Oak Desk

hey David this is one fine desk very well done

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

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Just a few of hundreds of ways to attach a top without glueing it into place. It looks great at this point . With any luck the glue will fail instead of the boards : ) Keep up the good work !

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

I like the design, and the steel rods for the industrial look, maybe if the rods were like a brushed finish it might have been better. The drawers look really nice and being narrow they go good with the legs. Very nice.

-- Z, Rockwall, TX

Beautiful desk. Very clean looking. You must be very proud.

-- John, Ontario, Canada

Great looking desk. Nice work.

-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

Beautiful desk.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Nice job! Good looking desk

-- Marty Ohio

Nice. Very clean design.

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

Very nice indeed! The finish on the top looks real elegant.

-- Paul, Bristol,Rhode Island

The hand cut dovetails look nice. I will be doing my first ones soon. I hope they turn out as good as yours. Nice desk.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

I agree with Harley—the finish is spectacular. Well done!

-- "The only thing that counts is faith, expressing itself in love." --Galatians 5:6

I agree with the above comment about the brushed look. I use copper piping in a lot of the projects I do. I sand the pipes long ways with 100 grit, and then polish them up with Brasso. You can finish them too with some spray on lacquer. You might not be able to remove the bars at this point so the spray might be a little further than you want to go, but I think the sanding and polishing would indeed dress it up quite a bit. Its a good looking desk in any case.

-- James

Nice desk! You glued all those boards together? Whoa. The metal parts look fine, at least on the pics—I’d say it’s elegant! Like someone said, maybe if they weren’t somewhat shiny it’d look nicer, but it is far from “bad”. Nice finish as well, this oak look great in it. I have so much to learn, LOL!