Finished the desk.  A collaboration with my father, as it’s for his home office.  Nice slab walnut from my parents property.  Fabricated the legs from round stock, then welded to a mounting plate.  Made the drawer and slides from walnut.  Even hand dovetailed the drawer for practice (I need it…).  Simple oil finish.  I’ll need to get a better picture, unfortunately the well lit windowsill that I use for small stuff won’t work for this.

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Before and after of a quick restoration.  Picked this box up a couple days ago.  Looked like crap but I liked the box joints and could see the nice wood below the paint.  I believe it was an old phone junction box. … Continue reading →

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Desk project- Legs The desk top being 2” thick, and a really nice slab of walnut, I thought clean, simple, metal legs would work.  Used 1/2” round bar, rigged up a bending fixture, which worked well when the piece was … Continue reading →

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Desk project- Top My dad needs a new desk, so I worked up a design and we both started working on it.  He has a bunch of walnut from trees on the property that he had cut at the local … Continue reading →

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My maintenance supervisor brought this in for me today.  It is by far the coolest thing that he’s given me, and he’s given me plenty of interesting items.  I guess he knows how much I appreciate these vintage relics.  His … Continue reading →