I live that you use so much pine. General Finishes Gel Stain is absolutely amazing for staining pine with no blotches and no conditioner needed. I highly recommend you give it a try if you haven't!
This. This is why I watch your channel. I was designing a desk for my daughter and of course was focusing on form and style and function was just a single cable pass through for her charge cables. And then bam 💥 731 pops up for the win. Never even new that sweet wireless charge/outlet/port pop up existed. And of course you need cable management and flip up access to it. Thanks Brother. Time to make a new cut list.
Awesome desk! Great that you were able to take a passion of yours and make something that your son is passionate about too! He’ll think about you every time he sits there!
I attached mine to my wall directly by putting a simple 2x4 attached to the wall, laid the desktop on top of those boards and 2 legs on the outside corners. Made a nice custom L shaped desk by attaching it to the corner of the room. Slapped some LED lights on the bottom and the under glow was great. Def regret not sanding it properly before painting it but I used a large mousepad over the entire desktop so I didn’t really need it. I’d honestly like to upgrade it to remove the legs and have a set of drawers to replace the legs to make those legs functional. I like the idea of the shelf, you could put the PC on the shelf if you made it wide enough and then some gas arm monitor stands for the desktop. Those manage the monitor cables nicely as well. I use a dual setup. Works great.
Incredible build Matt! Planning on my son and I building it next year! It will be a first for us! Your videos are so good! The reality of your description and the humor of your errors! The inside tips are perfect! Thanks again for your videos!
This is perfect Matt, your timing is impeccable, I was designing a desk for my son as well and... I think I will just buy your plans LOL Thank you so much! Great design!
This is good looking desk, Matt. Your design is functional and well thought out. Thanks for sharing this design with us. I would love to see a video on how to use your jointer. Thanks again.
I need to build this for my son too! Hopefully winter will end here soon so I can get started, as I have to work outside. Thanks for the video I will be purchasing the plans soon.
I started following you about a year ago and I am so excited for you just to see the growth your channel has made! You are extremely informative while finding ways to make your videos engaging. Godspeed to you good sir
Hey there Outlaw, have you considered making a course for beginner woodworkers on how to make some of the projects you sell? I would definitely buy in!!! Love you and your family. THANK YOU for all you contribute to this world!!!
I really like this- especially the cable management system. My mother has an old particle board desk that is falling apart. No cable management & not enough space for stuff. I want to make her a corner desk with a neo angle so she can face the corner while typing. Have a nice keyboard tray that adjusts height and angle that I'd put on it. Want her to be able to have larger monitor (she can only get 21" with her current desk). Hutch on the left side. Hutch on the center part but leave it open on the right side (well, maybe with a ridge to keep stuff from falling off) so she can see the TV while at her desk. I'd also want to give her a foot rest of some sort. Would need a place for the APC to go too (power goes out frequently where we live). I'm trying to find some decent plans to follow but nothing matches up with what I want, but at least the cable storage and how to make the top parts are helpful in this.
You should use a UPS battery backup. It protects your expensive computer parts more than a standard power strip, and if you lose power the battery backup gives you time to turn off everything correctly so you don't fry your hard drives. Also if you have your router and modem plugged into the battery backup then when the power flickers you don't have to wait for them to reboot before you have your internet back. Awesome build though. Always enjoy the content.
What a great table design...without the cable trays too. Matt, I can't keep up with all your Projects that I want to do! 😆 If my wife ever decided to watch your channel, I would be booked with projects for quite some time. Not a bad thing...I guess. Thank you Sir.
Very nice desk. I love the pop up center and the hidden wiring. Would really like to see your CNC get into your projects. I love your videos so keep um coming
That's an excellent build. For an alternative to ordering the cable tray on line, visit your nearest electrical supply store(not the big box stores) and ask for Panduit style(comes under various names) cable tray. It comes in various sizes and colours.
I believe I've watched every video, I've learnt a ton and my wallet has taken a hit but I'm excited to try new things. In this video I would have loved to have seen you build a section of the desk for his pc to sit desk level but not taking up desk space. I run a 3 monitor setup and have always wanted a way to store or showcase the pc within a desk build, i have to use a 2nd desk making cable management a nightmare. Fingers crossed this could be in a future video. Thanks again for another great video
I’ve made and sold several desks. The most time consuming part is painting. If you were to do this again, would you spray paint again, or use your sprayer? I haven’t bought a sprayer yet, but I’ve been thinking about it
I have this Wahuda (it looks like the 8”). I have to be careful with the fence. I just briskly rest the wood against it, or else I feel it would slightly bend and not be square. I wish there was a cast iron fence option and would gladly pay more for it.
Nice design, build. Being pine I might have notched the cable tray if possible, or maybe a piece of hard wood for the support. I’ve put a screw (vertically) in the support board just behind the notch before with pine to prevent splitting over time. Great improvement from the plastic table!
Very cool Matt! I dig it! I was Gamer I'm until about 10 months ago, when I my son and oldest daughter moved out. And since then I actually haven't played a game, but once. Since then I've been woodworking full time. Lol. Anyhow, great video. Great idea! Well done. Keep up the awesomeness me friend!! Your an inspiration!! God bless you and your family!! See you soon!
Matt, I'm glad I started watching your channel. I'm loving all your projects. You are giving me a lot of great ideas. Working on plans for a similar 6x8 L-shaped desk for my home office.
Hey Matt, love your channel. Thanks for going into detail on how to run an operate a business by woodworking. One question I had, can you explain or do a video on how to document and keep track of your cut list for each build you make? If it's a custom build that a customer comes to you with and you have to basically figure it out, do you manually (hand write) your cut list and store each set of instructions in a file cabinet or do you use a program and document/store each cut list online?
I built two desks with 4x4 X-braces a few years ago, so I could have a "corner" desk. They work well, but I'm considering getting a stand/sit desk frame and building the top
Great tutorial thank you, how would you go about mounting a huge pc tower under the desk, the diy way, like the pc is set on the table at the end of the video but underthe table mounted lifted from the air
Nice job and as always thank you for the video. One other thing.. Bro. you have moved into the big league with the Festool... not being a hater but sure am jealous... Very happy for you keep up the good work....
this is exactly what I'm trying to do iv been looking for something like to look at the only difference is that I want to do a floating L desk and epoxy coating so I don't know what to do with the part in the back exactly with it being 1 epoxy and floating I want It to be invisible
The things you use to hold up the table top while you stained it. How do you keep it from putting indentations in the wood top? I have the rockler bench cookies and they have plastic tops that have a point to it. They left dents. is there any way around that?
Finally a ‘build’ video. I was becoming numb with all the ‘Top 5’ everything and shorts. Great table and probably make one for my kid. Keep up the great work (builds that is)!
Your one of the few that watch builds. They don’t get the views like the tool videos do. I enjoy making them so I’ll continue to do so but for some reason not many (comparatively) watch the builds
Great desk, I love the hidden wiring. I am curious about 1 thing, having made things with dowel pins and biscuits in the past and really not finding a great difference between them in the end products I wonder if the Domino provides any added benefit. It looks like a great tool don’t get me wrong. Just curious about your opinion after working with it if there are benefits.
Ok question, I like the back part of desk to access cables, but how can I do that without a wood frame, I want to use adjustable legs that move up and down. got any tips for me to be able to incorporate that feature. and lastly thank you for the videos lots of great stuff. I appreciate all the advice and tips.
I like the desk but the pop up charger is in a fairly awkward spot imo. Maybe a couple inches more to the left and it would be still easily accessible while also not getting in the way while it is up.
