Thread: My attempt at a French Provincial Style Desk

Won't sat it was a good start i'd say it was an AWESOME! start.

Wish I could get that far in a day on my jobs.

Looking forward to seeing more as it develops.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve,

I actually cut the dovetails into the legs a week or so ago, so I had a bit of a head start, but I didnt start work on the rails until after lunch.

I was happy with what I got done as I am not known for my speed, but this methord of joinery is very quick & easy, & self aligning.

The only tricky bit is cutting the opposite dovetails from the left hand side of the router table. the leg wants to run & because of the shape of them, using a featherboard etc,. is a bit hard to do. The rest was quite quick & Easy. BTW, I bought the legs..... so it wasn't really that much work in a day.

Steve

You bought the legs, and there was me going to give you the advice that you should have done the routing while the stock was still square. I would say it probably was still easier buying them.

Regards

Yeah mate, I had to cheat, I can't make legs like that. But I had to be honest as well, cause I can't take the credit for then either. Pitty though, they are real nice legs, I wish my woodworking skills were that good.

Steve

i like it. It's nice to see it in raw wood as most of the finished ones you see around have been given a distressed look. Look forward to seeing the rest of the job.

Thanks Jim, this is going to be painted white to match the bed I made for her a couple years ago. (Pics Below) Well, the Paint will match...

If it is to live in her room, it should end up looking quite distressed, .... I know I would if I had to stay in there for any length of time. How do teenage girls get a room to look like that & still find anything? My shed doesn't look that bad, on it's worst day.

Arh Kids... You gotta love them don't you.
It says so in the rule book


steve

You're a hard man Steve, at least I let ours use a mattress.

Your a smooth talker Jim...

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Steve

I have been quite slack in the shed of late, but I got out there for a while today & gave this little desk a bit of a nudge.

I lent my brad gun to a mate of mine who is doing some renos, & while he had it, the carpenter he contracted to do the harder stuff that he couldn't do, Borrowed my brad gun.

I got it back before christmas but havent used it until today & you will be very surprised to learn, it didn't work.

After checking it out, I discovered that the safety bar that needs to be pushed before you can pull the trigger has been broken off a good 6mm too short to do anything. I was able to get around it today by holding it back with a cable tie, but NO SAFETY. I will fix it just as soon as I can, but how's his form????

Nothing ####s me, but this will do till something comes along

Anyway, I got the drawer runner supports in & I made the false top up as well. Have to get some sandpaper for my drum sander tomorrow & I can sand the top & the false top & Rout & fit them.
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I still need to make the drawers up, but hopefully by the end of the week it will be getting close.

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Steve

Hi there.

Desk looks pretty good so far. Very neat, very clean.

After following the progress from the start, I kinda missed the finished product of your router table until i clicked on the link above. It looks fantastic, i bet it was definitely worth the extra time and work you put in.

I'll try to keep a better eye on this one.

Steven.

Originally Posted by Ticky

I have been quite slack in the shed of late, but I got out there for a while today & gave this little desk a bit of a nudge.

I lent my brad gun to a mate of mine who is doing some renos, & while he had it, the carpenter he contracted to do the harder stuff that he couldn't do, Borrowed my brad gun.

I got it back before christmas but havent used it until today & you will be very surprised to learn, it didn't work.

After checking it out, I discovered that the safety bar that needs to be pushed before you can pull the trigger has been broken off a good 6mm too short to do anything. I was able to get around it today by holding it back with a cable tie, but NO SAFETY. I will fix it just as soon as I can, but how's his form????

Nothing ####s me, but this will do till something comes along

Steve

I know it may be a little selfish of me but I don't loan anything to anyone. Equally I don't borrow anything from anyone either.

I use to loan things but like you people i have loaned to have then (without consultation/permission) on-loaned to someone else. I have had some things broken & some things lost.

The table looks great. I look forward to seeing the finished product. I'm sure your "wild child" will enjoy it for many years to come.

Scott

Hey Steve,

That new Router table is pretty nice to use. Those dove tails in the legs of this table was one of the first real jobs I have done on it. It's a method I have been wanting to try for a very long time & now I find it is quite easy to do. The beauty of the sliding dovetails in the legs is the self aliging of it all. When I glued it together & ran a tape across the diags, it was within about 1/2 mm. I was very happy with that.

I also used it to make 1/2 lap joints in the False top, & was pretty happy with the results there as well. All in all, I am very happy with the router table upgrade and it was worth the time & money spent on it. All that is left of the original router tablenow is the legs & the on/off switch.

Thanks for your comments

Steve

Hey Scott,
No i don't think it is selfish of you at all. I have much the same rule,but with just a couple of exceptions. I believe my mate was unaware the nailgun had been taken by his contractor, But sadly my mate is no longer on the lend list and it wasn't a very long list to start with.

We pay a lot of money for our tools & having them in working order & aligned correctly is just not understood by some people.

I got back out in the shed for a while today & I sanded the false top & the desk top. I have also ordered the drawer slides & they should be here tomorrow with a bit of luck

I have to fix the false top to the table 7 route a profile on that & make up some clamps to attatch the top to the false top.
The top need to be cut to size now & then a bit of routing on that aswell.
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steve

Originally Posted by Ozziespur

I know it may be a little selfish of me but I don't loan anything to anyone. Equally I don't borrow anything from anyone either.

I use to loan things but like you people i have loaned to have then (without consultation/permission) on-loaned to someone else. I have had some things broken & some things lost.
Scott

My father told me years ago,"you don't lend your chainsaw or your missus because chances are they'll both be returned the same way". I guess he was right. Tough lesson that one!