DIY Desk For People NEW To Woodworking (All Steps And Cut List)

[00:00] today on diy man i'm going to walk you

[00:02] through a step-by-step build of this

[00:04] nice little desk

[00:10] let's start the desk by cutting out some

[00:11] one by twos and two by twos

[00:17] i'll put the materials list in the

[00:19] description below

[00:20] also don't forget that you can save a

[00:22] ton of money by cutting up those two by

[00:24] fours into those small lumber pieces

[00:27] for the one by twos we need six that are

[00:29] twelve inches

[00:31] seven at eighteen and a half inches and

[00:34] two at

[00:34] twenty seven and a half inches next for

[00:38] the two by twos

[00:39] we need six at thirty inches one at

[00:42] twenty seven and a half inches and

[00:44] one at eighteen and a half inches now

[00:47] i'm gonna make some pocket holes and

[00:48] some of these boards with my craig

[00:50] r3 jig this is probably the best thirty

[00:53] dollars i've ever spent

[00:55] we're going to need to put two pocket

[00:56] holes on each side

[00:58] of all of these boards except the thirty

[01:01] inch two by twos

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[01:07] also on two of the eighteen and a half

[01:09] inch one by twos

[01:11] two of the 12 inch one by twos and the

[01:14] two

[01:14] 27 and a half inch one by twos we'll

[01:17] need to put two pocket holes in the very

[01:19] center

[01:20] these are going to be to attach the top

[01:22] later on

[01:23] let's make a few marks on the 30 inch

[01:25] two by twos

[01:27] we need to make one mark that's three

[01:29] inches up from the bottom

[01:30] and then another mark that's 15 inches

[01:32] up from the bottom

[01:34] i'll start by laying out the back of the

[01:36] desk

[01:37] the 30 inch two by twos are going to

[01:39] make up the uprights

[01:40] the 27 and a half inch two by two will

[01:43] be three inches up from the bottom

[01:44] then that twenty seven and a half inch

[01:46] one by two will be flush with the top

[01:48] these are 12 inch boards now we'll just

[01:51] attach these with one and a quarter inch

[01:53] pocket

[01:54] screws the bottom of the lower boards

[01:56] will be flush with the top of that three

[01:58] inch mark

[01:59] then the bottom of that middle board

[02:01] will be flush with the top of that 15

[02:03] inch mark

[02:04] the top one by twos are just flush with

[02:06] the top of those 30 inch two by twos

[02:09] as you can see i laid a piece of quarter

[02:11] inch plywood underneath those one by

[02:13] twos

[02:14] next on the bottom left we'll attach

[02:16] that eighteen and a half inch two by two

[02:23] then we'll put one of the eighteen and a

[02:24] half inch one by twos

[02:26] up at the top there those last six

[02:29] eighteen and a half inch one by twos

[02:31] will go flush with the top

[02:33] on that 15 inch mark then on that three

[02:36] inch mark from the bottom

[02:38] as you can see i'm still using my

[02:40] quarter inch plywood to set these back

[02:42] from the edge of the two by twos

[02:44] just a quarter of an inch

[02:48] here's a quick look at the desk before

[02:50] moving on

[02:54] as you can see for these top boards i

[02:56] use the ones with the pocket holes in

[02:57] the center

[02:58] like i said this is going to be to

[03:00] attach the table top here in a little

[03:02] bit

[03:04] now let's put the front side together

[03:06] just remember this side is going to be

[03:08] the exact

[03:08] opposite of that other side one

[03:10] exception is that this side doesn't have

[03:12] a two by two on the bottom side of that

[03:14] large opening

[03:16] once again i'm offsetting those one by

[03:18] twos

[03:19] and the bottoms of those boards are on

[03:21] the tops of those marks

[03:30] now for the fun part let's put these two

[03:32] sides together

[03:34] it's actually kind of starting to look

[03:36] like a desk now

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[03:50] here's what the basic frame should look

[03:52] like once it's completed

[03:54] [Music]

[03:57] let's cut four 1 by 8 at 21 inches

[04:02] let's mark the two corners on each of

[04:04] these four boards that's going to sit up

[04:05] against these two by twos

[04:08] i'm making my marks so that when i cut

[04:10] out the notches on the one by eights

[04:12] the edges will be flush with the edges

[04:14] of the one by twos

[04:16] let's cut those out real quick

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[04:23] then we'll just install those with wood

[04:25] glue and a small nail gun

[04:28] this 18 gauge brad nailer that i'm using

[04:30] came as a three-part

[04:31] set i use these things all the time and

[04:34] they're actually a really good quality

[04:36] for the price

[04:37] i have a link in the description if

[04:38] you'd like to check out the reviews on

[04:40] amazon after this video

[04:43] now let's cut up our 1 by 12 or our 12

[04:46] inch edge glued lumber

[04:47] into two 4 foot pieces

[04:56] let's put these two boards together with

[04:58] a little bit of wood glue and four or

[04:59] five pocket screws

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[05:07] now we'll just attach the top using wood

[05:09] glue a couple nails

[05:11] and those four pocket screws from the

[05:13] bottom

[05:14] the left and right sides should overhang

[05:17] two inches

[05:17] on each side if you use edge glue lumber

[05:20] like i did

[05:21] the front should overhang an inch and a

[05:23] half and then the back should only

[05:25] overhang an

[05:26] inch now if you use normal one by

[05:29] twelves the front and back should both

[05:31] overhang a half an inch

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[05:50] here i am flipping it over and

[05:51] installing those screws from the bottom

[05:53] this will also help prevent the 1 by 12s

[05:55] from warping

[05:57] next fill in all your blemishes with a

[05:58] little bit of wood filler and sand it

[06:00] down really good

[06:12] once your desk is sanded down it's ready

[06:14] to paint

[06:15] stain or do whatever you want with it

[06:19] if you do build this desk though would

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[06:37] along with that desk

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