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My neighbors lent me a desk for a while and, although I didn't use it a lot (it was a bit small), I did like having it in my room. Since they took it back for their son to use, I've really missed having it. So I am going to attempt to build a replacement. I am using the writing desk from WWMM as a template.

The sides and back are a glue-up of construction grade 3/4 ply and 5mm ply that I had from previous projects. the center spine is a glue-up of 2 pieces of 5/8" ply. The bottom rails are just 1Ă—2 furring strips cut to length.

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The front legs are cut from a piece of "whitewood" 1Ă—4 that I had from a previous project and the back legs are cut from a piece of 1Ă—4 pine that I was able to scavenge. They are glued together then cut to 1 1/2" square. I haven't decided yet if I want to taper the legs or not.

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The top is a piece of 3/4" birch-faced plywood (not birch veneer ply) cut to 20"x40".

I already cut most of the pieces to size and am now staining the top, sides and back a darker color for some contrast. Once this is done, I plan on giving the entire thing a layer or two of clear poly for protection.
 

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It's got legs...

I finally decided to taper the legs for the desk.

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A picture of my tapering jig

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One of the legs

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All four, done. you can see the color differences in the legs made from two different woods. I'm not too worried about it, though, as I plan on putting the 2 pine legs on the back of the desk where they'll be seen less.

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Gluing the front block onto the middle assembly. I guess the plywood that I used was actually 5/8 or 11/16 as its not quite as wide as the bottom rail or the front block. I'll deal with this later.
 

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Assembly

Well assembly is now firmly under way.

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Adding 1/8" facing to the inside of the center spine so it's flush with the bottom rail and center post.

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Here's the carcase, glue is drying on the facings, but otherwise assembled. YAY!

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First pair of drawer slides installed.

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Adding the edge banding to the top. this is what you do when your longest clamps aren't long enough…
 

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Assembly

Well assembly is now firmly under way.

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Adding 1/8" facing to the inside of the center spine so it's flush with the bottom rail and center post.

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Here's the carcase, glue is drying on the facings, but otherwise assembled. YAY!

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First pair of drawer slides installed.

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Adding the edge banding to the top. this is what you do when your longest clamps aren't long enough…
looks like its coming along nicely.
 

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Finishing (not done)

Today I got the drawers built for the desk. I would have liked to have used some good quality 1/2 ply for the drawer sides but I couldn't find any, so I used a 1/4 sheet of OSB that I got from a construction site.
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I put another 1/4 sheet of OSB for a temporary work table so I could more easily coat the legs.
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I also made and put on the edge banding on the desk top.
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Sadly, all my polyurethane went solid to the point were it was unusable. But, apparently, at some point in the past I found or bought a can of satin finish brushing lacquer and there was still about 1/2 can left! So, I'll be using that.

Almost there…
 

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