New Desk

[jacko9]

Jack,

The desk looks great, especially the QSWO!!!  Great job!  I'm sure the wife was extremely happy.

Gary

Gary,

My wife moved all of her files into the new desk and spread out her computer and all and she is a very happy camper.  Next up is a black walnut chest/credenza for her to be able to spread out her cloths, etc.

Jack

 

[Gary in Texas]

Jack,

Looking forward to seeing the chest/credenza.  Walnut is probably my favorite wood to work with!!!  Machines nice, and looks really great with only several coats of oil...

 

[jacko9]

Jack,

Looking forward to seeing the chest/credenza.  Walnut is probably my favorite wood to work with!!!  Machines nice, and looks really great with only several coats of oil...

I'm looking forward to working with walnut now that I have my Oneida V-3000 and my Festool CT22.  Here's the last walnut credenza I made "before Oneida".

I hate walnut dust but wood does finish very nicely.

Jack

 

[Gary in Texas]

Very nice Jack, I like the style!!!  Was this your own design?  Great job on the front, nice proportions and the doors looks perfectly trimmed out.....

Gary

 

[jacko9]

Very nice Jack, I like the style!!!  Was this your own design?  Great job on the front, nice proportions and the doors looks perfectly trimmed out.....

Gary

Gary,

I saw a similar design in Fine Woodworking magazine but the build techniques were all my Festool stuff and the door fitting was tedious to say the least.  The Brusso spring loaded door stops were a challenge but the pictures don't show the end and front curve profiles on the top that I cut with my Festool jigsaw that came out very nicely propotioned (I need better camera shots).

Jack

 

[tbellemare]

You sure make some nice furniture, Jack!

Tom

 

[jacko9]

You sure make some nice furniture, Jack!

Tom

Thanks Tom and that's the reason my wife hasen't thrown away your business card and phone number [wink]

Jack

 

[Gary in Texas]

You sure make some nice furniture, Jack!

Tom

Jack

My wife can feel free to throw away Tom's business card and number if she so chooses.....

I have his business address stored into my GPS!  [eek]

 

[bronco71]

Beautiful work.  Any close up pictures of the intersection of the two sides?  Have had a similar idea floating around in my head for a corner of our family room.  My wife needs a craft table.

 

[jacko9]

Beautiful work.  Any close up pictures of the intersection of the two sides?  Have had a similar idea floating around in my head for a corner of our family room.  My wife needs a craft table.

I'll take some pictures but all you'll see is a line where the build up of finish rounded over the sharp edge.  The Domino Joiner is a great tool for alignment (and joining).  I cut the desktop sections to size and lined up the two sections on my assembly table and marked the lines for the Domino cuts.  I used the exact size on one section and the mid width on the other.  I selected dominos from the bag that were a very tight fit and installed them on the exact fit side.  The edge that was protruding was beveled to asset with the assembly (but it fit so nicely with no play I probably didn't need to add the extra bevel).  Let me know if these are the pictures of the detail you wanted to see or if you wanted to see the under structure?

Jack

 

[jacko9]

Beautiful work.  Any close up pictures of the intersection of the two sides?  Have had a similar idea floating around in my head for a corner of our family room.  My wife needs a craft table.

I may not have answered your question with my reply below since I thought at first glance you were looking for the desk top intersection.

If your were looking for a close up of the structural joining of the two desk sections I didn't take any close up pictures. If you look at the photo of the desk without the top you'll notice that the front and back rails were the same width and the corner without a leg had the two rails joined together with a dovetail joint.  By aligning the back legs and rail tops I was able to get a good 90 degree alignment and then clamped the two sections in place.  I didn't think to take pictures of the mechanical attachments of the two sections but, the method used was to drill two holes for removal press fit pins and then two larger holes for 3/8" bolts with large washers and nyloc nuts.

If you want any additional detail PM me and I'll try to get you the information.

Jack