Fabrication BookWell-Being Design Desk

Tanner Svoboda

Quarter Scale Model

Materials- 1/8” Plywood- 1/4” Plywood- 1/16” Aluminum Tubing- Behr Paint

Full Scale Mock-upStructure

Materials- 4/4” Poplar Hardwood- 1/4” Cardboard

Cutting table components.

Glue up. Glue up.

Testing turntable mechanism. Testing cubby mechanism.

Glue up.

Testing cubby mechanism.

Full Scale PrototypeStructure

Materials- 4/4” Maple Hardwood- PPG Automotive Paint

Routing groove in desk structure. Glue up. Desk components.

Priming desk legs. Painting desk legs.

Desk components.

Painting desk legs.

Glue up.

Glue up.

Full Scale PrototypeDesktop

Materials- 1” Plywood- 3/4” Maple Plywood- 1” Paper Honeycomb- 1/32” Maple Veneer- 1/32” Maple Edgebanding

Vacuum forming plywood. Routing desk shape with straight bit.

Pre-cutting negative space. Routing out negative space.

Mapping out honeycomb filler.

Veneer over desk structure.

Mapping out honeycomb filler.

Veneer over desk structure. Drilling hole for cubby attachment.

Applying edge banding. Applying danish oil finish.

Using epoxy to attach table structures to table top. Turning UHMW on metal lathe.

Full Scale PrototypeCubbies

Materials- 3/4” Maple Plywood- 3/4” UHMW Tubing- 3/4” Oak Dowel- Mold Star 16 Rubber- Smooth-Cast 325 Plastic

Applying danish oil finish. Glue up. Turning wood dowl on metal lathe.

Turning UHMW on metal lathe.

Glue up.

Pouring Mold-Star 16 Pouring Smooth-Cast 300

Full Scale PrototypeMechanisms

Materials- 1/5” Cold Rolled Steel Rod- 1/2” White Acrylic- 3D Printed Steel Locks

Drilling holes on milling machine.

3D printed steel locks.

Full Scale PrototypeRubber components

Materials- 1/2” MDF- Sorta-Clear 40 Rubber- 1/4” Plywood- Sil-poxy

Clear coating MDF molds.

Pouring Sorta-Clear 40 Rubber. Realizing a mold release is needed for rubber to release from MDF.

Gluing rubber components together with sil-poxy. Trim router to make groove.

Gluing rubber components to desktop with sil-poxy.