Desk Accessories

Very nice desk set. How did you cut the box joints?

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Thanks. The joints are half-blind dovetails made on a Porter-Cable 4212 jig.

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

this is beautiful—must be the envy of the office.
They are very “rich” looking.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

What was the finish that gave it that showroom quality?

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Watco Danish oil (natural), followed by several coats of wipe-on gloss polyurethane. They are actually a bit glossier than you can see in the photos.

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

I really like your choice of woods, they compliment each other. Very nice.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Beautiful wood. Nice mix.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Very nice desk set. I like spalted maple, well any spalted wood for that sake. You can see the spalted maple cross on the pulpit I made. It’s in one of my
projects

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Beautiful, you better anchor it down before it flies away.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

beautiful design and choice of woods. Very nice.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh

That’s a beautiful set.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Beautiful? That is an understatement. Stunning. Great for an idea.

The thing I love about Lumberjocks is I can look at somebody else’s design, copy it, show it to a friend and they think I’m a genius

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

Thanks for all the nice comments. Since all of you have beautiful projects posted here, it means a lot to me!

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

This set is A1 in my book and I love the contrast in color.

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

These are great. I’m glad I came across them.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Charlie, I missed these the first time around. The joints look great. Gorgeous work and use of that spalted maple!

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

The top of that box nearly took my breath away. Beautiful.

-- John

Wow! Came up in the welcome page. I had be never seen them. Top flight. Are they butt jointed? So beautiful.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Thanks Doug. I made the box by gluing up one large panel with the bookmatched maple pieces in the center, flanked by a walnut board on each side. Then I crosscut that into four pieces to make the top, bottom, front, and back. So if you spin the box, the pattern is continuous all the way around. It was one of those ideas that just hits you out of the blue, and I think it worked well for this piece. The sides are dovetailed as you can see, and the top and bottom were just butt jointed and finished with a round over bit on the router table.

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

Charlie, those are just great. Really nice lines and proportions. Great job!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

I really like the contrasting woods and especially the spalted Maple.One of my favorites even though it can be a real pain to work with because of its punky/hard personality.

-- " Stubborn tenacity substitutes for natural ability" ANDY

I think that one of the most beautiful small box’s I’ve ever seen. Just Wow!

-- http://www.LanierandSons.com

Thanks!

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

Nice set- great contrast in the wood and the grain follows around beautifully

-- Spread love with our work

You make some nice looking boxes, Charlie

-- Jason, AL

Wow! I came across this box in your other post. That is a great looking little box! I like that the grain goes all the way around it in the middle. My question is, on the front the grain runs vertical where the latch is. I can’t see in the picture, but how did you make the endgrain look so nice where the lid meets the box? It looks like there isn’t any endgrain at all… It all looks great! Someday, I might be that talented…. Great job.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)