| Project by SubtleEpsilon | posted 11-11-2019 07:21 PM | 1293 views | 6 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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Made a computer desk for my wife (after I told her that her cheap IKEA idea sucked and I could do better and after a year or two she’s decided her idea sucked after all). Found a nice slab of claro walnut at my local miller and filled the cracks with epoxy and a bit of walnut colored Transtint. Lets are made of sapele that Macbeath had on sale for 25% off. The leg material is butterflied and the miter joints are held together with double through tenons. I did the double through tenons mostly because I didn’t have a domino cutter and I needed practice on through tenons and had never done a double tenon. Still need practice on the through tenons as they seem tricky to me to get a perfect fitting tenon and mortise so that I don’t end up having to do a bit of fill correction. At least they aren’t visilble most of the time since they are on the back. :-) Slab is about 1.5” thick and the legs are 3” thick. Top dimensions are about 28” wide by 74” long. Yes. It’s heavy. ;-)
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pottz
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#1 posted 11-11-2019 07:54 PM
nice simple design really allows that incredible slab of walnut shine.you did a nice job on it.what was your finish? great job.
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Notw
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#2 posted 11-11-2019 08:04 PM
I really like this, simple and elegant
SubtleEpsilon
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#3 posted 11-11-2019 09:37 PM
1 coat of GF Seal-A-Cell, 3 coats of GF Arm-R-Seal (gloss), 1 final coat of GF Arm-R-Seal (semi-gloss).
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#4 posted 11-11-2019 10:18 PM
good lookin slab of walnut – the desk is pretty nice too !
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#5 posted 11-12-2019 02:00 AM
Very nice…the finish looks great!
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#6 posted 11-12-2019 04:41 AM
Oof ! A simple design yet soooo beautiful. Outstanding.
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#7 posted 11-12-2019 11:17 AM
Leg design is perfict! Double through tenons on a 45? Wow.
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#8 posted 12-24-2019 03:24 PM
Looking at your recent mirror post and backtracked to this. Wow, what a nice desk. Something about the simplicity and yet stylish design. That picture of the legs and base is so elegant! What a great build. I’m serious, I’ve made a lot of stuff and I wish I’d thought of something like this.
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JamesA
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#9 posted 04-29-2020 05:00 PM
I like the clean design. How did you attach the legs to the top?
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