Making Corbels to Support the Wall Desk - DIY Cabin Build Episode 62

all right for the uh desktop I want to make a couple of corbels to hold it up nothing really fancy but um got this cut off of a two by six I'm hoping to get two corbels out of it but I'm not sure I've got these knots that are right in the middle of where it's gonna mess me up because I want to maximize the length of the corbel I'm going to need the entire length to get two corbels out of it so I don't know I might only be able to get one out of this and then I'll have to use another two by six see what I'm working with okay I've got four feet and a quarter inch I think what I'm gonna do well that'll give me a little bit of play with some kerf so I've got to cut some angles off of it so that should give me two 24 inch pieces let's see what I can do what I end up with okay so I want to measure 24 and an eighth that should give me 24.98 in both directions and it does so I'll get my center and then I'll cut this in half at an angle [Music] [Music] yeah look at all those nuts right there I'm not sure I'm going to be able to use this that's at a main point where I need to have a lot of strength [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] that's what it's gonna look like well not really I'm gonna cut that out a little bit more [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] okay so I want to cut that curve out and then that will be the shape of my corbel foreign [Music] I also want to cut this corner off at not this one but the first mark which will match this one [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] there in the middle but I can clean that up with a sander but uh there's my corbel [Music] all right after a little bit of sanding got that all nice and smoothed out so there's my corbel so it'll be like this [Music] this will be against the wall and this will support the bottom of the table [Music] okay I've marked out where the corbel would go and I avoid the knot right here man that whole area is nothing but knots I guess you know it won't hurt to actually make it and make a determination afterwards so I think I'll do that all right I got the second one made and it looks like it's exactly the same length all the way around so there it is I don't know what do you guys think of that it's not too bad over here [Music] this side looks fine this side's a little suspect I'm gonna run the sander over it and see if that doesn't clean it up enough to give me more confidence in using it all right it doesn't look that bad well it kind of does but what I'm going to do is I'm going to fill those cracks in those knots with some epoxy resin and uh because I'm gonna these are going to be painted black anyway so I'm going to go ahead and fill those and uh well take it from there looks like I'm gonna use it all right I'm gonna let that dry and then I'll sand it as smooth as I can get it all right there's my two corbels I still need to sand this one down but uh [Music] I think it'll be okay if not I can always make another one to replace it if it ever breaks [Music] but uh I'm gonna let this cure for a while it's five minute epoxy I'm gonna let it cure for several hours before I sand it and then I'll get those two painted foreign I got the corbels all painted black and I've also got these endpoints that I've created which will help support the corbels against the wall and against the desk and finally I've got this last piece here which I'm bringing along is a spare just in case I need it talk to you guys later