Thread: console stand and laptop storage

DaveR of the USA has kindly provided me with a sketchup drawing for the piece.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2574/...2e93eb9b18.jpg

Also another picture of stand style but to only have two drawers.

Project delayed, a neighbour told the wife about a special offer on at the local supermarket. (So had to do the weekly shop and 10lbs. of rump steak now in freezer).

Decided top and lower shelf will be to the design shown below.

Using a sketchup drawing sent me by Dave R.
I am going for the box idea set between legs with some slight modifications. The box will fit inside the legs and the box top will have the same design on its top surface also side panel.



I have had some consternation re the design, having the drawers set at lower level, all console tables in woodwork books have drawers under tabletop.
However, laptops were not around when those books were printed so I feel I can break with tradition.

Any advice and comments welcome.

Got started on construction this afternoon, just a couple of hours.

Put a cutting 39mm line down the maple for the 4 legs.



This timber is heavy (weighs around 47lbs. per cu.ft) so I supported the bandsaw fence to stop the fence drifting because of weight.


Its also very dense and slow cutting but got a nice rip on the bandsaw.



chopped the timber down to leg size and then put to the planer.



Thicknessed the four legs to 1 5/16ths" so have got underway.



Next job is to commence making a box arrangement to accommodate drawers.

Originally Posted by jow104

Dave R of USA is drawing up the final making up diagrams of a stand to store laptop and also called a console stand.

Are you actually planning to sit at this table to use your laptop? Or is it just to store it? My reason for asking is I normally like to get my legs underneath any table I am using a laptop or computer at?

Originally Posted by pellcorp

Are you actually planning to sit at this table to use your laptop? Or is it just to store it? My reason for asking is I normally like to get my legs underneath any table I am using a laptop or computer at?

No problem, the lady sits in her reclining chair, relaxed, and uses her laptop and when finished hopefully she will take the laptop over to the table to store under.

OK, I have reduced the weight of the stand by around 20lbs by eliminating the box structure that was to accommodate the drawers, the laptop will store on some stretchers where original drawers were positioned. (the wife loves hovering and I didn't want the job of having to move furniture for her every day )

Got nearly all the dark timber (sapele) machined, white drawer fronts and a contrast white piece on table top still to prepare.



dug this piece out of the scrap box and glued up, I hadn't got the heart to break into a big slab of sapele for this small piece.



Brought the machined timber indoors out of the rain to keep it happy and don't want it to go stroppy on me.

As previously mentioned I have not done any carpentry of this kind for a few years and I have come to my first problem studying the drawing above.

I have marked with a red cross, they have created an angle at this rebate and I ask your advice, how do I produce this angle on the end rail (the one with the large double tenons? Also I assume I shall have to carve this angled rebate into the leg.

Is there another way perhaps?

Usually the taper (leg angle?) would commence below the side rail, so no need to cut at an angle

Originally Posted by ian

Usually the taper (leg angle?) would commence below the side rail, so no need to cut at an angle

That sounds a good solution.

Cut out the final bit of maple (for contrast in table top) now can put lumps of timber away and start carpentry.



Decided to make my own tenon jig using my sled.

Set the blade depth on a piece of waste timber to 1/4" by trial an error.



Screwed down a stop block on to my sled table to set shoulder tenon cut for all rail pieces. Then cut shoulders of end rails. After cutting shoulders on all pieces I then did the Triton tenon trick, kept running the tenon tongue across the blade on the sled until I had created the joint.





Tenon of end rail completed and cleaned up also marked out for tenon tongues.



That end rail definitely has an angled rebate, if you look at the plan drawing above at the bottom lefthand corner of drawer profile an angle can be seen at bottom of rail. Will decide at a later date what to do there.

The job will now have to be left a few days, house duties pending.

John

that taper you'e concerned about appears to be just the way the plans have been sketched for you

I'll see if I can do a variation

Thanks Ian, I am commited to bottom front and back rail sizes which is the same measurement as the wide upright back rail.

John

Here's my first attempt. Although I've guessed some of the dimensions, it will give you the general idea.
Reply with the actual dimensions (inches or mm, it doesn't matter) and I'll do a second drawing.