The Butler's Desk - Build Thread

[Brian Holcombe]

Good morning! I've begun working on a cabinet in my spare time, this one features a fold down desktop to serve as a workspace when needed and to remain out of the way when it's no longer needed.

Check out the work shown here
https://brianholcombewoodworker.com/...-butlers-desk/

[george wilson]

Mighty fancyfied joinery!

[Jebediah Eckert]

Before this gets bogged down, and we get scolded for not "holding the applause til the end," I really enjoy these threads. They are fantastic, pictures, instruction, tools, design, everything..........even studying what's in the background of the pictures is enjoyable as well

[Rollie Kelly]

Brian, I like your work. However, I'm more interested in your wood chip anti gravity system.

[Mike Cherry]

Oooh nice. That gennou is sexy!

[Christopher Charles]

Excellent! Am very curious to watch this design develop. Brian, if I recall, you generate full sized plans before proceeding?

[Kirby Krieger]

Before this gets bogged down, and we get scolded for not "holding the applause til the end," I really enjoy these threads. They are fantastic, pictures, instruction, tools, design, everything..........even studying what's in the background of the pictures is enjoyable as well

+1. Across the board. Wish there were a simple "like this" button — a way to say "Thanks" without adding confetti to the thread.

[Pat Barry]

Mighty fancyfied joinery!

I agree, and very neatly done also!

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks gents! I appreciate the comments.

Christopher, I work out scaled plans most of the time, the only one so far that I've done full scale plans for is the cabinet for mom. My father wanted a full scale drawing, he made one then we detailed it.

Once I work out the design I do find it helpful for reference and for working out the joinery. In this case I worked out the leg joinery on the fly.

[Brian Holcombe]

I'm working on a base panel for the cabinet currently and took a video of the planing process, it was about an hour but I cut it down to 6 minutes. From roughing on through finish planing. I went overboard on the finish planing since it will not be seen but I figured it might be interesting for the video.

http://youtu.be/dtACbdWWgl4

Let me know if this is helpful or super boring or whatnot. If it's worthwhile I may get a tripod and narrate a bit through them just to detail the process a bit more.

[James Pallas]

Well done on the video. Stayed on the task at hand and did not go off on types of tools and sharpening and all the other stuff.
Jim

[Tom Vanzant]

Brian, very nicely done video. It gave insight into the "how-to", as well as tool choice, a peek into your shop and a chance to connect a face to the name.
Were you working to "In the Hall...." or was it dubbed in later? Either way, it provides a great cadence for your work. Back in the day, I found myself humming "valdari/valdara" as I hiked in Colorado...sort of a whistle while you work.
By all means, more videos!

[Kees Heiden]

I was hoping for some insight how you keep your shop so clean. One little clue I saw, you have a secret compartment in the front of your foreplane to catch the shavings! Shaking them out from time to time in a designated spot on the bench!

But in the end you got a little sloppy, throwing the smoother shavings on the floor....

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks for the feedback! I think I will work on a way to hold the camera so that you can see what each plane shaving accomplishes.

Tom, 'in the hall' was dubbed in after. I was listening to cello music but you can't really hear it. I listen to mostly contemporary music but I run out of new songs and so I search for classical music that suits my mood.

[Brian Holcombe]

Hah, Kees just saw your reply. I do that then always regret it later when I'm vacuuming them up. I generally make a huge pile of shavings then trash them all at once. The only really aweful ones are cross grain, they are tough to get out of the rug.