I Built a Desk with a Hidden Secret

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Build a Modern DIY Desk with a killer epoxy inlay drawer design and hidden wire management. Hide all those unsightly wires while you stay at home and work from home. You can make a modern computer desk and keep a wireless keyboard, mouse, and charging station on top for a super clean look.
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[@harjeetsingh6853]

Hi guys I’m in the hospital recovering from that insanely crisp transition at 11:34

[@metallikunt]

Really wish I could like this comment more than once!

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Took me a minute to get that one right. Glad it hit 😀

[@philshock3805]

Whoa! Totally missed that - thanks for highlighting it. That's the coolest transition I've seen!

[@AlexCue]

First thing I came to the comments to point out. Such a nice touch! Hope your recovery is swift lol

[@davo7512]

It was so crisp that I didn’t even notice it

[@bretspangler8717]

I enjoyed how you converted "mistakes" into "design features", a useful skill.

[@Blaowzir]

a Bob Ross disciple?

[@davidboston7943]

I always say I learned woodworking from both my dad and my grandpa: my grandpa taught me to use the tools, my dad taught me how to fix my mistakes. The desk looks amazing, design features and all! I really like the detailed build videos, with all the tips and tricks. Since I've started working and learning on my own, youtube has taught me a lot about joinery and designing a project. Thanks for being a part of that!

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Thanks for coming along for the ride!

[@wizardofboz]

"We'll call it a design feature" - Me and my dad to each other every ten minutes when we build something

[@ModernBuilds]

Cool clamp pads!! Epoxy pattern looks sick!

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

channeled my inner Maker Ranch on this bad boy :)

[@cashwill7119]

Pro trick: you can watch movies on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using them for watching lots of of movies recently.

[@JeffreyMoon1974]

I really like the suggestion of gluing on sandpaper to the offcuts. Great tip and great build, Brad!

[@DIYMAN]

Love that walnut! Thanks for sharing!

[@LessThanHandy]

That wire management, and I have done tons of that myself, is just beautiful. Cheers! ✌️

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

gotta love a tidy desk :)

[@BYOTools]

Love the CNC design on the front of this desk. Great idea and nice work.

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@WhiteLabWorkshop]

Beautiful desk! That tip about adding sandpaper to the offcuts to help with clamping is gold! All your design features are inspirational for a guy like me, who is way too good at adding design features to my own projects 😁

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

it'll be our little secret :) #designfeature

[@Luqman899]

One of the realest woodworkers on KZbin, sure there may be some fancy tools, but how can you not love the honesty in his work. Awesome.

[@weberwoodshop]

This is awesome! Really like the drawer fronts. Also love how you get your dumbbell workout in while you build. A+ for multitasking!

[@cityofsaints4929]

That transition at 11:34 is really clean. Nice build!

[@TomS1337]

Great idea for the back panel using the magnets. Love the finished desk. Looks amazing.

[@365hype]

That oscillating belt sander! You have the fantasy factory of woodworking.

[@modustrial]

those drawer fronts!! 🔥🔥

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Thanks, brother!

[@mjmjmj8683]

People like you make the world more beautiful. Thank you

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

that's very kind

[@mcdazz2011]

Looks fantastic. Thanks for making such a wonderful desk.

[@BruceAUlrich]

That turned out really sharp, Brad! I love the design on the drawer fronts.

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Thanks, Bruce! My favorite feature too

[@_cineris]

"And it should have magic marker on it, within the week" - Me, with literally everything I build XD

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

#dadlife, am I right?

[@adamrbuchanan]

#truth

[@Pop_Gordo]

There’s a 100% chance that I start saying, “Design feature” during every project for the rest of my life.

[@thisjustin77]

😂😂😂

[@justminibanana9128]

Now I'm going to refer to the glowing background in my render a design feature.

[@stephanh1754]

Design Feature... that reminds me of flying RC planes and having an "Unscheduled Landing".

[@Pop_Gordo]

Update: I’ve had two small projects since I saw this video and they both had “design features”

[@spencertressaadams8427]

If your having trouble with nail blowouts try turning your gun 90 degrees to be in line with the wood. Brad nails are shaped flat like a 2x4 and bend the same way, they flex in their thinner direction. If you have the flex direction where the nail can follow the wood grain out toward the side of the board, Murphy’s law says they will. If you turn the gun to be parallel with the length of the board your shooting into, the brad can on flex along the length and will still be in the board. Great vid!

[@ilROSS]

Beautiful project!

[@bruce88lee]

Nice transition at 11:34 :)

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

had fun with that one :)

[@briankinnaman6532]

Wow!! This is a beautiful piece! I really dig the waterfall edges on the desktop and drawer faces. Amazing stuff! Thanks for sharing.

[@JenWoodhouse1]

Beautiful project!!!

[@SouthernStyleDIY]

Love the design on the drawers! That cable management is really smart too. Great build, as always!

[@lynoreabbott1010]

If I watch any more of these, my son (13 years old) is going to make me buy him a CnC for Christmas. Well done. So pretty. Dreaming of CnC's now.....

[@varosolo78]

Man, I really love your concept of “design features”.

[@GPULibrary]

that desk its 5 times more expensive than that HP PC System.

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

I'd say 50 times 😂😂

[@Lord-Panda2112]

That is bloody lovely! Wow, such detail and craftsmanship! You should be proud.

[@Duskepuden]

1. I like your design, really great idea. 2. Looking at the front, at the way you dealt with the edges, I got a suggestion: Considering you before assembly already know what goes where, then it would not take long for you, to cut a V-groove into the front, all the way around, then cut some strips of the plywood, where there good looking side, is the one to be turned out, at the inward is cut into an angle. This has several benefits: 1. It hides that you made it in plywood; 2: Creating these cuts, will make the front look like the rest of your creation; 3: The front will because of the angle and groove center itself. Beyond that... nice show of machines. ;)

[@JolienBrebels]

What a beautiful desk!

[@WolfRidgeWoodworking]

That desk is stunning and I love all of the tips and tricks you shared in the video! Using magnets to hold that panel on is just pure genius Brad. Take care and have a blessed day! - Ed

[@julietphillips1991]

You put a lot of thought and work into this desk! The drawer fronts with the grout-like epoxy looks fantastic! Kids better appreciate this beauty!

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Thanks! Oh, and I'm getting a clear desk cover for it just in case :)

[@ArturoMendezC]

I love the finish and the tops, beautiful desk

[@The-Official-Finn-the-Dog]

Amazing...I love how the drawers close by themselves. You are incredibly talented.

[@richardmarquardt6246]

Very cool design! Looks great!

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Thanks!

[@ThePhrygianFingers]

Love this, wish I had a workshop to make a desk like this. Personally, I would have left the walnut plugs exposed, it looked cool!

[@ComicCulture]

Me Before Watching: Oh, maybe I should do this too instead of buying a new desk! Me 10 min in: Oh, Ikea takes Paypal too!

[@phoearwenien4355]

Like developers say: "It's not a bug, it's a feature!" 😂

[@maskedredstonerproz]

As a developer myself, that's true

[@smortboi1320]

No one: This guy: “my kids were really just design features for my life, and that’s ok”

[@TheGuba2010]

Beautiful build. I love the drawer fronts. Nice job!

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Thanks, Tim!

[@TreyStegall]

Very impressed. Beautiful work.

[@maiagromann6625]

the color of the wood is awesome and the pattern on the pattern on the front is nice. really cool idea. :D

[@tommyj7087]

Loved the "Toasty" meme thrown in!

[@robjohnston5292]

Lol, love the comment about Magic Marker! Been there, done that with a freshly painted bedroom. Great looking desk, I really like the cable management.

[@ShyneflowLC]

I love that cnc design! Super jealous of that machine

[@omerkeinan4784]

Beautifully done

[@siddharthmali5841]

Great design

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Thanks a lot

[@scottrotella8996]

The desk is stunning Brad. I especially like the grain matched waterfall edges and the drawer fronts. Well done!!!

[@OmegaRiley]

I may be more of a computer guy than a woodworking guy, but imagine using VGA in 2020. Fantastic build none the less, and I may just have to try and get my hands a bit dirty to turn out something similar.

[@phz5705]

Gorgeous build!

[@abrahammoses4167]

Your videos are great inspiration. With all this quarantine time, it's nice to get some ideas for designs!

[@andrewbrown8148]

Very nice project, Brad~! The geo patterns with black-tinted epoxy on the drawer fronts was a great touch.

[@electricalron]

Beautiful work!

[@jeremys6211]

Brad, as Bob Ross says, "There are no mistakes, just happy little accidents." :)

[@Gav.in.4k]

Just happy little design features

[@karenmitchell6814]

I think that was a great use of your CNC

[@IllGetMyTools]

I love following you man! Yes I hate IKEA crap too!! Im a carpenter as well starting my KZbin channel thanks for the inspiration Brad!!

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Thanks! Best of luck on the KZbin channel. Check out Tim Schmoyer on Video Creators...great info on starting a channel

[@prakashmakwana6907]

Great design & build. Draw fronts are awesome!

[@arcticfoxes3818]

Iove your channel keep up the good work. Watch you when I am bored

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

feel free to watch when you aren't bored as well :)

[@Helixal]

Did you just get me interested in woodworking? Subscribed.

[@Manuel_E.]

Beautiful!

[@ayananjum1086]

I'm not gonna build any of this.. but I still watch ur videos and I luv them. Thank u......👍

[@organize1979]

Awesome. I have been wanting to make a walnut desk. Wish I had that CNC...maybe I’ll try a drawer front design w my router. Your videos are so well edited and the pace is good.

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

thank you!!

[@SM-tg7vl]

You seem like such a happy guy. Great video!

[@wtfdandisser]

Absolutely beautiful desk man! I loooooooooooooove the cable management area. If I had the tools to make something as beautiful I totally would do it.

[@AbrahamHernandez-zi1kb]

Great outcome! The drawer fronts are cool looking. Awesome project!!!

[@befmx31]

VERY cool idea for the drawer fronts! Me Likey!

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@seanperdue232]

WOW! That was fantastic!!

[@TheRobSti]

That desk looks amazing, would love to build one similar. It would be great to see a desk build using as few tools as possible (for people who don't have a full workshop). You just got a new subscriber :)

[@paulbaker1604]

Wow, another awesome project and beautiful finished product. I learned so many useful techniques from that one video (and so many tools I now want). I really appreciate that you show how you 'fix' self imposed problems and how you would improve it to make a design better. And I have to say that the banding and splined bevels you used to just make it cleaner and prettier are something i'll be incorporating from now on. The effort is way worth it. Keep up the great work!

[@clydebalcom8252]

Beautiful.

[@stupidchicken03]

"Hidden cable Management" using wireless keyboard and mouse lol

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Yep, the wires are hidden in the USB receiver 😂😂

[@joewood2409]

I noticed that also. Lol 🤣 Still, awesome build !! As always.

[@TimbavatiLion]

@@Fixthisbuildthat The next Desk should include one or two Qi charging zones somewhere, around where a mousepad would be, and towards the edge 😄 Hidden behind a thin wooden layer, invisible of course.

[@justin_babcock219]

Beautiful build!!

[@gileshodgskins2061]

A great job! and 'it's a design feature' is now my go-to 'excuse'!

[@olivier2553]

Computer tower on the carpet is really a bad idea: it builds up a ton of dust inside the case! Nice desk tough.

[@Krunnky]

It's also bad for over-heating and static discharge. You can find little lifter stands on amazon for cheap. I'd hate for something to happen to the PC :(

[@taoying3987]

@@Krunnky or some $700 wheels from some fruit company

[@Kimo0tJJ]

Walnut is really the most beautiful wood kind in my opinion

[@sapelesteve]

That desk turned out awesome Brad! BTW, Great design changes & very similar to what I always wind up doing.............. Stay safe.............😉😉👍👍

[@TravellingAsh-]

Yeah, I’m just gonna have to go to ikea. Incredible desk. Awesome work.

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

thank you!

[@robing4566]

A design feature....I gotta use that one. Thanks, desk is awesome too.

[@reforzar]

Wire management hits me right in the feels. 🥰

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

All the feels

[@brum2302]

Beautiful

[@jeffforbes3772]

Extremely cool Brad! But what's even cooler is that I use referential measurements myself which normally turn into design features. Wow huh? Great design and build. Thanks for posting.

[@hubshooter]

To get around the issues with using pocket screws for the top, you can increase the height of the drill block on the jig. That will put the shoulder of the pocket hole far enough back to deal with the longer screws and actually give you a bit more meat for the screws. I did this on a walnut faceframe and it worked like a charm 👌👌

[@DIYHomeofMine]

Geometric drawer fronts made me click the video. I wish I had CNC, because I have done some simpler geometric designs with a router and it is pretty nerve wrecking. Overall very lovely and utilitarian desk.👌

[@thenakedcarpenter2502]

So many good design features. and my favorite “magic marker on it by the end of the week.” Kiddos keep us humble. Cheers!

[@LorenzoDiPietroTube]

STUNNING!!!!!!!

[@andrewcignoni3901]

Nice work man. I wish more “influencers” would highlight their mistakes. I learn more from those than anything else! Thank you.

[@MeggidoX]

I gotta say that drawer front design is really sleek and a great way to step it up without making it stand out too much.

[@dorothyyoung8231]

“We’ll call it a design feature.” You’re a pro!

[@boxmfg]

SuperNice desk 👍🏻

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Thanks! 👍

[@TheJCinator]

Good idea using to dumbbell to keep the board flat while cutting. 👍🏼

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Not using them for much else, hahaha

[@TheJCinator]

Fix This Build That I like the modesty, but don’t think I don’t see those gains 👀 💪🏼

[@pmdinaz]

Looks great! Nicely done. Noticed the two week turnaround from film to post. People seem to forget that it takes time to edit and find those snippets..h a ha ha..good one!

[@XionSteel]

seeing those spaces you left open for draws kind of had me imagining rack mounts instead, sounds like something id do xD

[@TurreTuntematon]

I think this was a competition about how many tools to use on one project.

[@dianadoshy]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ztheapostolickid4128]

2:01 Lol what did I just hear 🤣🤣🤣

[@FredMcIntyre]

Looks awesome Brad, great job! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

Thanks, Fred! Glad you liked it 👍

[@jaymantisgaming]

just discovered your channel and i'm loving it. as a carpenter myself ive learned a lot so far from just 2 of your vids. also i like how there's no cheesy annoying stock music in the background and your product placement is more than bareable lol. you get paid and we dont have to sit through 2 minutes of product plugging/ short and sweet. have a sub. cheers mate

[@sachinkainth9508]

What's a rabbit? What's a chase? I don't actually know anything about woodwork, I watch these videos just for entertainment. :-)