my first desk please send feedback

[WoodChuckWoods]

Made out of Yellowheart and Jatoba with Purpleheart and Yellowheart Inlays let me know where I could improve on my skills

 

[peter halle]

First,
[welcome] [welcome] to the forum.

Second,

I love your whimsy!  I love it !  I have rarely posted any of my work here, but your post might inspire me.  you will understand

Peter

 

[Ken Nagrod]

I agree with Peter, although I wouldn't have picked the correct or appropriate word that he did, so thanks Peter.

Just curious, but did you edge joint the yellowheart boards prior to assembly?

 

[WoodChuckWoods]

I agree with Peter, although I wouldn't have picked the correct or appropriate word that he did, so thanks Peter.

Just curious, but did you edge joint the yellowheart boards prior to assembly?

Yes I used dominos put together the yellowheart before I built the frame and leg, the reason there is a strip of jatoba on the front edge is because i ran out of yellow and needed another 1 3/4" of depth to meet with the edge of my wall

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Your assembly shortcoming turned into a nice accent from what I can see.  By the way, is that a dent in the front strip, possibly from swiveling chair?  I've done that before  [embarassed].

 

[WoodChuckWoods]

Your assembly shortcoming turned into a nice accent from what I can see.  By the way, is that a dent in the front strip, possibly from swiveling chair?  I've done that before  [embarassed].

No sadly that dent is from chamfering the edge with my router, it hit a knot or something almost knocked the router out of my hands

 

[Ken Nagrod]

No sadly that dent is from chamfering the edge with my router, it hit a knot or something almost knocked the router out of my hands 

CHARACTER  [smile]

 

[Sparktrician]

Your assembly shortcoming turned into a nice accent from what I can see.  By the way, is that a dent in the front strip, possibly from swiveling chair?  I've done that before  [embarassed].

No sadly that dent is from chamfering the edge with my router, it hit a knot or something almost knocked the router out of my hands

That's the kind of thing that would happen to me when I stepped on the router's power cord.  Now I have the CT22 with the boom arm. 

[smile]

 

[peter halle]

Not meaning to hijack the thread - I love dots and inlays.  The lid of my wife's humidor:  

[attachthumb=#]

 

[jmbfestool]

Your assembly shortcoming turned into a nice accent from what I can see.  By the way, is that a dent in the front strip, possibly from swiveling chair?  I've done that before  [embarassed].

No sadly that dent is from chamfering the edge with my router, it hit a knot or something almost knocked the router out of my hands

That's the kind of thing that would happen to me when I stepped on the router's power cord.  Now I have the CT22 with the boom arm.  

[smile]

Same here!  The ridges on the hose got caught on a edge and as I was moving along it pulled the top of my router over really annoyed me!  I simply just started again by plunging the router more and cutting the over hang couple of mill shorter which removed my boo boo!  I cant see why you couldn't of done that with your desk either wouldn't of taken long..  Dont know if im being silly but I cant see know knot [unsure]

jmb

 

[Mavrik]

The ridges on that hose have caused me to curse on many an occassion  [big grin]

 

[-The Dutch Guy-]

[welcome] To the forum!

I like the style of your desk [thumbs up], I wish my first desk looked this way .
But I do have some question: did you let the grain of the wooden inlay match the
grain of the yellowheart? And what are you going to do with the spaghetti of wires?

Thanks for sharing your project [big grin]!

Cheerz René

 

[jmbfestool]

[welcome] To the forum!

I like the style of your desk [thumbs up], I wish my first desk looked this way .
But I do have some question: did you let the grain of the wooden inlay match the
grain of the yellowheart? And what are you going to do with the spaghetti of wires?

Thanks for sharing your project [big grin]!

Cheerz René

If it was me I would of add a half hight back to it to hide the wires.

I got some free time on Monday Tuesday due to the weather! So ill be working on MY first computer desk I did the thing is I started it 3 years ago! Just never got round to finishing it!  I kinda rushed it when I first started it! Monday ill be removing some of the things I dont like about it and adding some stuff to improve it and then make the doors for it!I was less experienced 3 years ago  [tongue]   Ill post some pictures of it.  I have to make sure I finish is as I am ordering my new PC monday

Im buying a new Imac  27inch
2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
1TB Serial ATA Drive + 256GB Solid State Drive
8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 SDRAM
Apple Wireless Keyboard (British) & User's Guide (English)
Magic Mouse + Magic Trackpad

 

[Jesse Cloud]

Great desk WCW!

I love the inlays .

The chamfer makes the transition from the long grain to end grain at the end look really great.

Only suggestion I would have is that the 'leg' seems bulky compared to the overall light and whimsical flavor of the rest of the piece.  Whimsically curved/shaped legs could lighten the piece up some.

The router taking a jump concerns me though.  Could you have been moving the router in the wrong direction (a climb cut)?  The router manual should show examples of which way to run it in different circumstances.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[-The Dutch Guy-]

@JMB

If it was me I would of add a half hight back to it to hide the wires.

I got some free time on Monday Tuesday due to the weather! So ill be working on MY first computer desk I did the thing is I started it 3 years ago! Just never got round to finishing it!  I kinda rushed it when I first started it! Monday ill be removing some of the things I dont like about it and adding some stuff to improve it and then make the doors for it!I was less experienced 3 years ago    Ill post some pictures of it.  I have to make sure I finish is as I am ordering my new PC monday

Thats a great solution for the wires JMB, I was thinking of some sort of gutter about 4"high and 4"deep running along the back underneath desk....

Looking forward to see some of your photo's. Your looks MAC is stunning! I really love the design and performance, and best of all nearly no cables [big grin]

Cheerz René

 

[WoodChuckWoods]

[welcome] To the forum!

I like the style of your desk [thumbs up], I wish my first desk looked this way .
But I do have some question: did you let the grain of the wooden inlay match the
grain of the yellowheart? And what are you going to do with the spaghetti of wires?

Thanks for sharing your project [big grin]!

Cheerz René

I thought about the direction of the inlay grain, but not until I was already done with them. Next time I will make sure they go the right direction. As for the wires they are all gone now just 1 for my Mac the printers and routers are wireless in a different room.

 

[WoodChuckWoods]

Not meaning to hijack the thread - I love dots and inlays.  The lid of my wife's humidor:  

[attachthumb=#]

that looks awsome! i am working on a router table base right now and i am going to make it much more detailed than my desk as far as inlays go. the cabinet is Jatoba box with a Hickory face and hickory and Paduk drawer front. im using push open slides
so everthing will sit flush and i can inlay the whole front of the cabinet. ill try to put up some pics soon.

 

[WoodChuckWoods]

Great desk WCW!

I love the inlays .

The chamfer makes the transition from the long grain to end grain at the end look really great.

Only suggestion I would have is that the 'leg' seems bulky compared to the overall light and whimsical flavor of the rest of the piece.  Whimsically curved/shaped legs could lighten the piece up some.

The router taking a jump concerns me though.  Could you have been moving the router in the wrong direction (a climb cut)?  The router manual should show examples of which way to run it in different circumstances.

Thanks for sharing!

Legs seem to give me alot of trouble, although i am very happy with this one. but i do find on many other projects i am having a hard time figuring out how to mount legs to my project and still keep the look i want, do you know of a dvd or book all about legs? is there such a book i wonder?

 

[RONWEN]

  "I love your whimsy!" -- Peter pulled out a descriptor not often used for a desk but I totally agree, it's GREAT!

 

[Jesse Cloud]

"Legs seem to give me alot of trouble, although i am very happy with this one. but i do find on many other projects i am having a hard time figuring out how to mount legs to my project and still keep the look i want, do you know of a dvd or book all about legs? is there such a book i wonder?"

The 500 series books show lots of varied examples and are reasonably priced.  My 500 Chairs is beyond dog-eared.

500 Tables Book