Keith Beck
03-07-2008, 9:20 PM
a hundred or so to go!
My daughter sent me a link to a Pottery Barn desk that she wanted me to build:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/ldoforcno/PaulynsDesk.jpg
She just wanted the desk and not the part that sits on top, so overall, nothing real complicated. I'd never built a desk before and I'm usually a plans kinda of guy, so I did some research and pored over similar plans beforehand.
Here's the frame. As you can see, I went old school with wooden drawer runners:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/ldoforcno/DSC03224-1.jpg
Here's one of the drawers:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/ldoforcno/DSC03230.jpg
And, finally, the finished project:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/ldoforcno/DSC03243.jpg
It's not an exact replica, but it's fairly close I 'spose. It's made entirely out of Poplar. The outer frame is done with mortise and tenon and the internal bracing and drawer runners are done with the Kreg jig. The legs are tapered on two sides. The finish is General Finishes' Milk Paint, which isn't real milk paint as I've been told. I intended to spray a protective coat of USL or something, but ran out of time since I'm delivering it this weekend. I'll see how it holds up with just the paint and spray it later if the paint alone doesn't cut it.
Of course, as with most of my projects, this one had it's share of mistakes. Most were just being retarded and cutting stuff too short (even after measuring twice!) but one was a real pain in the butt since it resulted in having to rebuild a leg. Can you tell what I did wrong?
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/ldoforcno/DSC03221.jpg
:mad:
Keith
My daughter sent me a link to a Pottery Barn desk that she wanted me to build:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/ldoforcno/PaulynsDesk.jpg
She just wanted the desk and not the part that sits on top, so overall, nothing real complicated. I'd never built a desk before and I'm usually a plans kinda of guy, so I did some research and pored over similar plans beforehand.
Here's the frame. As you can see, I went old school with wooden drawer runners:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/ldoforcno/DSC03224-1.jpg
Here's one of the drawers:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/ldoforcno/DSC03230.jpg
And, finally, the finished project:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/ldoforcno/DSC03243.jpg
It's not an exact replica, but it's fairly close I 'spose. It's made entirely out of Poplar. The outer frame is done with mortise and tenon and the internal bracing and drawer runners are done with the Kreg jig. The legs are tapered on two sides. The finish is General Finishes' Milk Paint, which isn't real milk paint as I've been told. I intended to spray a protective coat of USL or something, but ran out of time since I'm delivering it this weekend. I'll see how it holds up with just the paint and spray it later if the paint alone doesn't cut it.
Of course, as with most of my projects, this one had it's share of mistakes. Most were just being retarded and cutting stuff too short (even after measuring twice!) but one was a real pain in the butt since it resulted in having to rebuild a leg. Can you tell what I did wrong?
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/ldoforcno/DSC03221.jpg
:mad:
Keith