Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Bookmatched table base, cause why not? They say symmetry is beauty. And since I've never seen anyone bookmatch a table base to make a mirror image of itself I decided to try on this desk I was making for my wife. This is essentially part two of my desk build. Click the link below to see how that went!

Walnut Smart Desk youtu.be/hZCWjuxwN5c

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