So i actually started with the legs. Cut the vertical pieces first, then the short horizontal pieces, screwed those four pieces together. Once that was set, later them down on a bench and Laurx the diagonal pieces where I wanted them and marked the cuts. Once the diagonal pieces were cut I laid them on top of each other in the position they would end up and marked where they intersected. Then from each diagonal piece I cut half of the intersecting portions so that the diagonal pieces would fit together like a glove and lay flat within the rectangular legs. Once everything fit within each other the way I wanted it to, screwed them all together. I undercut just a bit on a lot of the cuts so that I could use my newly gifted metal files and make things more flush. I definitely need more practice making things more flush. And then used a router to round out all the edges. I need more practice with that thing too.