I can't match the fine work posted here, but just to contribute, here are some pictures of a flip-top standing desk I made for my office. I learned lots making this, and got lots of advice here.
It is based on plans in one of Roy Underhill's books, but redesigned to be a computer-desk that will fit my laptop computer. I'm not sure I got all the proportions right, but it does function for me.
The case is made of spalted maple, which was terribly hard; hard maple is off the list for the next few projects. The legs are a spalted mystery-wood, perhaps hickory. Something about that wood was very destructive to my edges: 2-3 swipes down a leg, and a hock blade was sent back to the stones!
The wood had acclimatized to my house for over a year. I then took the finished desk to my office, and found that the heating system takes it down to around 15% relative humidity.... All my careful joinery and angles went nuts. (I dragged it back home, and it is fine!) I'm still puzzled as to how you pros make furniture that a customer could move into an unknown environment. I suspect this rustic design is not the best.
Thanks for looking!
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