was going through, and I would eventually grow out of it. My friends were making things out of Real Wood. But now I see that I was always meant to cut plywood.

I make things out of plywood and I am proud!

Off to Plyco to get some more Laminex colour swatches…

 

[rich024]

Very nice!  I may have to steal that design.

 

[Jasonj888]

Excellent work. I love the design and the color.

 

[rmwarren]

Reminds me of a cabinet shop based in Seattle called KERF DESIGN

Thanks MasterCabMan. I have just checked out Kerf Design. So cool! So inspirational!

Everything I have been doing so far has been plywood. I always felt it was just an immature  phase I was going through, and I would eventually grow out of it. My friends were making things out of Real Wood. But now I see that I was always meant to cut plywood.

I make things out of plywood and I am proud!

Off to Plyco to get some more Laminex colour swatches…

Love the plywood/laminate look. Thanks for sharing.

Kerf Designs website gave me some inspiration also, I've been planning to line my little shop with French cleats but their Kerf Wall system is making me rethink that.

RMW