Attach Wooden Legs to Desktop

all right boys and girls we sanded everything down to 220 grit it looks fantastic nice and clean i love this raw color i'm gonna put these brackets back in place for this channel via the pocket hole screws now before we attach the top to the bottom we have to accommodate for wood movement meaning i can't just willy-nilly put screws in there i have a little bit of uh scrap left over two inch wide material it's an eighth inch thick i'm gonna cut it with a reciprocating saw put a couple holes and then we'll secure the top via that method it's important to note whenever you're drilling through metal do not go full blast on your drill it'll sometimes yes it'll cut quickly for a cut or two but then the tips will get so hot you'll actually see color changing on them and at that point you're just going to be dulling it the last things we have to do is recess these puppies in because if we don't then the top lays on top here and get away with it but i just you can make it look prettier so i'm going to use my little palm router with a little cutout bit trace it out and just cut it out you can chisel it out whatever you want to do my friend [Music] so we're talking about wood movement and securing this in a way that is a wobble also allows for this to move you know slightly of whatever it has to happen these are one inch screws and then this is where the big moneymaker is a washer by putting this in in that combination it'll hold the top to the legs while wobbling and if this really wants to go again very small increments this will give it a little bit of a wiggle room to be able to accommodate it and prevent it from corkscrewing it