Chip Carving Lap Desk - Front

Chip Carving Lap Desk - Front
The front is 1/2" Birch plywood 2 3/8" high by 10 3/8" long. The pieces for the sides angle up from 2 1/4" high in the front to 3 3/4" high at the rear. This gives a slope of 1 1/2" over the 10" span. Since the top comes down at an angle as it meets the top of the front, angle the top of the front slightly to match the angle of the top. To cut this angle, I used a 1/4" spacer to raise the bottom inside face of the front piece. Then I ran the top of the front past a straight router bit, shaving off what was needed to create the angle on the top of the front.