Saturday, April 4, 2015

Slant Front Desk


Slant Front Desk


Chippendale Slant Front Desk Cherry
Slant Front Desk




This desk is made of solid cherry from the same log for consistency throughout. Below is the large cherry log we used for this desk. About 1/3 of this log was needed for all the required parts. The largest planks yielded 24-25” wide planks of solid cherry

wide cherry hardwood custom cut for a desk
Cherry Log sawn and dried


Case parts rough milled.  From this point we allow all of the wood to acclimate to the shop conditions for a minimum of 2 weeks which helps to stabilize the material before use on the desk

solid hardwood furniture cherry walnut tiger maple mahogany
desk parts rough milled

This is our wood rack and an example of various projects worth of wood acclimating in our shop. We select and label each piece for the specific project before we rough mill and stack.  

fine furniture hardwood lumber cherry walnut mahogany curly cherry tiger maple
hardwoods acclimating 


 Hand cut dovetail joinery on the Desk Case Top


custom desk with dovetail joinery
desk top

Desk case dovetails are fit 

furniture making a cherry desk
Desk case


The Grain matches and flows from the writing surface up the side of the case, this will be the desk interior

handmade cherry desk in process


 Desk in progress with the interior parts fitted

slant top desk in process
Desk process


 The back feet are dovetailed for superior strength

ogee bracket feet on a desk
desk back foot


 Gluing the feet and molding to the case

attaching the ogee feet
Feet install

Handcut dovetailed drawer with dovetails fit and ready to glue

dovetailed desk drawers
fitting dovetails

Slant Front Desk with all the drawer dovetails cut and fit

Slant Front Desk with hand cut dovetailed drawers
Desk Drawers


 Interior drawers on this desk are dovetailed and carved 


desk interior carved shells
Carved Drawers




Interior Drawers fit after they are glued up

Carved Shell on dovetailed drawers
Interior drawers




Slant Front Desk ready for finish

Drop Front Desk building process
Desk 



Finished Slant Front Desk

Chippendale Slant Front Desk
Slant Front Desk





carved shells Newport Style desk
Desk Interior



Slant Front Desk Townsend Goddard Custom Furniture
Slant Front Desk



Newport Shell Block And Shell
Interior Drawers



Queen Anne Desk handmade desk
Slant Front Desk



Queen Anne Slant Front Desk Doucette and Wolfe Furniture Makers
Lid opened




Handmade Desk Detail Writing Desk
Desk Detail



Carved Dovetailed Drawers custom desk
Desk Drawers



Slant Lid Desk Solid Hardwood Queen Anne Chippendale


Newport Chippendale Slant Front Desk Townsend Goddard
Slant Front Desk

Slant Top Desk Fine Furniture Makers
Slant Front Desk


Fine Chippendale Slant Lid Desk
Slant Front Desk