The Woodshop Shed

adventures in woodworking and home maintenance, from my shop in an oversized backyard shed

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Mahogany Office Desk

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Mahogany Office DeskBeing on COVID furlough gave me time to replace my old MDF laminate computer desk with a slight variation on the Home Office Desk featured in Woodsmith #144. I made the desk a full six foot length to allow for space in the knee-gap for a trash can and shredder.The four cabinets are made of 3/4” mahogany plywood with tongue and groove joinery. I used 3/4” quarter-sawn mahogany to make the six trim frames used between the cabinets, the two base units, and the desk top trim. I chose not to build the optional pencil drawer…The desk top is 3/4” mahogany ply with 1/2” MDF backing. I glued-up 1/2” thick ash for the drawers to be installed on 21” over-extension slides. Handles have a Celtic- braid design, used in lieu of recommended cup handles (the wife's contribution to the project!). All stained with neutral Minwax stain and 3-4 coats of gloss polyurethane.60 hours of work, two 4×8 panels of mahogany plywood, one 4×8 panel of 1/2” MDF, 26 bfdt of 3/4” QS mahogany, 21 bdft of ash for the drawers, 24 brass inserts for the hex bolts that connect cabinets and desktop together, and four pairs of drawer slides.Lessons learned:The cabinets would be just as strong using biscuit joinery rather than the precision (and time) needed to make precise tongue and groove joinery listed in the instructions; a slight deduction for the tongue width on the cabinet dimensions would have made construction far easier and time-saving. As such, I used biscuit joinery for the drawers…Installed drawer slides for the first time; thankfully YouTube has plenty of recommendations on how to do this…made some initial errors, but all drawers are smoothly operatingFinally, I used a free cut-list software (cutlistoptimizer.com) to efficiently cut the 4×8 sheets for minimum waste; I have enough leftover to make a top for an adjoining printer stand.Stay safe..masks are not a bad idea either when working with mahogany and MDF…very dusty!



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It is not a Rocket

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It is not a RocketWhen i was making this stool a comment was made that it looked like I was sitting on a rocket. So when I made the seat there was a lot of shaping to distract the eye from that. Think it worked out.The timber is Australian Silky Oak. A colleague had to take a tree down in his yard, and he salvaged some of the trunk for me. The lengths were not huge so I will not get much more from it than this stool.My wife wants two. So matching the timber will be difficult, so I probably won't try. My sister wants two too.Not sure why but when I post from my phone the images are always sideways. If someone knows how to fix that let me know.



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50TH ANNIVARSARY GIFT

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50TH ANNIVARSARY GIFTAUGUST 02, 2020What to give SWMBO for our 50th Anniversary?For those that watch or have wives that watch The Bachelor or Bachelorette show knows about the rose ceremony where the chosen are given a rose. Keep that thought.One day I was watching YouTube videos and came across one that showed how to make a rose out of copper. That gave me an idea for a gift for my wife of 50 years.So I decided that I would make a vase with the the number 50 on it. The container part was made with Oak and Sapele. The base was cumaru. The numbers were cut out of oak and glued on then rounded over with carving chisels.Finished with Watco Danish Oil.I then made the rose. It's made from some scraps of copper pipe I had laying around.I then added the stem (grounding wire) and some leaves..Then put the two together . and SWMBO liked it so it earned me lots of points.Hoped you enjoyed the short story.Comments and favorites welcomed and appreciated.Thanks for looking.



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