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  1. 31st May 2014, 10:30 PM #1
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    Default the best desk i have ever seen

    And to think the guy who made this over two hundred years ago did it with hand tools alone while drinking vast quantities of good German beer & Brandy...
    The users guide must have been a challenge to read.



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  3. 3rd June 2014, 03:29 PM #2
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    Which is better, design or execution? What a superb piece!
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    Quote Originally Posted by robyn2839 View Post
    And to think the guy who made this over two hundred years ago did it with hand tools alone while drinking vast quantities of good German beer & Brandy...
    The users guide must have been a challenge to read.

    http://www.youtube.com/embed/MKikHxKeodA?rel=0
    why the surprise? If you were commissioned to make a replica today, apart from basic stock preparation, the precision required to achieve the Roentgen cabinet demands hand tools. Taking less than a tenth of a mm off a board is a real pain with power tools where blade flex is often greater than the width of material to be removed.
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  5. 7th June 2014, 10:56 PM #4
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    Thanks for posting. Amazing and to think it was made all those years ago

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    Obviously didn't have the internet & Woodworking Forum to distract him & nothing worth watching on the TV........

    Brilliant craftsmanship....I don't have the patience or skill

    I have played a puzzle game on my Ipad called "The Room"...this is where they got their inspiration & ideas from for their game I think.
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    What an awesome piece of engineering and art. I wonder if anyone I know wants one for christmas - in 2048 that is.
    Good things come to those who wait, and sail right past those who don't reach out and grab them.
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    Rubbish, I made two better ones last week, only took me half an hour.

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