Well, another month brings another project to an end. Uh, almost. I have a few details that I need to finish up, but this desk is 99% done.
The design is taken from the Moser catalog. I drew up the plans myself, so it’s not an exact copy. I wanted to be able to hide the cords of the laptop, phone, and lamp, so I built a hidden compartment to manage all the cords. The trick was figuring out how to run one cord from the compartment. My solution was to trim off an 1/8” of the leg, plow out a groove for the a cord and then glue the 1/8” strip back so that it would be invisible. It worked perfect. At the top of the leg, I routed out a groove so that the cord could fit into the compartment. I then mounted a powerstrip into the compartment. The bottom of the compartment is cut so that the drawer face matches the grain. The spinners hold the drawer face in place. I have to put walnut grommets in the top yet, but they haven’t arrived so I’m waiting on this. This is .5% left undone.
The leather panels were mounted on ½” MDF with ¼” cherry ply for the bottom. I opted to have an upholsterer do the leather work for me. I know, I’m a wimp, but it’s safer this way!
The drawers were cut on the Leigh D4 - halfblinds on the front, thru on the back. The only maple I had left in my shop was this tiger maple. I really like the way they turned out. The bottoms are ½” and beveled to ¼” to fit in the grooves. I was going to build secret compartments into the back, but after much debate with my wife, we opted to not put them in. The drawer fronts were cut out in such a way that all the grain matches.
The joints on the top of the table were pegged with ¼” cherry dowel. The legs were pinned with 1/8” walnut pegs.
The other .5% that I need to do is spray with lacquer. Right now the BLO is curing. In a few weeks, I’ll get to work on putting a final coat on.
The next project is to build a chair for the desk. I have it started, but I should probably finish this one up first!
Thanks for looking!
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