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Add Skirt, Cubby, and Lip

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DIY Under Desk Printer Stand

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What happens here

Create and attach a 2 1/2-inch wide skirt around the base of the cabinet using wood glue and brad nails to conceal the 3-inch casters. Cut and install a small cubby to encapsulate specific devices like an internet router or USB mic, preventing them from shifting. Finally, attach a 3-inch lip to the very top back edge of the cabinet. This lip serves as a backstop for the printer, ensuring it stays in place when the cabinet is pulled out or pushed in from under the desk.

Goal: Enhance functionality and aesthetics by adding a caster-concealing skirt, an internal cubby, and a printer-retaining lip.

Tools and materials

  • Brad Nailer Ridgid — Securing the skirt, cubby, and lip
  • Clamps — Holding pieces while glue dries and nails are applied
  • Miter Saw Ridgid — Cutting the skirt pieces and the printer lip to length
  • Plywood Strips — Material for the skirt, cubby walls, and printer lip
  • 1 1/4 inch Brad Nails — Securing the skirt, cubby, and lip
  • Damp Rag — Wiping off excess wood glue
  • Wood Glue Titebond — Bonding the skirt, cubby, and lip

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for everything like I mentioned earlier we're going to have 3-in casters on this cabinet now to conceal those casters as much as we can I created this 2 and 1/2 in wide skirt that will go completely around the base of the cabinet and the casters will sit and be secured just enough for the swivel to completely turn around and not touching none of the edges on the skirt once they were secured the second feature that I added was an encapsulating cubby for the internet router and the USB mic to make sure it doesn't fall side to side and the last feature that I really like that I added as well that's super functional is a 3-in lip that sets at the very top of the cabinet towards the back essentially this is the part that the printer butts up against to so when you you pull it out from underneath your desk it doesn't fall back and when you shove it back in it doesn't fall off the side as well all right now that

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