After completing the involved corner cabinets with built-in tall clock, I now mean to build the next element in this project, the Telescoping Desk.
Its necessary for it to telescope because it has to blend with the profile of the other cabinets, mostly bookshelves, and because space is at a premium in the room itself.
So the desk, closed, is only fourteen and a half inches deep and fifty one inches wide. Highly unsatisfactory dimensions for a desk. But the author of the Honey-Do list asks for a desk here, so this is it.
!http://www.butlercountryknit.com/telescoping desk.jpg!
Oh, why do I do this?
Perhaps I’m obsessed!
-- If a man says something in the forest and there's no woman to hear it, is he still wrong?





















12 comments so far
Don "Dances with Wood" Butler
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posted 62 days ago
I wonder why the picture doesn’t show?
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roman
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posted 62 days ago
me to ?
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Don "Dances with Wood" Butler
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posted 62 days ago
If I enter the address in my browser the picture shows.
???????
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Karson
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posted 62 days ago
try this one
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Don "Dances with Wood" Butler
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posted 62 days ago
That’s it, of course.
How did you do that?
I thought I followed procedure!
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patron
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posted 62 days ago
maybe you are not obsessed ,
maybe you are just nuts !
( in a good way , of courses ) . ( :-) .
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SPalm
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posted 62 days ago
Looks like an involved project. Be sure to show it when done.
When I put your link into a browser, it turned into:
http://www.butlercountryknit.com/telescoping%20desk.jpg
Note that it put a % sign in place of your space (no spaces in filenames).
So I then put the ! on either side:

Whenever I post something with embedded pics, I click on the green Preview button to see if it worked before posting.
Steve
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Don "Dances with Wood" Butler
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posted 62 days ago
I did the preview, but thought perhaps photos didn’t show in the preview mode.
I also didn’t know the “no spaces in the filename” rule.
Patience, please.
I’ll get used to it sooner or later.
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Kindlingmaker
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posted 62 days ago
That looks like it will take a lot of brain scratching! Well keep tuned in…
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DaveR
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posted 61 days ago
Neat idea for a desk, Don. I’m glad you are building it.
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Don "Dances with Wood" Butler
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posted 60 days ago
Here’s a SketchUp view of the desk, closed up, and integrated with the existing corner pieces.
I’ll be ordering the sheet goods for it today or tomorrow.
d
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huff
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posted 60 days ago
Looks like a fun project. Keep us posted as you proceed.
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