I just finished building this desk out of Quatersawn White Oak with a Brazilian Boxwood top stained with General Finishes water based and gel based stains to get the sapwood and heartwood to match. The desk top was finished with General Finishes Arm-R-Seal Semi-Gloss top coat.
All of the wood was milled from rough cut boards in my shop with the boxwood taking a toll on my bandsaw blades (it is dense and very hard).
I used my Domino DF500 and XL700, my RO90, ETS125 and ETS 150/3 sanders, my new Kapex which arrived in the middle of this project because of the sale timing and the CXS and T-18 were invaluable in final assembly.
The Drawers were dovetailed with my Leigh Dovetail jig with the Festool CT22 attached to the Leigh VRS dust collection fixture. I hand cut the dovetails on the smaller drawer, top rail connections, and the apron connection where I omitted the center leg.
Dimensions were to the customers specifications (my wife the accountant) and even though it was a bit late for this years tax work she loves the space she now has on the desktop and in the desk file drawers.
Jack
All of the wood was milled from rough cut boards in my shop with the boxwood taking a toll on my bandsaw blades (it is dense and very hard).
I used my Domino DF500 and XL700, my RO90, ETS125 and ETS 150/3 sanders, my new Kapex which arrived in the middle of this project because of the sale timing and the CXS and T-18 were invaluable in final assembly.
The Drawers were dovetailed with my Leigh Dovetail jig with the Festool CT22 attached to the Leigh VRS dust collection fixture. I hand cut the dovetails on the smaller drawer, top rail connections, and the apron connection where I omitted the center leg.
Dimensions were to the customers specifications (my wife the accountant) and even though it was a bit late for this years tax work she loves the space she now has on the desktop and in the desk file drawers.
Jack
