Next up Keystone shaped center section/ finished pics

[Crazyraceguy]

That big concave radius desk just barely hit the floor......and it's gone. I left it assembled for a while, so the Solid Surface guys could test fit the last of the parts. I had already moved on to the next one. It's a little smaller, but kind of unique. The main front face is two pieces, split in the middle, pretty normal. The inside has a center support, that covers the joint, then there is a wedge-shaped cap. It will get covered with quartz.
The holes in the front are just access, to attach the cap, and will be covered when the quartz is installed. I don't normally get this far in the assembly without applying the laminate, but the cap needs to be in place for the stone guys to laser it on Monday morning. I'll end up backtracking, but that's how it goes sometimes.
Added inside pic of sides

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Adding a couple more pics.

 

[bobtskutter]

Why chipboard for the construction and not plywood? Just curious.

Bob

 

[Crazyraceguy]

@bobtskutter I don't really have some great answer for you. It is partly cost, of both material and time. The Particleboard is flat and smooth, Ply not necessarily either. The other reason is size availability. With Plywood, you are primarily stuck with 4 x 8 sheets. Particleboard comes as 4 x 8, 9, 10, and 12 as well as 5 x all of those sizes too. For reasons of yield alone, that is better. I would much rather have a single 12 foot long piece, for the front of a wall, than scabbing pieces of 8 foot material. Often a 5 x 12 will get me 2 pieces, with only a single joint, which is the field seam anyway.
Unless specified by the Architect, Plywood primarily get used when something else is going to be attached to it. Tile, Marble, Corian, Granite, etc. or when kerf-bending.
If you put laminate over Plywood, you have to be sure it gets sanded well. The texture of the grain can telegraph through it. That is not a problem with nice Birch Ply, but lower quality pine Ply can show. (Occasionally I have to use either pressure-treated or Fire-rated ply, and they are both kind of rough)
I use Radiata Pine ply for kerf-bending, because the outer layers are a lot thicker than the typical shop ply.

 

[luvmytoolz]

Very nice work!

So are you going to miss building these behemoths when you retire?

 

[bobtskutter]

@Crazyraceguy that sounds like a pretty good reason to use particleboard instead of plywood, thank you.

Excellent work by the by.

Bob