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Well after five months of on and off working, it is finally finished. 52”x28”x51”
Made of white oak. Going to add two more handles to the bottom false drawer fronts. Finished with three coats of cherry stain, four coats of low gloss danish oil and three coats of low gloss poly. All hand rubbed!
Thanks for looking!
-- Hold on! Let me get the board stretcher!
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14 comments so far
Beginningwoodworker
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#1 posted 808 days ago
Nice looking roll top desk.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker
fernandoindia
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#2 posted 808 days ago
Great piece Matt.
How was the tambour made? I mean is routed, with wires, or cloth glued.
-- Back home. Fernando
KMT
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#3 posted 808 days ago
Thats a Beautiful piece of furniture. Well done!
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BTKS
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#4 posted 808 days ago
Gorgeous. I love this style of desk!!!!
-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)
Splinterman
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#5 posted 808 days ago
Real sweet desk…nice job.
Ken90712
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#6 posted 808 days ago
What a great looking monster of a desk you have built! Looks great, one to be proud of!
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
Greedo
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#7 posted 808 days ago
thats an amazing piece of funriture, did you work with plans or did you make your own?
CharlieM1958
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#8 posted 808 days ago
Beautiful! I’ve always wanted to make one.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
C_PLUS_Woodworker
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#9 posted 808 days ago
Instant heirloom. Wonderful.
Matt
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#10 posted 807 days ago
Thanks guys, she took me for ever to finish! It was going to be my girlfriends Christmas present. Couldn’t finish it, then it turned out to be her birthday present!
Greedo- I drew up my own plans. I couldn’t find plans that would fit into the space but also had the characteristics she was looking for.
-- Hold on! Let me get the board stretcher!
Bertha
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#11 posted 807 days ago
I love it! Did you buy the tambour or make it? I WILL build a similar desk one day.
-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog
Matt
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#12 posted 807 days ago
I made it myself. It was fairly simple. You just have to do lots of planning! Thanks.
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lightweightladylefty
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#13 posted 807 days ago
Matt,
A very worthy project! Thanks for posting.
L/W
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groovy_man_6
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#14 posted 806 days ago
wow, from the first glance, you know that took a lot of time and was a labor of love.. .nicely done.
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