Indeed, however my concern would be spilt liquid getting in between the boards. There’s no where else to eat in my rental other then at my desk, so I basically live there. ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ
I have a drill (with bits), screws, sand paper, and a hand saw. I think now I will use pocket holes in conjunction with glue, or perhaps buy some dowels and use those.
Yes, sorry! I had all that in there at one point… much too tired. Basically I want to avoid using polyurethane and PVA (a tall order, I know).
I haven’t ordered the lumber yet, but I plan on getting some 5/4 S2S soft maple.
I wish I had the tools and skills to do joinery, but not yet. I’ll be rough sanding the edges to get rid of whatever chafe is left and to fair them, then I’ll glue them edge to edge. I’ll then sand down the rest of it so that it’s all pretty much true, and finish with a spirit varnish.
Finally, I’ll drill pilot holes for the screws that attach it to the base of the desk.
Slowly gathering the tools and materials I need to make my own desktop. I’ll be trying to use pine sap resin to glue the boards together before sanding it down. I think I’ll be buying the rest of the desk from Ikea, I just don’t want to keep touching melamine when I’m studying (although it’s probably safe).