Custom Resin River L Desk

An L desk with a river and a custom image on the other side

Create a 3D model so that you know what you are doing while building the desk make all of your parts in separate inventor parts, then assemble them all in an assembly file (do this so that you know where everything goes while assembling the desk)

Cut all of your wood to random lengths, a width of 7/8 inch, and a height of 2 inches. Once you put glue on all the pieces of wood clamp them together until you get the desired dimensions. (I did 5 feet, or 60 inches, by 1 foot 9 inches, or 21 inches and 6 feet, or 72 inches, by 1 foot 9 inches, or 21 inches) Let dry for glues specified time. Once dried unclamp and plane or sand down till smooth/flush Once planed/sanded, cut out your custom design on the shorter of the 2 sides (I did a Tiki for my design) After you cut out the first design, cut out your river on the larger of the 2 sides When you finish cutting everything out sand all the edges so that everything is smooth and the corners are a little bit rounded Make a casing so that you can fill the tables with resin without is spilling out once the table is in the casing, start filling it with resin (only need to make casing for river table) When you finish filling the 2 sides of the table with resin(can color any color of choice), let dry for 24 hours Once the table is done drying, cut the 45 degree angles so that the table can make an L shape when the 45 degree ends of the sides meet Sand it down so that it is smooth again After sanding table put a coat of clear resin on top and let dry for 24 hours

The legs will be in rectangle shapes instead of the normal poles of legs Take your metal and cut out these lengths and amounts 2 X 2 X 28 (8) 2 X 2 X 60 (1) 2 X 2 X 38 (1) 2 X 2 X 15 (2) 2 X 1 X 60 (1) 2 X 1 X 38 (1) 2 X 1 X 15 (2) once you cut all of these pieces weld them together these are the pieces that you will need per leg Long back leg: 2 X 2 X 60 (1) 2 X 2 X 28 (2) 2 X 1 X 2 60 (1) Short back leg: 2 X 2 X 38 (1) 2 X 2 X 28 (2) 2 X 1 X 38 (1) both end legs: 2 X 2 X 15 (2) 2 X 2 X 28 (4) 2 X 1 X 15 (2) All of the legs will be 28 inches tall For the long back leg, put the 60 inch piece in between the 2 28 inch pieces to make the total length of the leg 64 inches long For the short back leg, put the 38 inch piece in between the 2 28 inch pieces to make the total length 42 inches long For both end pieces, put the 15 inch piece in between the 2 28 inch pieces to make the total length 19 inches long Once all of the legs are welded grind down the weld so that they are smoother Once all of your pieces are welded and grinded down, paint them so that they are not just bare metal

Measure the legs so that you can make a model of some caps Once you get the measurements, you can go into any 3D modeling software and make an end cap for your table so that the metal doesn't ruin your floor once you make the model print out all 8 of the caps so that you can put the caps on all of the legs

You need to make brackets so that the legs are more stable with each other Once you make to file for the brackets you can plasma cut the brackets out and then bend them with a breaker bend the brackets so that they are flush with the legs when they are pushed up against them

Drill holes in the metal so that you can fit a both through the wood so that the table top can then be bolted on to the legs and so that you can add the brackets ones the holes are drilled, line up the legs so that they are all even and then mark the holes on the table so that you can predrill the table before bolting it on once all of the holes are drilled you can bolt on the table after doing this you can line up the holes with the holes on the brackets so that you can put a bolt through and fasten the brackets to the legs.