"Chris Friesen" wrote in message
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rolsonDesign wrote:

I'm trying to attach a rendering I did on my computer of the unit I'm
building.

http://www.rolson.com/images/bookcase2_view3.jpg

Nice render.

For something like that you might just consider using a good grade of
maple or birch plywood for the desk surface (maybe double-thickness around
the edges) with solid edging of the same (or maybe contrasting) species
glued on and then shaped with a router.

You could run the plywood grain the long way down your desk, then have the
short leg butted up against it. That way you get the simplicity of a butt
joint, and the grain pattern would be continuous on the surface.

Trouble with that approach is that you end up with a joint in the middle of
the corner work surface, another pencil-buster unless it's perfectly
executed.

Running that corner piece diagonally from a single sheet with the joins
under the uprights for the shelving will IMO be a more satisfactory
solution.

Chris