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Computer desk featuring a top from plank of old-growth, river-salvaged Honduras Mahogany. Plank had interesting bend and nice figure. Kept the plank shape, but straightened some edge segments and softened edges to play nice with body parts.
Legs of hickory are wedged tenoned into housed dovetail cleats. No additional hardware was used. Stretchers also hickory. I have an additional (almost) identical plank awaiting time and inspiration.
Mahogany from Greener Lumber, LLC, Missouri. Salvaged in Belize.
-- "When you are not sure where to begin, lead with gratitude." http://www.tombuhl.com
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Monte Pittman
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#1 posted 164 days ago
Very beautiful
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#2 posted 164 days ago
Very nice design!
Light and airy while still solid looking – that’s pretty difficult to pull off correctly.
The design of the top appears to be have been created strictly to suit your needs – nice!
Keep up the great work!
-bob
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#3 posted 164 days ago
good looking desk.very unique look.
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HorizontalMike
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#4 posted 164 days ago
Very nice rustic interpretation that seamlessly brings the PC into the scene. Well done.
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Ted78
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#5 posted 163 days ago
Beautiful piece. Trying to get my head around exactly what ” wedged tenoned into housed dovetail cleats” means exactly. I love the unobtrusive seemingly simple? look of the joint but can’t quite picture exactly how you did it.
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#6 posted 163 days ago
I like its edgy and minimalist design!
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#7 posted 163 days ago
That is a very impressive work!
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tombuhl
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#8 posted 163 days ago
Ted,
I have a personal page on this project which will give you a better overview of construction and design. Go to: http://tombuhl.com/Gallery/Site/Desk_for_Tom_2012.html
Thanks everyone for your comments and observations.
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Ted78
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#9 posted 163 days ago
Ahhh, now I understand, now if only i had the skills to pull something like that off. The little butterfly dovetail is a nice touch, didn’t see that on the LJ page.
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