One of the projects Im currently working on is a set of built-ins that include a desk. The cabinets will all be painted but the actual desk top I want to make out of oak and stained. Now the desk section is going to be big (6 feet wide by about 3 feet deep) so making it out of solid oak isnt feasible from a cost perspective. I also want the desk slab to look like it's at least 2 inches thick. Typically, when dealing with plywood, I would just use another piece of solid wood as front trim to conceal the edge of the plywood. But since this will be stained, and oak has such an obvious grain, I think you'd likely see the line where the plywood and front trim piece of oak meet if they were just butted up to one another.
So I was thinking about how to do this and was wondering if mitering the two pieces together into the front corner would work. The two pieces being the top piece and then a smaller front piece of oak plywood. If I could get the plywood not to tear, that seems feasible. I suppose the front piece of oak trim could be solid oak too making at least one of them easier to cut on a 45 degree angle for the miter joint.
Anyone have a better idea on how to achieve the look of a solid slab?
Thanks!
So I was thinking about how to do this and was wondering if mitering the two pieces together into the front corner would work. The two pieces being the top piece and then a smaller front piece of oak plywood. If I could get the plywood not to tear, that seems feasible. I suppose the front piece of oak trim could be solid oak too making at least one of them easier to cut on a 45 degree angle for the miter joint.
Anyone have a better idea on how to achieve the look of a solid slab?
Thanks!