something a little different

A mate approached me to help him create a new take on the classic leather top office desk.





we've decided to use just two materials - top quality birch ply and american cherry wood. birch for it's workability, strength and clean surfaces and cherry for its looks (and it smells amazing).

(not a cheap project)

there will be no mechanical fixings, it's all just glue/rebates/biscuits - clean and tidy.

This is the top, just finished assembly.

it will have a 50mmx24mm cherry bead around the edge.

the only treatment will be several coverings of Briwax as it's doesn't taint the wood, it just brings out the colour and grain.

Next part is to build some top quality drawer pedestals. i think we're going to get the laser machine to do some engraving on the side too

there will also be no visible evidence of plywood. After much deliberation, we decided not to reveal any edges. this means nearly all edges on the drawer units will be mitred .....




more pics to follow - it's a project being done in spare time

mods: move to unmoderated area if necessary

very nice......... i do like quality wood work.........

i got one of the trend tenon and mortise jigs for work like this, very good jig so much quicker than by hand.......

www.trend-uk.com/en/UK/product/M ... ro_(metric ).html

you end up with very nice joints.

please post more pics as this project comes along.

cheers

yes, we have a half decent morticer here too, i'm going to use it to cut the drawer surrounds.

i often use it to cut the corners out on square baffles for horns and stuff like that, when i do them by hand

i just up graded my router a few weeks back to a trend t11.... highly recommend great piece of kit.... i brother thinks i have a fetish for routers smiley36 . i only have 6 now lol. I find it so much quicker to set each one up for differant tasks.

we have a small arsenal of Elu tools.... so well made.

now getting into festool stuff.... uh oh.

ok im jealous your making too much money lol, love the festool gear very pricey........ Its been a hard slog the past year or so for me, but on a good note ive been snowed under with work the past 4 months. Just hope it continues.

making too much money! haha no way! not by the looks of my bank account! smiley36

yeah the festool stuff is well pricey. it's pretty good though. smiley20

Interesting stuff, Saul. We have a vintage furniture business run by my eldest daughter. We refurbish and paint everything. It's very satisfying to do, especially when you get to see how something was made 100 years ago.

absolutely - the days of real craftsmen (in some cases smiley36 )