First PrepHole carpentry project. Rate my shitty desk and suggest improvements.
Also, what the frick is the difference between painting, staining, and finishing? Which one (if any) should I do to improve my desk? I don't particularly care about looks, I just want it to last long and not give me splinters and shit. I'm keeping it indoors (if that matters).
because you have weak joints you need more support for the legs.
paint is paint
staining stains the wood
and finishing will most likely re refer to any clear film coating
First DIY? Pretty damn good, many posters never actually do things.
Sand/rasp the rough bits that you will touch.
Reinforce the legs with a board across the back and paint all of it with an enamel water based paint.
If it is not for light duty, put stretchers from the back legs to the front, similar to
well I guess its not really my first diy just the first thing I made that isn't for the garage and I care what it looks like. here is my first weld project
You aren't OP my good sir
I know im
It’s better than no desk. Doesn’t look rigid at all.
No the frick it's not. Before they built this giant pile of shit it wasn't there taking up space and being a wobbly mess. Now that it's built it takes up a shitload of space and probably sucks ass as a desk.
I've been building shit in the garage since I was able to pick up tools, even as a fricking toddler I never made something so obviously shit.
Love you PrepHole
What an amateur, I built a working cold fusion reactor while I was still in the womb.
Oops, I forgot to say 'frick, shit, suck ass, shit fricking shit' to prove my expertise.
It’s not the 1930s anymore, you can openingly cuss
It's a hack job. You didn't think to do any sort of research on joinery?
>You didn't think to do any sort of research on joinery?
Lmao no frick that gay shit
Remind me of a weird guy I worked with,was the definition of fake it till you make it. Despite his obviously fake stories, he clearly was a weirdo shut in who had severe social anxiety.
He showed up to work wearing some shoes that didnt fit, they were far too big and looked like clown shoes.
I asked him about it and he told me he had walked into the shoe store, pointed at them and asked for "his size" and then bought them without trying them on because "he isnt a woman"
He looked really fricking stupid, and complained they didnt fit all that well.
Thats you OP.
imagine exposing your naked feet in public like some sort of common prostitute
absolutely based
>research
he asked what paint was. I think research might be beyond him
Rickety/10.
better quality than Ikea
>better quality than Ikea
It is not better than the SNORRG desk or FLÅMMERSKÅG workstation.
Take the meatball with lingonberry sauce pill, anon.
The joints are ill conceived. It's a work bench so I'd just finish it fast. I might just wax the top or poly & wax. At the most I'd bondo the joints and over the screws then paint it and poly.
Learn to pocket screw or at least toe nail the skirt to the legs. Learn to get your cuts tighter. Practice one of your finishing techniques on this. Then get to the the real stuff.
that looks terrible and extremely unstable
you did everything wrong in regards to support and bracing
OP, you still have a chance, just use a bunch of L brackets around each of the legs like a pro
>difference between painting, staining, and finishing
applying pain
applying stain
applying my wiener
It's bad. Never put fasteners into end-grain. Rigid structures are made of triangles, not lines (add angled support to your legs). Paint is pigment carried in a binder. Stain is thin paint or dye, so you can still see the grain. Finishing is the end of the project in general; sanding, painting, polishing, etc.
For finishing my desk I did a bunch of coats of oil-based polyurethane. I think 5 or 6 coats. Waited a day between each one. End result is great, the desk is very smooth and shiny, I've never managed to chip or damage the finish (and I'm not careful about that).
Oh yeah forgot to mention before the poly I put on a few coats of boiled linseed oil for a slightly darker color and added protection.
Something you should know about boiled linseed oil - do not put paper towels soaked with it in your kitchen trash can. It spontaneously combusts and makes a very stinky invisible smoke that burns your eyes. Had to throw the whole trash can away because the smell set in to it.
>buy chisels and hand plane
>try to sharpen them
>they're not getting any sharper
>plane can't even plane
I feel like I'm too moronic to even cut a piece of wood at this point
i also bought a handplane, and I also am too moronic to use it. It's sharp and it cuts, I just have a really time setting the depth and making the blade square.
I figured out after like 20 years that you don't need to release the lock to turn the know to raise and lower the depth of the plane.
Post your plane. It may be one of the ill conceived designs.
The best way to adjust that kind of depth adjuster is with a hammer. Tap it until the entire thing is just chunks of cast iron and then throw it in the trash. The older Stanley design was standard for more than a century for a reason. You can find them used in garage sales all the time still. Non Stanley brand Stanley's typically are a bit cheaper. If you are in the Portland area I will give you my old Stanley #4 clone for free.
Good advice can’t wait to burn this thing. I’m about 6 hours north of you, willing to meet halfway though.
going to ask here to avoid making another thread. planning on making a desk out of https://www.bunnings.com.au/specrite-2400-x-900mm-33mm-timber-panel-teak-fj-laminated_p0229069, with legs at either end and the centre. will this chunk of wood be strong enough with these leg positions to avoid sagging, or do you think I will have to screw some metal angle to be safe? cheers.