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Based on what I learned from my prototype box I made a double-decker version. This time walnut front and back with cherry sides. Bottom is 1/4” birch ply. The “columns” are 7/32 brass tube.
So far it is resting with its first coat of BLO. At least one more coat then a couple coats of wax. I’m not going to put poly on this one. I can remember seeing something like this on the desks in my dad’s and grandfather’s office when I was little. I can remember how they had a patina on them. You can’t get that if it has a layer of poly. The BLO and wax should get me the look I want in short order.
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12 comments so far
Bigbuck
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posted 316 days ago
Very nice
-- Glenn, New Mexico
SteveKorz
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posted 316 days ago
These are great… I really like the contrasting wood and the wide finger joints.
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jim1953
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posted 316 days ago
Lookin Good nice Job
-- Jim, Kentucky
Bureaucrat
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posted 316 days ago
Nothing like in-out trays to bring out the bureaucrat in all of us. I tell you my gov’t issued trays don’t hold a candle to these. Good work and thanks for posting.
-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!
isetegija
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posted 315 days ago
Not bad ,clean and simple.A nice job.
Thanks for sharing with us.
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rikkor
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posted 315 days ago
A couple of fine trays to be sure. Nice work.
brad
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posted 315 days ago
I like it, very nice.
hoe did you cut your finger joints. I love finger joints.
-- Brad,--"The way to eat an eliphant is one bite at a time"
CharlieM1958
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posted 315 days ago
You are really going to make me replace those ugly black metal trays on my desk, aren’t you? :-)
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
rwyoung
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posted 315 days ago
Brad -
I used my PC 4212 dovetail jig for the finger joints. One of the many tools I got to play with in this exercise.
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Gary Fixler
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posted 241 days ago
This is really pretty, and nice craftsmanship. Can I ask what you used for cutting out the curved hand-reliefs in the front?
-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator
rwyoung
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posted 240 days ago
I made a template and used a pattern bit at the router table.
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Gary Fixler
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posted 240 days ago
Thanks for the info!
-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator