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Just thought I’d share my latest project with you all.
I’ve had a couple of boards of White Oak sitting in my shop for the past year or two waiting for the right project and finally was able to put them to use building myself a new computer desk. I only had boards that were 1″ thick so I’ve have to laminate the legs; they are a solid core of White Ash with the Oak on all four sides.
My wife wanted a slimline desk so we could put in the the bedroom (we have a pretty small house).I just had a holiday and was lucky enough to be at a National Trust property on an ‘open cupboard’ day when they let you look inside all the furniture and see how it was put together. I had an absolute ball seeing how the early craftsmen built these sort of projects and I was allowed to both photo an measure a couple of pieces. I was able to make use of this info when I was putting this desk together.
Overall width is 40″, height is 30″ and depth is 18″.
Drawer height is 4 1/4″.Attachments:
You must be logged in to view attached files.26 August 2015 at 6:45 pm #129798Nice work! Looks a bit complicated joinery wise. Please show us the finished item when you get there.
Cheers
27 August 2015 at 5:05 am #129803Way to go, NikonD20. Looks really nice. I’m sure it’ll look even better with drawers.
27 August 2015 at 2:01 pm #129819Very nice work! Thank you for posting.
If I’m not wrong side runners/kickers are screwed. But how did you attach the ledgers? And are inner runners tenoned? A lot of questions, I’m sorry! But your project is very, very interesting (I’d like to build a work table – with two or three drawers – for the kitchen). Thank you!
Hi,
Thanks for the kind comments.
Emilio: For the inner runners, I used Tenons at the front and lap joints at the rear. not sure what you mean by ‘ledgers’ but If you can let me know I’ll try and do you a photo.
The runners and kickers were actually glued and nailed in my case; I’d like to say I was trying something new but I simply didn’t have any suitable screws.
Hay Jude (sorry couldn’t resist): The Drawer dividers are slotted in from the rear using housing joints. Glue up was very interesting. I had to go through several rehearsals to work out the order to do everything.
I’m looking forwards to finishing the top this weekend.
28 August 2015 at 8:41 am #129838Hello,
I think the right term is “ledger strip”; anyway I found this image: http://www.wood-w.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/74.jpg ; it shows all the elements with the element name; we can use it as a reference. 🙂
Thank you!
Have a nice day!
28 August 2015 at 8:55 am #129839I’d like to say I was trying something new but I simply didn’t have any suitable screws.
Great! 😀 +1
Hi Emilio,
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner – I’ve been a bit under the weather.
Your image is exactly the way I’m building my Desk. The ledgers are glued to the inside of the apron. I figured as it was long grain to long grain, I’d be OK.I’ve started to fit the drawers now and doing some of that fun final fitting work and the top has been attached with buttons.
Here’s a photo of the way things are at the moment.
Rgds
Jon
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You must be logged in to view attached files.8 September 2015 at 6:50 pm #130182Thank you, Jon!
Your computer desk is very nice! Clean lines and well balanced design.
I’m really looking forward to seeing the finished desk!
20 September 2015 at 6:52 am #130674Complete with drawer pulls a la Sellers. Looks really great – you should be very happy with it.
14 October 2015 at 4:05 pm #131308Jon, the finished desk is really beautiful! Very inspiring project. Thank you for posting!
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