Arts and Crafts Three-Drawer Writing Desk in Hickory

Wow I really like this desk so very nice great job.

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

I agree. Excellent.

I like it a lot. I always say hickory is an under-utilized wood.

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

Very nice! I like the through tenons on the legs. Good choice of hardware, too.

-- Robb

I love the look of Hickory. nice post

-- Making piles of sawdust...one incorrect measurement at a time!

A friend who is a cabinet maker and owns a fine hardwoods company likes Hickory better than any of the beautiful domestic and exotic woods he sells. It’s a great looking desk in the picture, and I’ll bet it’s even nicer ‘up close and personal’.

-- Dave O.

I like that desk a lot. My wife told me I needed a new desk, no more door on sawhorses. Was yours from plans or did you make your own. Very nice.

-- Couldn't think of anything clever. I LIKE WOOD

Thanks everyone for your comments.

I agree with you guys about Hickory. It has a warm, deep grain that can have wonderful figure. Definitely under-utilized! I rate it right up there with quarter-sawn white oak for a great traditional look and feel. It is dense and heavy.

I found that Hickory can be finicky, tearing-out, especially when hand-tooling, and warping after milling. I buy it rough or oversize and mill it down, being careful to take meat off of each face evenly and then let it rest a day or two before final milling/assembly. Hickory has very particular grain, wanting to be worked in one direction but many woods do. I love working with it.

Thanks dozuki. This was a plan ordered from Taunton Press. I learned ww building bars (think saloons) from blueprints so I usually work from plans. I’m shrinking the dimensions of this desk to make a companion coffee table.

Awesoem job, great work.

-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.

Great looking desk!
Did you use slides, or runners and kickers?

-- Willie, Washington "If You Choose Not To Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice" - Rush