Thread: Corner workstation ... forget MDF!

very nice finish, i like it.

Certainly much better than mdf but what happened to the colour match of the right wing?

Good looking finish as well.

Colour matching .... I was trying to get good straight square sticks of timber ... good point, I didn't realise it was that light until it was fully sanded and the first coat of finish ... its timber!!!!!!

Just tell the missus the light timber bit is her place. Honestly that is very nice. Great finish.

LOVE IT! You should be really proud of that Woodie, look great.

WW ...... how is the top supported? I cannot see any legs or supports from the wall.

It is supported on each of the 4 wall edges by 40x19 mm jarrah batten with some brackets screwed into the top and the batten. The "magic" bit is that I have a piece of 25x25x3 mm steel equal angle running from the batten across the main diagonal (top screwed into it). The 32mm Tas Oak when biscuit joined together is relatively stable but wanted the steel to ensure the spot where the keyboard is didn't bounce .... nice and solid!

Good approach .... It looks as if it is visually very light and floating in the space.

Used Cabots CFP as the finish .... waiting 72 hours for it to harden. Then the next job is the cable ducting underneath so the cables from the modem/router, printer to the computer can't be seen!

Nice

very well done.

Yep, I like it too. It looks very nice & certainly mch better than MDF.

Great job mate

Steve

Originally Posted by western woodie

The "magic" bit is that I have a piece of 25x25x3 mm steel equal angle running from the batten across the main diagonal (top screwed into it). The 32mm Tas Oak when biscuit joined together is relatively stable but wanted the steel to ensure the spot where the keyboard is didn't bounce .... nice and solid!

It looks good - real good.

Just out of interest do you think an 80 kg person can sit on the diagonal?
I did a similar thing a few years back and found I had to up the 3 mm angle to 5 mm just to be sure.