I decided to finally get around to posting the progress reports on a computer desk I started some time ago. It wasn't until I started to do this that I realized how long it has been since I started this project. Now, I will start with my excuses as to why it is taking me so long. I know that some of you are thinking of replying that I don't need any excuse, I should take my time, I am just doing this because it makes me feel better to see it in writing and hopefully be able to better explain my delays to my wife who is beginning to wonder if her desk will ever be done.
1. I did finish my 1,200 square foot basement (doing everything from framing to electrical to drywalling myself) during the intervening period.
2. I have a 2 year old and a 3 year old that take up a good portion of my time.
3. I work on this project on the weekends while my kids are napping, when it is neither too cold nor too hot to work in my garage.
4. I am strictly amateur at this stuff, my profession being the law, so I measure 20 times and cut once if I am lucky.
The original post is in the design forum and can be found at http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=29449. You can see in that thread that this started January of 2006. These first two pics are of my original design for the desk. I will post this in several pieces and will post my continuing progress in hopes that it will keep me on the path toward completion some time this century.
I have learned quite a bit during the process, including many things I wish I had learned in some other manner. I will point out the mistakes that led to my learning experience in each step, not because of some masochistic tendency or anything, although I think anyone who does this as a hobby must have some of those, but in hopes that it will allow someone else the opportunity to not do what I did.
As usual, I strive for perfection in my woodworking projects and achieve something less, but I do end up a better woodworker for it. Criticism, preferrably constructive, is always appreciated. I have thick skin, so don't worry about offending me, so comment away, or not.