Hi all lovers of architectural design! How are you today I hope you are always healthy and can continue to do activities as you should.
Back again with me a woodworking who will always display various kinds of posts related to furniture design, in this post I want to show a piece of my work last week and this is an order from a consumer who is about to open his business a mini market and he orders a table.
There are lots of models and styles of a cashier's desk, some are in the shape of a straight elongated, letter L and even letter U, it's all according to someone's wishes and also in accordance with the place where it will be placed, for the letter L shape like the one I made, put it attached to the wall so that the shape will fit and fit perfectly, while the letter U-shaped table is usually placed in the middle of the room behind the wall, for example, such as the reception desk in hotels or in office lobbies.
For this ordered table I made it by assembling the framework first because according to my customer's request, he asked for a table at a slightly lower price and of course I made the materials I used according to the agreed costs and that's the buying and selling system but the results and quality will not disappoint even though the price is relatively low and even though the profit I get is not too big as long as it is enough to cover the work costs and electricity costs and costs for machine maintenance.
This table has a height of 100 cm and a width of 50 cm and a length of 150 cm on the left and 120 cm on the right so that when it is placed close to the wall it will have a room of 100 cm x 70 cm and it is comfortable to move in and not cramped.
For the material I used a board that I split 5 cm for the frame and 4 mm plywood to cover the entire surface of the table, so let's see how the process works.
Working process
cuts and splits ingredients
The first step I did was to shave the board until it was completely flat with a thickness of 2 cm and then I split it with a size of 5 cm as much as 2 pieces of board and each board can be split in 4 so there are 8 pieces in total.
Then I cut and split the plywood with a size of 50 cm x 100 cm in 2 pieces for the left and right table legs and then 60 cm x 100 cm one sheet for the table legs in the middle of this part is wider than the left and right legs because the position is slanted 90 degrees.
Then I cut the boards that I had split and put them together with the plywood that I had cut according to size.
Screws piece by piece
The next step is assembling the legs of the table, first I assemble the left first using wood that I cut 135 cm 3 pieces (for the front) and 95 cm 3 pieces (for the back) and every one side of the wood I cut obliquely 90 degrees.
Then I continued assembling the right side of the table with 105 cm 3 piece wood (for the front) and 65 cm 3 piece (for the back), then I added wood on each floor of the table to make it stronger and stronger and also on the front to strengthen between one floor and the other so it does not bend.
Then I cut the plywood for each of these floors and I cut each side with a slope of 90 degrees for the left side 40 cm x 135 cm 2 pieces and for the right side 40 cm x 105 cm, the front of the table left and right enter 10 cm from the size of the leg and so the table top is 40 cm wide.
After the inner floor is finished, then one sheet of plywood 85 cm x 137.5 cm (for the left front) and 85 cm x 107.5 cm (for the right front) for the lowest floor is higher than the surface of the table leg 15 cm, so the height of the front is 85 cm and then I installed the table top with plywood which I cut according to the shape and size of the table.
finishing
This process is the last process in making furniture and there are several stages in it.
the first stage is putty this stage is the process of covering all the marks from screwing and nailing so that all the marks are no longer visible (using a thick putty) then also covering all parts of the table with putty which has been mixed with a solvent (slightly more liquid) its use to cover all the pores of the plywood so that the results are better.
The next step is sanding all the parts that after the putty dries evenly using fine sandpaper until all the table surfaces are smooth and the remaining putty is even.
And the next stage is the last stage of finishing, namely painting this stage is coating all parts of the table with paint. This stage can be done manually (using a paint brush) or not manually, namely using an air compressor (spray gun), this stage can be done several times to produce the desired color and shine for this table, I did three paintings and each time I had to wait 3 hours for the paint to dry completely.
That is an explanation of the process of working on a liter l-shaped cash register, I hope you can understand it and if my writing is not understood then I hope you can understand it through the pictures that I display and thank you very much for reading my post I hope you like it and see you in the next furniture post.