[0:00] today on diy man i'm going to walk you
[0:02] through a step-by-step build of this
[0:04] nice little desk
[0:10] let's start the desk by cutting out some
[0:11] one by twos and two by twos
[0:17] i'll put the materials list in the
[0:19] description below
[0:20] also don't forget that you can save a
[0:22] ton of money by cutting up those two by
[0:24] fours into those small lumber pieces
[0:27] for the one by twos we need six that are
[0:29] twelve inches
[0:31] seven at eighteen and a half inches and
[0:34] two at
[0:34] twenty seven and a half inches next for
[0:38] the two by twos
[0:39] we need six at thirty inches one at
[0:42] twenty seven and a half inches and
[0:44] one at eighteen and a half inches now
[0:47] i'm gonna make some pocket holes and
[0:48] some of these boards with my craig
[0:50] r3 jig this is probably the best thirty
[0:53] dollars i've ever spent
[0:55] we're going to need to put two pocket
[0:56] holes on each side
[0:58] of all of these boards except the thirty
[1:01] inch two by twos
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[1:07] also on two of the eighteen and a half
[1:09] inch one by twos
[1:11] two of the 12 inch one by twos and the
[1:14] two
[1:14] 27 and a half inch one by twos we'll
[1:17] need to put two pocket holes in the very
[1:19] center
[1:20] these are going to be to attach the top
[1:22] later on
[1:23] let's make a few marks on the 30 inch
[1:25] two by twos
[1:27] we need to make one mark that's three
[1:29] inches up from the bottom
[1:30] and then another mark that's 15 inches
[1:32] up from the bottom
[1:34] i'll start by laying out the back of the
[1:36] desk
[1:37] the 30 inch two by twos are going to
[1:39] make up the uprights
[1:40] the 27 and a half inch two by two will
[1:43] be three inches up from the bottom
[1:44] then that twenty seven and a half inch
[1:46] one by two will be flush with the top
[1:48] these are 12 inch boards now we'll just
[1:51] attach these with one and a quarter inch
[1:53] pocket
[1:54] screws the bottom of the lower boards
[1:56] will be flush with the top of that three
[1:58] inch mark
[1:59] then the bottom of that middle board
[2:01] will be flush with the top of that 15
[2:03] inch mark
[2:04] the top one by twos are just flush with
[2:06] the top of those 30 inch two by twos
[2:09] as you can see i laid a piece of quarter
[2:11] inch plywood underneath those one by
[2:13] twos
[2:14] next on the bottom left we'll attach
[2:16] that eighteen and a half inch two by two
[2:23] then we'll put one of the eighteen and a
[2:24] half inch one by twos
[2:26] up at the top there those last six
[2:29] eighteen and a half inch one by twos
[2:31] will go flush with the top
[2:33] on that 15 inch mark then on that three
[2:36] inch mark from the bottom
[2:38] as you can see i'm still using my
[2:40] quarter inch plywood to set these back
[2:42] from the edge of the two by twos
[2:44] just a quarter of an inch
[2:48] here's a quick look at the desk before
[2:50] moving on
[2:54] as you can see for these top boards i
[2:56] use the ones with the pocket holes in
[2:57] the center
[2:58] like i said this is going to be to
[3:00] attach the table top here in a little
[3:02] bit
[3:04] now let's put the front side together
[3:06] just remember this side is going to be
[3:08] the exact
[3:08] opposite of that other side one
[3:10] exception is that this side doesn't have
[3:12] a two by two on the bottom side of that
[3:14] large opening
[3:16] once again i'm offsetting those one by
[3:18] twos
[3:19] and the bottoms of those boards are on
[3:21] the tops of those marks
[3:30] now for the fun part let's put these two
[3:32] sides together
[3:34] it's actually kind of starting to look
[3:36] like a desk now
[3:47] [Music]
[3:50] here's what the basic frame should look
[3:52] like once it's completed
[3:54] [Music]
[3:57] let's cut four 1 by 8 at 21 inches
[4:02] let's mark the two corners on each of
[4:04] these four boards that's going to sit up
[4:05] against these two by twos
[4:08] i'm making my marks so that when i cut
[4:10] out the notches on the one by eights
[4:12] the edges will be flush with the edges
[4:14] of the one by twos
[4:16] let's cut those out real quick
[4:21] [Music]
[4:23] then we'll just install those with wood
[4:25] glue and a small nail gun
[4:28] this 18 gauge brad nailer that i'm using
[4:30] came as a three-part
[4:31] set i use these things all the time and
[4:34] they're actually a really good quality
[4:36] for the price
[4:37] i have a link in the description if
[4:38] you'd like to check out the reviews on
[4:40] amazon after this video
[4:43] now let's cut up our 1 by 12 or our 12
[4:46] inch edge glued lumber
[4:47] into two 4 foot pieces
[4:56] let's put these two boards together with
[4:58] a little bit of wood glue and four or
[4:59] five pocket screws
[5:02] [Music]
[5:07] now we'll just attach the top using wood
[5:09] glue a couple nails
[5:11] and those four pocket screws from the
[5:13] bottom
[5:14] the left and right sides should overhang
[5:17] two inches
[5:17] on each side if you use edge glue lumber
[5:20] like i did
[5:21] the front should overhang an inch and a
[5:23] half and then the back should only
[5:25] overhang an
[5:26] inch now if you use normal one by
[5:29] twelves the front and back should both
[5:31] overhang a half an inch
[5:37] [Music]
[5:50] here i am flipping it over and
[5:51] installing those screws from the bottom
[5:53] this will also help prevent the 1 by 12s
[5:55] from warping
[5:57] next fill in all your blemishes with a
[5:58] little bit of wood filler and sand it
[6:00] down really good
[6:12] once your desk is sanded down it's ready
[6:14] to paint
[6:15] stain or do whatever you want with it
[6:19] if you do build this desk though would
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[6:35] also if you're needing a chair to go
[6:37] along with that desk
[6:38] i've got the perfect video for you
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