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Project by skeezics posted 319 days ago 461 views 2 times favorited 12 comments Add to Favorites Watch

this one was a challenge. the top started out reasonably flat. I ran it through a widebelt sander and then it was dead flat. a few days later it warped like a potato chip. I added bracing and it was flat again. next day it was a potato chip again. the wood was dry to start but I had it laying on the bench without stickering it. I think when I turned the heat on the top got dryer and the bottom didnt. anyway I cut some curfs and flatened it again then filled the curfs on the end with some thin pieces. Its back to being reasonably flat! :-] the desk is sprayed laquer and the top is wipe on poly. the wood is QS sycamore with a little maple mixed in I think. :-]>

-- hey honey! watch this!


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lew

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posted 319 days ago

Beautiful Desk!

The grain colorization on the front is gorgeous!!

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CharlieM1958

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posted 319 days ago

Great looking desk! Spectacular wood.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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griff

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posted 319 days ago

Beautiful, the top looks flat now. very good

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

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Darell

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posted 319 days ago

Great desk, Love that wood.

-- Darell, Norman, Ok.

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 319 days ago

Thats a nice desk.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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Woodhacker

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posted 319 days ago

Very nice looking. That sycamore has great grain.

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

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trifern

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posted 319 days ago

Great desk, skeezics. Thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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savannah505

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posted 319 days ago

Mighty Purdy desk you got there, really like the beauty of the wood.

-- Dan Wiggins

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Bigbuck

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posted 319 days ago

Nice desk

-- Glenn, New Mexico

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woodbutcher

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posted 319 days ago

skeezics,
Really nice looking desk. I watched it coming together on another website before having to leave. Didn’t you have another desk in the works for your wife as well? That sycamore sure does have a lot of charecter. Hey all those feet look the same to me now! Congratulations on an excellent build!

Sincerely,
Ken McGinnis

-- woodbutcher north carolina

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skeezics

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posted 318 days ago

wondered where you went woodbutcher. things seem to be changing over there for sure. why did ya hafta leave? email works…. inquiring minds want to know! :-] I think I posted pics of hers here too.

skeez [fred p] hehehehe

-- hey honey! watch this!

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Hersh328

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posted 315 days ago

I don’t think I’ve seen a piece made with sycamore like this before, it is beautiful. Interesting grain, nice color, and it looks strong as can be. And nice job of dealing with the potato chip problem, you’d never know it by looking at these.

-- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur

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