This document summarizes the process of designing and building a lapdesk/briefcase. There were many challenges along the way, including poor measurements that led to incorrect cuts, frustration with sanding, and pieces that didn't fit together properly. With persistence through many iterations of cutting, sanding, gluing, and testing, the project was eventually completed despite not being perfect. The document concludes that the process was a learning experience, and improvements could be made if another lapdesk was built in the future, such as doing math correctly from the start and using malleting to join wood pieces.

1. Kanpadongtungan
A the-making-of story presentation
made with illegaly downloaded
photos

2. There was an idea

3. It was so great I loved it so much I was
so excited I really wanted to do it

4. I consulted and
showed
everyone and
made all the
preliminary
things

5. That was…
Until the problems
started
The first of which
was me not starting

6. When I did
start, it was
slow

7. Progress ground to
a halt because I
was too lazy to find
materials

8. Luckily my dad
found wood and I
had a lesson in
using the cutting
machine

9. The project was
back on and I was
reinvigorated

10. It was time
to cut and
everything
was great

11. Except it wasn’t

12. My measurements
were off and the
file to cut on the
machine was wonky

13. date
Me but I’m not there
because I took too long
A one hour job took
four hours and to
top it all off, I
missed a date :C

14. Everything was
pretty bleak but

15. I did have
everything I
needed cut out

16. Now it was time for
a wood worker’s
dream

17. Sanding

18. Sanding
(not really,
everyone seems to
hate sanding)

19. Of course, like any
good worker

20. I left it for a
couple of days
because I was
traumatized to
see it

21. Finally, after I
sanded everything

22. Finally, after I
sanded everything
(not really I gave
up sanding it)

23. I decided to put
it together

24. But there was one problem
But there was one
problem

25. The pieces didn’t
fit together D:

26. So I did end up
sanding

27. Which was a big
mistake

28. As it turns out
After deciding
to glue the
pieces
together when
they finally fit
well

29. I learned
of the
magical
method of
malleting
the pieces
of wood
together

30. TOO
LATE!!!
By then, it was
already too late

31. A one day job was
stretched out over
the course of one
and a majority of a
week

32. -definitely
something to
improve on if I ever
get the chance to
make another one

33. After everything was put
together with tears and blood
and sweat and glue

34. It was time to add
HINGES

35. Everything went
well

36. (Doesn’t fold)
Technically, it was
done
But the thing didn’t
fold closed

37. (folds)
But then it did

38. good enough
And at that point
It was good enough
for me

39. Despite being the roughest, dustiest, splinteriest,
wobbliest, unfoldiest briefcase lapdesk ever

40. I worked and was
usable on a bed, on
the floor, on a
table

41. After so much ideating, designing, revising, cutting, grinding,
sanding, joining, drilling, gluing, testing, frustrationing,
consulting, validating, and exhibiting

42. I got what I wanted

43. It was a desk

44. It fit on a lap

45. It folded into a
briefcase

46. It could hold stuff
on it

47. Are there some things that I could have done
better?
Absolutely.
Should I have done math better from the start?
Definitely
Would malleting the pieces together have saved me a
lot of frustration?
Oh yes
Was there time to sand and coat the whole thing in
varnish?
You bet there was

48. But as with most,
nothing’s perfect
the first time

49. We learn from our
mistakes and strive
to do better the
next time.

50. Now, will there be a
next time?

51. Well I did think of
making two

52. Image sources
Google :D
The pictures of the lapdesk are by Jio Dumlao (me)