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Hi Richard
I use a record power bs400 (link below) which has been brilliant. Everything else is handtools. The bandsaw has allowed me to rip and resaw very large stock including trees I’ve felled. It’ll take a 1″ blade and cut up to around 12″ thickness stock. I’ve ripped 9 or 10″ thick stock on it and although a bit slower going at that thickness it still cut very well. Blades easy to replace. Would thoroughly recommend. Easily cuts an 8″ veneer. I think it might be a similar or perhaps same (though rebranded/differently branded) version as Paul’s though perhaps not.
https://www.recordpower.co.uk/product/premium-16-bandsaw#.Yhd11-jP2iM
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Hi Terry. Interested to know how the glue up went with prefinished pieces. I made panelled exterior doors about a year ago but used very little glue, more as a lubricant, with the joints snugged up and held fast by drawbore pins. Added the finish after this and have had no issues. Your panels look great. Hope it all worked out.
A sliding dovetail sounds like a good idea and this should allow expansion/contraction of the table top. On that note I now wonder how the external apron on the narrow side of the desk in particular will handle movement across the grain over the width of the top. Might this be a weak point in the design? Having said that it now seems that these desks have survived for 60 years without appreciable movement damage from the photos anyway.
Incidentally I now have seen this (and similar tables with this leg design) attributed mostly to Ib Kofod Larsen but also JØRGEN LINDE both of Faarup Møbelfabrik.
Thank you for the detailed reply. So, the apron/rail runs around the edge of the tabletop and the tabletop sits within an inner rebate cut in the apron: this sounds highly plausible. I’ve attached another photo having looked at it more carefully, that appears to support your analysis (shows the difference in thickness between top of the leg and top of apron rebate).
The drawer carcass would serve well to prevent warping. If I was to leave one end without drawers I could perhaps use turn buttons instead to keep the top flat and within the rebate. I see the apron now exists and appears thicker than I previously appreciated.
Great detective work. Thanks for sharing your assessment. I like the edge of your desk. Definitely gives it a lighter feel and appearance.
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