Lap Desk

Lap Desk Sits on Civil War Campaign Table
August 27, 2021

Charlie made this lap desk to sit on the Civil War campaign table, which he made years ago. The desk is modeled after the Jefferson lap desk but he made…
A Study in Coves
September 25, 2015

This lap desk was a study on cove cuts on the table saw. The base and edges have an hourglass shape which was completed on the tablesaw. The pencil holder…
Wooden Lap Desk
March 27, 2015

So easily to build your own lap desk by using using foam which can be easily found from any fabric or super store. You can get the unfinished wooden lap…
Lap Desk – A Little Old World Charm
January 3, 2015

My mother's old chair side table gave out and she decided that a lap desk would be nice to have. After a little research I decided that I would need to…
Thomas Jefferson Lap Desk
December 13, 2012

Woodworker: Lesley GoldGold made this lap desk (14-3⁄8 in. deep by 9-3⁄8 in. wide by 2-1⁄2 in. tall) in a master class at Philadelphia Furniture Workshop. It's a replica of…
Shaker Lap Desk in SketchUp
November 15, 2010

The new Christian Becksvoort lap desk project was only online for a matter of days, when David Heim emailed me with a revamped SketchUp version of the desk. David edited…
Build a Shaker Lap Desk – Part I
October 27, 2010

In this three-part series, learn how to build a beautiful Shaker lap desk tailor-made for today's laptop computers.
Build a Shaker Lap Desk – Part III
October 27, 2010

In the final installment of the Shaker Lap Desk series, learn how to build delicate breadboard ends.

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