Built in Office

That must be some expensive piece of wood… beautiful.
doing anything for shelves? hutch, hanging?

-- Jeff NJ

Thanks! I’m still planning what I’m going to make, either making a book shelf and for the corner or going to make floating shelves. Been debating for a few months now.

-- Lance, Hook'em HORNS! ""V""

That looks fantastic and elegant Lance. Real nice job.

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Keep your dust collector fed. [email protected]

Very nicely done Lance.

Curious as to why you used maple if you were painting it? Why not something like poplar which lends itself to painting and is cheaper?

-- Matt, Arizona, http://www.reintroducing.com

Matt, I used Maple because its more stable and durable than popular, plus I get maple for pretty much the same price has popular.

-- Lance, Hook'em HORNS! ""V""

That makes sense, I saw you use poplar for the cabinet in your other project for the face frame so it got me even more curious :) I like maple better myself because it’s harder and more resistant to dings (you can touch poplar with a nail and the damn thing will dent) but I do like working with poplar because its almost like a softwood and very easy to work. I also like it for stuff like this because here in the Chicago area it’s about $1-$2 cheaper per board foot.

-- Matt, Arizona, http://www.reintroducing.com

Very nice desk.

-- Tyvekboy -- Marietta, GA ………….. one can never be too organized

Lance, you did a fine job on this office set up. Congratulations.

helluvawreck aka Charles
http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

Very nicely done. Kee up the good work!

-- Wood is a gift from God that maintains its beauty forever via the hand of a woodworker.

Man, how did you manage those dovetails on plywood without tear out and splintering. Just did a bunch of shop drawers with Baltic Birch, didn’t do dovetails though. Worst splintering I have ever seen.

-- Jim, Michigan

Matt, I had the scrap popular laying around in my shop for the book shelf, main reason why I used popular over maple.

-- Lance, Hook'em HORNS! ""V""

Thank Tyvekboy & Helluvawreck!

-- Lance, Hook'em HORNS! ""V""

Hickoryhill – Those are box joints, not dovetails.

-- Lance, Hook'em HORNS! ""V""