I'm not sure how many times I've mentioned this, so I'm going to do it again.
Usually on this channel, I make tech videos.
But in light of recent events, I sent my lens into the shop to get it converted because
I got a new camera for 4K video.
As a result, I can't get all that really nice B roll footage I used to get.
And so, I am doing some project videos in the mean time, while I wait for my lens to
come back.
In this video, we are building a new table for my gaming setup out there.
I think this setup is long overdue for an update.
What I'm doing for this project is, I am making a corner table out of two IKEA LINNMON's.
Products linked in the description below.
In order to make this really strong, I had to build a frame around it.
Here is everything that I used to put together my gaming setup's new desk.
First of all, I started off with measuring all the pieces of wood.
Check out my very messy workplace.
I made sure to cut some pieces [a half inch] to a whole inch shorter, to fit the trimming
that we will be putting on.
The reason I am putting on trimming is because I don't want the wood to be exposed.
This way, we will have a consistently white look throughout the entire tabletop.
There's going to be one 150CM plank running across the top.
That's this one.
Although, we have to take an inch off it for the trim.
I'm going to go cut down the other pieces because I don't want to accidentally cut this
one too close.
For this build, it'd be ideal to use a mitre saw.
However, since I don't have one, I ended up using a circular saw.
Circular saws are fine, they're just a little messy.
I accidentally cut a few pieces too short, so I just joined them using dowels.
Then, came time to cut the 45 degree corner angles.
These were particularly tough on the circular saw and it would have been much cleaner if
it was done on a mitre saw instead.
Then, made sure everything fit, and then I joined the corners using dowels.
I used this doweling jig that I made, you can find out how to make one anywhere on YouTube.
There are tons of tutorials for this one.
At this point, I wanted to use my little nail gun to attach the trimming.
However, I found out that while my nail gun was effective on wood, it did not work very
well on the trimming itself, which appears to be a little denser.
I never realized how strong these pieces of moulding are, check it out.
This is on high power, by the way.
It doesn't even go through all the way.
So, I went ahead and drilled the rest of the screws, and then I attached the table legs.
The legs are also from IKEA, I believe they're called the ADILS...
ADILS?
I don't know, I'm not going to bother pronouncing that.
And then I turned the table over and accidentally damaged one of the pieces of trimming on the side.
The takeaway from this is, wait till you turn the table before you install the trimming.
Since my framing was not perfect, I will need to use some shims to get the trimming in perfect
place, and a bit of work with a circular saw.
However, since I don't have a nail gun, I will find a different means of attaching the
trims to the table top.
I'm thinking I'll use screws.
Since I don't have time now, I will include it in my VLOG.
I will also be putting back together the whole setup, so stay tuned for that VLOG.
In the mean time, this is my tabletop.
It's super sturdy, I can pretty much sit on it, I can do push ups on it; it'll handle
my whole gaming setup - no problem.
And that is it for this video, thank you for watching, and I'll see you in the next one!