Switching over to metal for the desk legs.
Most of the woodworking is complete. The weather needs to cooperate a little more before I do the staining and final assembly. This means the legs can be fabricated. Since they are metal, weather is not as much of a factor. 1”x3” rectangular tubing will be the main structure of desk. After cutting and welding, there should be plenty of strength to hold up the heavy desk.
SketchUp is showing it’s power again. Rather than just guess and fabricate on the fly, a drawing was made to simulate the leg structure. Adding dimensions told me what lengths will be needed. A plugin to SketchUp gave me a cut list. The cuts didn’t take long, and then the angles will be soon following.
How many bench cookies are enough?
3d printing them myself makes them around $0.90 per cookie. Do you use a bunch of them or just a few? I have never used them. Recently, I printed a bunch of painting triangles. They are used to lift a piece from the work surface during a painting or finishing process. Any drips on the edges will drip off and not stick the piece to the table. Triangles are good for lighter pieces. They don’t hold the piece in place. There is not any friction. Here is where the cookies show their strength.
Shown below are a few cookies. Soon there will be some rubber circles glued on the top and bottom of the cookie. This will hold the piece still and also hold it up from the table. A key is to not put the cookies on the edge of the piece. Let the piece hang over by pushing the cookie under an inch or more.
