I'm sure there will be a few...
I'm sort of using your desk as a target point for the color and look I want to achieve with the finish. The piece won't really be similar in build, but I think the tone and figuring should be in the same vein, and that should go great with somewhat simple crown and skirt mouldings and bracketed feet.
This will be the largest piece I've polished. I was planning to use a couple of extra mop coats - likely three or maybe four total - with some rubbing and steel wool in between if necessary to body it up quickly. Another forum member, Flindersia, told me once that he applies three mop coats and then grain fills with pumice before he ever gets the rubber out when working with QLD Maple. I may or may not use some kind of hybrid of the two approaches, but I've never filled the grain with anything other than shellac. I suppose I paid too good of attention when I was being shown how the first time :U . We'll see...
I know that the sides of the drawers on the table you now have were some of the easiest polishing boards I've ever done (in my limited experience), so if it builds as well as that Maple then I'm golden. Either way, it's been a while since I had the shellac out, so I'm looking forward to it.
Cheers,
Luke