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Project by tombuhl posted 164 days ago 820 views 2 times favorited 9 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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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KnotCurser

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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

-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org

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whitebeast88

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#3 posted 164 days ago

good looking desk.very unique look.

-- It don't have to be straight,it's just a suggestion!!!

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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.

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

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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.

-- Ted

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Fishinbo

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#6 posted 163 days ago

I like its edgy and minimalist design!

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Surfside

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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.

-- "When you are not sure where to begin, lead with gratitude." http://www.tombuhl.com

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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.

-- Ted

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