Joined Walnut Desk

[John Kananis]

I glued the first 4 boards of the top, then built the box and attached to the last board before glueing everything together.

I think I worked it out. Thanks again for the info.

Wonderful piece.

Is she going to let you buy some more tools now?

jtk

Fantastic!

[Frederick Skelly]

Looks great Zuye!

[Zuye Zheng]

Thanks for all the support guys!

Very nicely done. The attachment of the till is very creative. I can not recall ever seeing that done before. How much reveal did you leave where the hatch (door) meets the main desk top?
Jim

About 3/4" on the sides showing the dovetails. Thought the little detail would be a nice little accent to tabletop.

[Christopher Charles]

I also really like the lines and the till. How did you waste out the dados for the sliding dovetail?

Cograts on a fine piece and welcome to the creek.

chris c.

[Thomas Schneider]

Sliding Till, sweet! I love the pile of shavings all over the floor in the "ripping the legs" photo, Thanks for taking the time to post this!

Tom.

[Stan Calow]

Great idea! I've been looking for a table design with storage, but w/o drawers.

[Matthew Serra]

Beautiful. Can you tell us a little about how you finished it?

Also - I see dovetails in the desktop. Can I assume that is how the compartment is hung from the desktop? If so that is pretty neat. A nice detail.

[Zuye Zheng]

Beautiful. Can you tell us a little about how you finished it?

Also - I see dovetails in the desktop. Can I assume that is how the compartment is hung from the desktop? If so that is pretty neat. A nice detail.

2 coats of "golden oak" Danish oil, saw this on YouTube with walnut and looked richer than natural Danish oil so gave it a try. Regret a little using it on the stretchers as well since I liked the lighter natural maple color a little better. Finished with 3 coats of wipe on satin poly.

Yep on the compartment, pretty much a simple dovetailed box except the sides are a little taller to be dovetailed into the top.

I also really like the lines and the till. How did you waste out the dados for the sliding dovetail?

Cograts on a fine piece and welcome to the creek.

chris c.

I sawed down the sides and chiseled about 1/2 inch to depth along the sides. This allowed me to get a scrub and #6 in there to take down the rest to depth, with the chisels sides acting as depth stops ala shooting board. Also had a rabbet block for cleanup. To get the angle I cut a 2x4 matching it and clamped as a chisel guide.

[Barry Dima]

This is all I'd ever want a writing table to be. Wonderful work.