alright i was away for the weekend and unable to post on my progress but i have to get everyone all caught up now. A lot of progress has happened.
Alright so first i milled up my legs. The legs are 1 3/4” square with a 1” taper and 4” mortises in each of them. i made the mortises with my router and they came out very nice.
then i started to work on the aprons. the small aprons are simple and i have them all done. nto glued yet but all fit
now the front apron is where the hard part lies. it is bowed and it is a very wierd but cool curve so i had to take a lot of precaution with it. first i milled up all of my little veneer pieces to a little under 1/8” do i had 9 of them and bent laminated them to the curve. this was a difficult glue up but im really happy with how it came out.
then once it was out i smoothed it all with a scraper and proceeded to cut the drawer fronts out of it. i used my bandsaw along with the caul that i used to glue it up. then i glued all of the pieces together to get my front apron. this was a difficult glue up also because everything need to be perfectly in line. but im satisfied with it.
i dont have any new pictures but right now it is out of the clamps and it looks great. today i am hoping to finish assembling the desk and get ready to install the drawer frames as well as dovetail the drawers. i also got my shipment from sharpeningsupplies.com and now my chisels are razor sharp
im gonna need them this way to hand cut the dovetails in the drawers. really excited about those
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a1Jim
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posted 126 days ago
looking good teenage.
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Karson
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Yes looking great.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 126 days ago
Denis, this is looking pretty good and this is certainly going to be an interesting project to follow.
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lew
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posted 126 days ago
Great Work, Denis!!
Looks like quite a nice sharpening setup.
Lew
teenagewoodworker
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posted 126 days ago
yep lew. i got the wet grinder and stones up to 12000… very sharp stuff
CessnaPilotBarry
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posted 126 days ago
Nice! I wish I had your experience when I was your age. Keep up the good work1
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PurpLev
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posted 126 days ago
nice progress Denis!
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Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 126 days ago
Hi Denis;
Great progress! And your all set to keep everything very sharp.
Looking good.
Lee
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 126 days ago
Great progress, Denis.
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Todd A. Clippinger
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Wise beyond your years…
Keep up the great work!
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Napaman
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posted 125 days ago
great write-up…looks like you are enjoying the process…
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 124 days ago
yep Brian the challenges are what keep me honest. personally i like to be doing different things because its fun. the curved front especially like this is a bear. i need to cut crazy dovetails, the drawer frames need to follow the curve like you said the side lengths are different. and also cutting the tenons on this thing was a bear!!!!