Bird Desk
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Sam Tanis
Page
Contents
3
4
5
6
7 -9
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Supplies List + Price Breakdown
Plan + Elevations
Screw Assembly Detail
Shop Drawings
Assembly Instructions
Cut Sheets
Closing
The Bird Desk, named for its spindly yet sturdy legs, is designed to function equally well as a console desk or computer desk. The
ribbon top folds down from work surface to storage compartment/keyboard tray allowing cords and cables to flow out its sides. This
form takes its inspiration from school desks as well as the innovative, yet familiar (and pricy), desks from Stoller Works.
The Bird Desk is designed as an inexpensive, do-it-yourself alternative, to the high price, high design desks on the market. A price
breakdown is on the following page.
This booklet is designed to give the readers all the information they need to make their own…
Samuel Tanis
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Supply List + Price Breakdown
General
Specific
Supplier
Q t.
Price
Hardware*
#8 1.5” stainless steel flathead wood screw
#8 stainless steel finish washer
90294A203
98466A009
www.mcmaster.com
www.mcmaster.com
8
8
$10.00
$4.00
Tools
Drill
Drill bit 5/64" & 5/16"
Drill press/drill guide
Angle clamps
Lumber
23" X 47" X 3/4” Baltic Birch Plywood
24" X 48" X 3/4” Birch playwood
48" X 48" X 1/2” Birch playwood
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1
1
1
CNC Cut
www.Ponkoko.com tag “Bird Desk”
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1
1
$110.00
$20.00
$40.00
Total**:
$184.00
*Minimum quantities accounts for price discrepancies.
**Prices are only estimates and are subject to fluctuate, blah,
blah, blah...
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36
8
2
DT
36.25
28.25
2
E1
Right Elevation
1” = 9”
3
E2
Front Elevation
1” = 9”
4
E3
1
P1
34.5
Rear Elevation
1” = 9”
Plan
1” = 9“
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DT
WS1
#8 Wood Screw
+ #8 Countersunk Washer
1/8 Dia fillet due to CNC Cutting
1
DT
Detail
Screw Assembly**
1’ = 1’-0”
*This screw assembly also applies to the
desktop assembly (pg. 9)
L1*
** This screw assembly is a view of L1 but
also applies to L2 in the mirrored image.
#8 Wood Screw
+ #8 Countersunk Washer
WS4
Indicated where a component is located
on the reverse, TYP.
Location of screws OC with elements on the reverse, TYP.
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Pilot Hole
1/8” Dia. TYP.
1.25
8.5
6.25
2
.5 2.75
8.5
6.25
Plan
5
24
2.25
8.5
21.5
.5
1
6.5
Pilot Hole Depth
Pilot Hole
1/4” Dia. TYP.
Elevation
36
35.25
28.5
33
.5
.5
.75
2.5 1
14.5
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Indicated where a
component is located
above, TYP.
1
L1
Shop Drawing
Qt.1*
1” = 1’-0”
2
L2
Shop Drawing
Qt.1*
1” = 1’-0”
*L1 (right leg) and L2 (left leg) are identical
in mirror image
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DT
Shop Drawing
Qt.1
1” = 1’-0”
Elevation
45º TYP.
4
WS1
Shop Drawing
Qt.1
1” = 1’-0”
5
WS2
Shop Drawing
Qt.1
1” = 1’-0”
6
WS3
Shop Drawing
Qt.1
1” = 1’-0”
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WS4
Shop Drawing
Qt.1
1” = 1’-0”
Plan
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WS1
WS2
WS3
WS4
Plan
Elevation
Elevation Configured
1
Ribbon Assembly Diagram
Bird Desk
1” = 6”
7
DT
WS1
*All Components shown on this page, and
previous page (pg. 7) are glued and nailed
WS2
WS3
WS4
1
Sequential Desktop Assembly*
Bird Desk
3/4” = 1’-0”
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#8 Wood Screw
+ #8 Countersunk Washer,
TYP.
L2
L1
1
Leg Assembly
Bird Desk
1” = 1’-0”
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DT
WS1
L1
WS3
47
48
48
L2
WS4
Miter WS2
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1
Cut Sheet
CNC 3/4” Baltic Birch*
2” = 1’-0”
*Material Thicknesses can vary - adjust
measurements accordingly
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2
Cut Sheet
3/4” Birch Plywood*
2” = 1’-0”
48
3
Cut Sheet
1/2” Birch Plywood*
2” = 1’-0”
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Samuel Tanis is a recent graduate of Otis College of Art and Design
with a BFA in Architecture/Landscape/Interiors and is a current
Master’s candidate in Architecture at The University of Illinois at
Chicago.
He can be contacted at
[email protected]
Copyright © 2012 by Samuel Tanis.
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