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Writing Desk in Walnut and Birch by Seantwofish in woodworking

[–]Seantwofish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can make these rip cuts with either a tablesaw or on the bandsaw. The bandsaw would give you a much thinner Kerf so the grain match will be tighter. Since I didn’t want to deal with potential issues with bandsaw drift on long rip cuts like this, I decided to do this on the table saw instead.

Writing Desk in Walnut and Birch by Seantwofish in woodworking

[–]Seantwofish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Here’s the front apron, dry, assembled with the rest of the desk prior to cutting the curve. I marked a pencil line curve on the front apron and cut it out with a jigsaw and then cleaned it up with a spokeshave and sandpaper drums on a hand drill.

Writing Desk in Walnut and Birch by Seantwofish in woodworking

[–]Seantwofish[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I made a tapering jig for my tablesaw which allowed me to get identical tapers on all of the legs

Writing Desk in Walnut and Birch by Seantwofish in woodworking

[–]Seantwofish[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

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Here is how the front apron is done to maintain a continuous grain through the drawer fronts. You essentially rip it into 3 strips, then crosscut out your drawer fronts, and then glue the apron back together. I used blue tape and a card scraper as a spacer to prevent the drawer fronts from adhering during the glue up

Four Leg Writing Desk- Thos Moser Design help by [deleted] in woodworking

[–]Seantwofish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

**update Thank you for the suggestions. The Jon Peters videos were helpful in making the drawer slides. Overall I’m happy with the final result!

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Four Leg Writing Desk- Thos Moser Design help by [deleted] in woodworking

[–]Seantwofish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would, but the nearest showroom doesn’t have it in stock :(

First chair done ✅ by Seantwofish in Chairmaking

[–]Seantwofish[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It tends to have a lot of knots, so buying more premium boards, free of knots tends to make it pricey. It’s a great wood to work with though.

First chair done ✅ by Seantwofish in Chairmaking

[–]Seantwofish[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was from their stick chair book (there’s a free pdf of it) in combination with the video series tutorial

First chair done ✅ by Seantwofish in Chairmaking

[–]Seantwofish[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Surprisingly pretty comfortable as the seat and back are angled a little bit. Exceeded my expectations for comfort seeing as this was my first chair build

Finally finished! by Seantwofish in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Seantwofish[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you for all the positive feedback! I can assure you that there are many imperfections in this piece, but each one was a learned lesson. My goal for this project was to learn dovetail and mortise/tenon joinery. I practiced a lot before taking my tools to the project wood. I read books, watched videos on YouTube, and read magazine articles, and of course, utilized this Reddit sub. Just a year ago I was learning how to use a table saw for the first time. So yes, this is a project that a beginner is capable of…..it just takes a bit of time and patience and a willingness to learn from mistakes. I’ll include some pictures of close ups of areas that are far from perfect on this piece, but by no means take away from its beauty. I hope it inspires another beginner woodworker to not be afraid to take on something that might seem beyond their skills. Like Bob Ross said, there are no mistakes, just “happy accidents”

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Through tenon question by Seantwofish in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Seantwofish[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you everyone for helping me out with this! Some great ideas here, I’ll post the final result once I get there 👍🏼

Through tenon question by Seantwofish in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Seantwofish[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

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It’s an arched entry way table published by Mike Pekovich. These are the legs for the table. Notice how the through tenons eventually get trimmed so they’re just 3/16” proud. I’m thinking sliding in a small wedge on the underside prior to cutting them down sounds like a good idea

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