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Thread: iHAN dynasty computer desk
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17th July 2013, 10:34 PM #16
Sorry for the delay in replying but I've been standing out the front waiting for a passing 9 year old to explain your question for me...... !
My current mac keyboard is wired AND has the numeric panel which makes it much longer and would only just fit on the new drawer. I am making birthday hints about the optional keyboard without the numeric panel which has the double benefit of being much shorter AND wifi which allows me to have both the keyboard and wifi mouse on the keyboard 'shelf' and no need for a hole to get the electrons through.
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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18th July 2013, 12:38 PM #17
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23rd July 2013, 05:59 PM #18
Well, not quite steampunk brassware but.....
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I got back onto the project for a few hours today and, under the layers of time and abuse ......
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is some BEAUTIFUL brass work. I had no idea it was even there let alone how nice it is
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I've only cleaned up the 1 drawer front that will be used for the keyboard drawer and I don't plan on doing anything more intrusive than the clean up shown in the pic above. Given the age of the piece, I figure every dent and scratch is an historic event!
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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23rd July 2013, 06:41 PM #19
This is definitely going to be a computer desk with a difference.......then again.......made in China, not that unusual.
The time we enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
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24th July 2013, 06:20 PM #20
I 'had' to leave work early today to go to a physio for my "torn monkey muscle" (honest!). The appointment however left me insufficient time to go back to work so ..... BONUS SHED TIME!
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I've nearly finished the keyboard shelf capsule which provides the slides for the frame to move the drawer front out of the way and the keyboard shelf itself
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this pic shows how the frame supporting the drawer front is articulated to allow the drawer to drop away
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the capsule slides into the drawer housing
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the drawer front slides out and folds down
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and the keyboard shelf can then slide out with the drawer front tucked up under it.
I need to do a bit of refining but it is very close to being usable. In a daydreaming moment I sketched and calculated a method by which extending the keyboard shelf retracts the lacework under the desk but......
flettyLast edited by fletty; 24th July 2013 at 06:30 PM. Reason: lighten pics
a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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24th July 2013, 06:52 PM #21
A glad you had some time to clear the cobwebs off the tools.
Did you pass the physio's test ??
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24th July 2013, 09:04 PM #22
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31st July 2013, 10:31 AM #23
home straight ... or beginning of the next lap?
Chinese furniture is held together beautifully not by glue but by clever mortise, tenon and pin joinery which is VERY strong. The slumped top should have pulled the top of the legs together and splayed them out at the bottom BUT they were still parallel and so something else must have given? What 'gave' in this piece was the framing below the top row of drawers that had bulged out a total of nearly 60mm! As I was decreasing the slump on the top, the legs were splaying in and so I had to fix both the top and frame at the same time. I hated doing it but I had to use inappropriate more modern technology to bring the frame back in....
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I added a piece of hardwood underneath and could only fix it in place and draw the frame in by screwing through the frame and hiding the screw heads with wooden plugs. (I would like to say I misaligned the screw heads deliberately so as not to draw attention to it ... but it was really just a stuff up!).
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I held the frame in place with clamps while I fixed the brace and it took an amazing amount of clamping pressure to bring it in. The bottom now fits back into its rebate, the legs are parallel ... but the keyboard drawer capsule is now too long !
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I had to temporarily remove the fretwork under the drawers to do some of the repairs and I won't refit it until I work out seat and typing heights.I have now cleaned up all of the brassware and started repairing the finish. I am touching up the finish with a combination of Howard Restor-a-finish (Dark Walnut) and/or Wattyl stain (walnut), UBeaut white shellac and then buff it with UBeaut Traditional Wax (also walnut).
The next step after finishing the desk itself, is to make a removable shelf assemble to fit on top to take printers and scanners etc. I have a sympathetic design in mind.
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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31st July 2013, 12:44 PM #24
It looks a couple of hundred years better already Fletty.
Bǎochí liánghǎo de gōngzuòThose were the droids I was looking for.
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3rd August 2013, 09:14 PM #25
xiexie ni archer...
One of the unfortunate realities with repairing and refurbishing old furniture is that sometimes a lot of work is done and a final result can't be seen. So, no pics today but I have....
- made and fitted new drawer runners and guides,
- refitted the mortise pins, (I used my Lie Nielson dowel plate for the first time and made BEEEAUTIFUL 5mm diam pins from rosewood)
- finally mounted the keyboard drawer capsule and
- re-polished the whole piece
Tomorrow, I hope to start the add-on shelf unit and possibly start to make the new bracket carvings to replace the broken ones OR remove the 2 good ones from the back that can't be seen, and fit them on the front and side where they can !
Unfortunately 1 of the drawers is VERY twisted. With 3 corners on a flat surface, the other corner is 30mm above it. I SHOULD make a new drawer but .......
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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6th August 2013, 11:19 AM #26
finished.......
The desk itself is finished. I haven't started the new top shelf unit yet and I think I'll use the computer on the desk for a while to decide what and where I want. The drawers now all open smoothly, the finish is as good as I want and all of its 100+ year history is still on display.
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I'm pretty happy with the result ... even though I'll need 3 strong men to help me move it!
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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6th August 2013, 01:33 PM #27
You could always get the City to Surf crew to give you a hand
Desk looks greatThose were the droids I was looking for.
https://autoblastgates.com.au
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7th August 2013, 03:11 AM #28
Very well done on the desk. I could not agree more.
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7th August 2013, 08:57 AM #29
What a transformation its come up a treat.
Look forward t next installment
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7th August 2013, 11:32 AM #30
Top effort Alan.
Congratulations on a marvellous restoration.
Five stars from me!
SG.... some old things are lovely
Warm still with the life of forgotten men who made them ........................D.H. Lawrence
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