Monitor Stand: The Sandening
Apr. 27th, 2023 05:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
carlfoxmartenI've cut the sides into legs, I've drilled holes in the top plate for screws, and the stand is now formed and screwed together.
Granted, it wasn't all that straightforward, and given my inexperience and lack of power tools, it only made the process longer and slower.
Fortunately, I'm pretty sure the only thing left to do is to varnish it.
Today was sunny and somewhat windy, so it was easy enough to sand all the surfaces smooth, though the wind was variable enough to blow the sawdust back into my face for me to breathe in...
Anyway, I'm pretty sure that I can take the screws back out and start applying the varnish whenever I'm ready. At least, I don't think it would be a good idea to varnish over the screws!
Hopefully I'll be able to use it in the next week. Right now, my main monitor is a bit too high off the desk due to having to take the plywood I'm using for the top plate of the stand back as I'm working on it, and the only thing I had available is taller...
Granted, it wasn't all that straightforward, and given my inexperience and lack of power tools, it only made the process longer and slower.
Fortunately, I'm pretty sure the only thing left to do is to varnish it.
Today was sunny and somewhat windy, so it was easy enough to sand all the surfaces smooth, though the wind was variable enough to blow the sawdust back into my face for me to breathe in...
Anyway, I'm pretty sure that I can take the screws back out and start applying the varnish whenever I'm ready. At least, I don't think it would be a good idea to varnish over the screws!
Hopefully I'll be able to use it in the next week. Right now, my main monitor is a bit too high off the desk due to having to take the plywood I'm using for the top plate of the stand back as I'm working on it, and the only thing I had available is taller...
