fully Jarvis, Assembly Instructions Manual

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The Jarvis L-shaped frame accommodates a large main top of 
27” to 33” deep and 54.25” to 82” wide. 

In our experience, desks have better lateral stability the further 
apart the legs are. We position the screw holes for the Side 
Brackets 2 inches in from the sides of the desktop. This leaves 
about 1” of desktop overhang and maximizes lateral stability.

Placing the holes at least 2 inches in from the sides lowers the 
chance that your desktop will split during drilling.Depending on 
the rigidity and strength of your desktop material you can leave 
more of it overhanging the Side Brackets. For example, on our 
78” tops the Side Bracket holes are 5” in from the edge with 4” 
of overhang.

Large “Main” Top

The dimension limits for the smaller top are a little trickier, since 
they’ll depend on the size and shape of your larger top. The total 
distance from the back edge of the large top to the front edge of 
the small top should be between 54.25” and 82”. You can find 
the maximum width of the small top (the side perpendicular to 
the front edge of the large top) by subtracting the depth of the 
large top from 82”. The depth of the small top (the edge parallel 
to the front of the larger top) should be no fewer than 27”, and 
no more than 33”.

For example, if your large desktop is 32” deep, your small 
desktop must be between 24.25” and 50” wide.

Small “Return” Top

Position over the feet

Using your own desktop

There’s no one right way to position your frame on your 
desktop but there are a few things you’ll want to keep in mind. 

Generally speaking, the desktop should be centered over the 
frame side-to-side, and positioned slightly forward of center 
(towards the user) front-to-back. 

Most L-shaped desktops will consist of 2 pieces: a large “main” 
top and a smaller “return” top on one side.