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RE: A new Desk for me - bandit571 - 07-24-2019
Still have a Hutch to build to house the computer in....Single Brain Cell Sketch Up is now working it's way through some sort of plan....need a better home for this thing..
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Somewhere near this spot....
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This is the old hutch....Monitor also needs to be raised up a few inches, rather than just sit on my nice, new, shiny desk's top
have an external hard drive to also find a spot to call home, instead of sitting on a lamp's base. may also see about a new lighting system...
Stay tuned...
RE: A new Desk for me - stav - 07-25-2019
That is looking great.
RE: A new Desk for me - bandit571 - 07-25-2019
Ok..."Moose & Squirrel" have delivered a Plan..
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For the Hutch. Top will be a 1 x 8, with a bit of Live Edge
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Rest of the lumber supply is 4/4 x 6 x 6'
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Will clean up a few edges...otherwise will just be used..maybe use some stopped dados?
need to get a better cut list, too
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Yep, that is it, so far....need lengths of the shelves...and decide on the "cubbies" Live edge will be facing down....so it won't become a trap for dust bunnies...
might take a few days...we'll see...and, make sure Boris and Natasha don't steal the Plan...
RE: A new Desk for me - hbmcc - 07-26-2019
That looks pretty good Rocky. What is Bullwinkle doing?
RE: A new Desk for me - bandit571 - 07-28-2019
Been cutting parts...
Top has been trimmed to length, the non-live edge been jointed [attachment=19639]
Bark removed with a wide chisel, cleaned up with a spokeshave...
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Then the live edge was rounded over with a spokeshave..
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As there wasn't enough wood on the edge to guide a router bit. Front corners got a rounding, to match the top of the desk...
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Vintage saw?
then set the hutch's top over, out of the way... [attachment=19643]
Which left getting 4 uprights 18-3/4" long, out of a 6' length of 4/4 Ash....
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3 out of 4? Hauled a second plank to the shop...4th upright was cut, along with 2 shelves. All the uprights needed jointed, then ripped so the edges were parallel. Cupping was removed...
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then a smooth plane, and then a sander. Shelves were ripped to match. Set the uprights on the top, to get the spacings and shelf lengths just right
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9" for the tower's shelf, 23" for the monitor shelf, will sit in 1/2" x 1/2" dados....between the bad sections in plank #2 ( knots) an upright, and these two shelves...ran out of wood....had to dig through all the cut-offs, to find enough for the 4 cubby shelves..
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need to getting the spacing for 4 shelves into 18" of uprights. Will be using stopped dados....had to dig out a decent router and bit..
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DeWalt #610 ( yard sale find, a few years ago..$5) and a 1/2" shanked, 1/2" straight cutter...2 flutes. need to set up a guide, and a stop, and see how deep some dados need to be...
stay tuned...
RE: A new Desk for me - bandit571 - 07-29-2019
Ok, used the router to cut a few stopped dados..
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needed elbow room. a way to hold parts and the router guide still long enough to lay out a cut..
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And, make the cuts..
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Once a board was done with the router, I could then square the end of the dado..
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Some of the uprights only get one dado, while the one next to it gets 2, and offset at that..
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Might be a tad too thin, otherwise? Other uprights got a bunch of dados..
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Then matching tenons were milled....was going along nicely until
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i discovered these 4 shelves were too short....trashed these, re-cut 4 new ones...only to find out they were 1/4" too long
Recut the tenon, then the tenon was 1/16 too long...FINALLY.. [attachment=19687]
It fits...was able to do a full dry fit, with a few clamps..
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Will have to glue this up in sections.
Stay tuned
RE: A new Desk for me - bandit571 - 07-29-2019
dry fits became glue-ups...first a rebate was milled in the back edges of the cubby hole uprights. Then some glue and clamps..
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Lots of clamps. Found a piece of 5mm plywood about the right width...and cut it for length...then more glue, and some brass nails..
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Also helped square this thing up. Nail off one edge, check for square, nail off the other edge, then a single nail into each shelf...
Since I had a few "extra clamps"
Decided to glue in the tower's shelf... [attachment=19691]
Just the shelf...2 clamps for that. The other 3 were used to pull things into the top shelf, and square up the tower shelf...
Intend to go back drill and counter sink for brass #8 x 1" brass screws..two per glue joint. I just don't trust glue into end grain joints. Then see about how to glue and clamp the entire hutch together....May need a few extra hands to help? may involve sitting the top on the tablesaw's top, and work from each end?
Monitor shelf should be
just a slip fit...then a pair of clamps....cussing will be involved, too Bought the screws today, and a few brackets to attach the Hutch to the Desk...
Left knee got rehab today.....rather a bit sore to go to the shop...besides, it IS Monday..
Stay tuned
RE: A new Desk for me - bandit571 - 07-30-2019
Screws installed ( only snapped one
) Tablesaw was cleaned off, blade lowered...needed a place to do a glue up...sanded the sides of the cubby hole assembly...needed a hammer to adjust the fit, but... [attachment=19704]
4 clamps to hold it til the glue dries...screws?
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16 of them....pilot hole, counter sink
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Then drive the waxed screws home....ran yet another errand....
Came back home, added a few screws to the tower shelf assembly. Sanded that smooth...got to looking at the Monitor shelf..."show edge" had a pair of big knots right on the edge.....re-cut the tenon enough, I could flip the shelf over...for a "good" edge to show...rotate the top shelf around, was a bit too heavy on one end, made clamping it down a bit tricky...then a forest of clamps happened
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hammer again helped adjust for fit
Along with those Brass screws...bought a few brackets to install the Hutch onto the desk....2 kinds, actually
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The "L" shaped ones go in back...one per upright. The fancy ones go out front. and match others I already installed...
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To attach the knee well onto the drawer unit of the desk....and onto the leg unit..
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Black screws, or Brass ones?
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They came with the black, may go a head and use them...
letting things dry a day, or so. Knee went through Day #1 of PT/Therapy....may rest it up, too
Once all those clamps come back off, lots of sanding, add the screws in the top shelf's glue joints...and maybe a coat of stain...before the brackets go on?
Stay tuned...may need a bit of help getting this out of the shop...
RE: A new Desk for me - stav - 07-30-2019
Wow, you are burning through this build. It is coming along nicely.
I’d volunteer to help get it out of your shop, but I suspect you don’t live in driving distance from my place.
RE: A new Desk for me - bandit571 - 07-30-2019
Ok, one trip to the shop...Homework for the knee was done, rewarded with a charlie horse...
Clamps removed...
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Then sanded where needed....drilled the top for 4 pairs of screws...had to actually SIT on the hutch, to drill and counter sink, then add the screws..
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Then sit this back up onto the tablesaw, and add a coat of stain to everything that will show..
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Then stashed it where it will go, while the stain dries...
There will be a door....resaw a few parts, from scraps..
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Push stick for shoving THIN parts through....then ran a few grooves, and a couple tenons...
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Then cut some fancy plywood to fit the frame, and a dry fit of the door..
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Needs cleaned up, glued up, and a finish...
Brackets will wait a while, once the stain is dry, I can add the Amber Shellac...maybe a second coat after that?
Almost moving day..was trying to get done by August 1st....
Gonna be close, stay tuned