Cherry Desk

Well made. I love frame and panel work. Are the stiles extended to become feet/legs or are they separate?

BlueRidgeDog, thank you. They are extended. Two foot blocks are added to the front to mimic the side and back panels.

-- On the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop! Lenny, East Providence, RI

Really very nice desk Lenny, beautiful piece of craftsmanship.

The top is excellent, and I assume that you re-sawed the 8/4 board, was this difficult?, how did you do it – by hand or machine?
I was tinkering with re-sawing yesterday, on soft pine, and the blade drift on my bandsaw was driving me nuts. I tried skewing the fence to match the drift angle, didn’t help. So if you have a good method, please inform.

Tom

-- "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The point is to bring them the real facts." - Abraham Lincoln

Thanks Tom. Yes, I cut the board in half along its width giving two five foot board. I resawed those boards giving me four roughly one inch thick boards. As for technique, I follow Alex Snodgrass’ methods. He claims if you have a properly tuned/set up band saw and a good blade there is no such thing as drift. I use “woodslicer” blades from Highland Woodworking. If you don’t know, Alex is a regular at the Woodworking Shows. You can do a YouTube search on “Alex Snodgrass bandsaw”.

-- On the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop! Lenny, East Providence, RI

Wow. Beautiful piece of furniture.

-- Dan, TN

Great work on the desk. Well done. Seems like a really nice design too.

-- Galootish log blog, http://www.timberframe-tools.com

Nicely done! You are a great craftsman. Glad to see you are still at it. I think Cherry is one of my favorite woods. Hope you are doing well and are having a Blessed holiday season. We haven’t been back east for some time now for obvious reasons. We are doing GREAT and looking forward to our next trip your way and maybe a cup of coffee or lunch with a fellow woodworker and lumberjock buddy.

-- John, Colorado's (Wooden Wizard)

indeed …. this is 1 very nice desk ..... and will only get nicer as time goes by .... I love all the classic joinery …... GREAT JOB :<))

-- Tony---- Reinholds,Pa.------ REMEMBER TO ALWAYS HAVE FUN :<))

Really nice job. I would love to see it in a few years when it’s aged to a deep red. I bet it will look spectacular.

Looks beautiful, fine craftsmanship. Tony said it will look even better with age

-- Eric, building the dream

Great job!

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Nice desk Lenny.

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Thank you for the kind feedback everyone.

-- On the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop! Lenny, East Providence, RI

nice desk Lenny.

-- Petey

Wow, Lenny. That’s a great piece of work. It reeks of lots of hours. Nicely done. I second the comment about Woodmizer blades. My resawing efforts have greatly improved. It also takes a substantial bandsaw also.
Keep up the good work!