Today I built my own desktop. Ready for varnishing and some legs :D home made office for working at home

Gimme.

That would look great with a set of black pipe legs.

awesome! i wanna build my own. rigth now collecting tools

@irene I finished it with square ones 🥰🥰 I’m also very tired from all the sanding 😂😂

@bashleigh Oh yeah. Those look really good too. How did you join the planks? Do you have some fancy biscuit joiner or dowel jig or did you use some plates?

@irene I used a kreg pocket screw jig. Really simple, just helps as a guide to drill a hole diagonally so you can screw and glue the boards together. You can see from the holes the type of angle you need to achieve

Once the glue dries it’s completely solid. I was really surprised

Noice!

@bashleigh I have been putting off picking up a kreg pocket hole jig because they seem expensive in Canada. (between $40 and $200 before tax. )

Most places I need them I can use dowel then glue/screw. I’m cheap.

@irene I bought one of these https://ebay.co.uk/itm/...
I know it’s a UK link but it’ll give you an idea. I’m sure the dowel idea will work too :)

Wow that's so cool 😍

How much did this cost?

@junon about £130 in materials, £20 for stain and varnish, £30 in tools and sandpaper? So about £180 in total but if I was to make it again, I could do it for about £140 ish. Advice though! If it’s going indoors, don’t use kiln dried wood 👍🏼

Good to know, I need to do this at some point. Thanks for the advice :)

Oooh pretty!!