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My daughter and I are starting to build a desk right now.
First plan it then build a model in balsa. Work from the basis of scaling the poeces of timber down to model size...for example if you are using 8 x 4 sheets of ply cut your balsa into pieces 4x 8 inches make a little pile and work as if the little sheets are big ones.
Another good idea is to make a cardboard replica of the room to scale with doors etc so you figure just how some things will fit or wont in a real life situation.
We are only building one out of necessity (lay out issues) and it will be in pine from Bunnings.
If lay out is not the issue and you just want one because it would look cool please think long and hard.
It is expensive and really requires a lot of planning to get it right.
If you can buy one do so... as although it seems a simple job you really have to know what you are doing.
If you must build a scale model which will probably convince you to buy ready made☺.
Alex
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