Hey guys! Alex here from Beve lish Creations. Today I'm going to show
you how I built this large walnut standing desk for my home office. Let's get started.
The first thing I need to do is get these two beautiful slabs flattened using my router jig.
After securing them in place with some shims and hot glue,
I put them on an RC-2261 slab flattening bit in my router, and we're ready to start.
With its two and a half inch cutting diameter and three unique solid carbide insert knives
with chamfered corners, it flattened the first side quickly and created a flawless surface.
And then I can flip the slab over, remove the shims, and repeat the process for the other side.
Once both slabs are flat on both sides, it's time to lay out the design of the desktop.
For this I place a template made from scrap mdf on top of the slabs
and mark the cut lines before breaking the pieces down using my track saw.
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Next, I used a chisel and 80 grit sandpaper to clean up the bark and other loose pieces
from the slabs and then it's time to lay the pieces out in the form and pour the epoxy.
After allowing the epoxy to cure for a week I broke the part out
of the mold and it's back on the jig for more flattening.
And once again the RC-2261 flattening bit did an amazing job cleaning up the workpiece
and revealing the beautiful contrast between the sapwood and the black epoxy.
Now let's use the track saw to cut the table top down to its final size.
And with the track saw still set up, I added a 40 degree
chamfer along the bottom edge of the entire table top to give it a slimmer look.
Now let's add some C channels to the bottom surface to keep the table top flat.
To do this I'm going to use the Amana quarter inch
spiral bit to cut the grooves for the flanges to nest in.
And then I swapped over to the Amana half inch spiral bit to cut the recess so the web
surface will sit flush to the table surface, and then assembled everything using bolts.
Next I use the Amana quarter inch compression bit on my cnc to cut the template for the
built-in wireless charger. The compression bit will leave a clean cut along both the top and
bottom surfaces of the mdf making an ideal tool for this type of work. The template is then
attached to the tabletop with double-sided tape and then I use the Amana quarter-inch
spiral bit again to cut the pocket for the wireless charger to fit into seamlessly.
And lastly I sanded the entire tabletop from 80 grit all the way up to 320 grit
to prepare for finish and then i moved on to making the drawer. As usual I'm using
the Amana Prestige general purpose blade at the table saw to break down the work pieces
and then I swapped over to the Amana Prestige dado set to cut the
rabbets along both ends of the side panels for joining the drawer box.
And with the dado set still in my table saw I cut the notches in the drawer back panel
to create the clearance for the under mount drawer slides that I'll be using.
And then let's put everything together using some glue and brad nails.
The drawer box will just be simply mounted to two side pieces attached underneath the
table top using pocket screws and glue, which is what I'm making here.
All right. And the last thing left to do is to carve a drawer front with some
wavy 3d patterns on my cnc. Now to do this I started with the Amana quarter inch spiral bit
and the 3d adaptive clearing tool path to remove the bulk of the material.
And then I swapped over to my Amana eighth inch radius ball
nose bit with a 3d parallel tool path to smooth out the final shape.
And after cutting it to its final size at the table saw,
I finished everything with some Odie's Oil to bring the wood to life.
And finally I attached the desk to a motorized
standing desk frame using bolts to complete the entire desk.
Thank you guys so much for watching, and thanks to ToolsToday for sponsoring this video and helping
me bring my dream desk to life. I hope you guys enjoyed the video. I'll see you guys next time
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