How To Make A Wooden Lap Desk
Most lap desks that you see are made with a top that is a flat piece of wood or fiber board.
How to make a wooden lap desk. Fold up the edges like a present and make sure you can pull the fabric onto the top because that will all get covered up by your desk anyway. Sand any slivers that are sticking up. Essentially you just need to cover your foam block with your fabric staple it on and then glue the foam to the wood board.
This is the perfect size to accommodate my 17 laptop. I enlisted the help of my little sister who is currently in wood shop to help me with the table saw. Add the Super Glue gel the bottom of the lap desk frame.
Let it dry like that for about an hour. This ledge is called the cradle. Glue with fabric fusion and pin it to keep it in place.
In this video I build a desk with hidden laptop storage and a hidden power strip compartment using reclaimed pallet wood. Slide the top onto your new DIY lap desk. It took less than 2 hours to construct and the only purchase I made for this project was a package of 2 standard hinges for 2 bucks.
How to Make a Lap Desk. I had a few scraps of wood laying around from previous projects so I decided to tackle a quick easy and almost free build. Then remove your pins and.
Place something heavy on it to clamp it for about 15 minutes the super glue dries fast. Everything else wood screws nails glue stain I had on-hand. It was great seeing her put her new found skills to work.