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Try making a dowel plate, you have more options when matching best fitting diameters.

Sometimes these things can be glued up in stages. Easier to control.

As a young man, I thought my suggestions regarding parking and overtaking were constructive and helpful. Over the years, I have learnt to keep my opinions to myself.

I bet Mr. Cosman would be chuffed with the comparison. Don't know about old TC, though. :)

An apron when gluing and finishing. A leather apron, when working with rough sawn stock. Otherwise, just a cotton work jacket and trousers.

Thanks for the kind words. Yes, about 6 weeks of work. Spread over a couple of months, though. (I had to do things that actually pay the bills. :) ) It isn't very profitable, but I enjoy doing it from time to time.

Xtras Some of the fancy jigs and patterns I used. My bench, with all the clutter finally gone. A few more pictures of the desk. An obligatory cat picture.

If there's a lot of wear, a belt sander might be called for. Or if you're a ninja with a smoothing plane, that would work also. :) It would be best if you could remove it and give yourself some room, perhaps work outside. Good luck!

Doors, hinges, glass Rails and stiles held together with mortice and tenon joinery. No grooves or rebates for the panels and glass. Just a simple bolection moulding on the outside and a bead on the inside to hold everything in place. As the cabinet doors were the same width as the...

Drawers. The three drawers fit in a separate/ detachable box. It is attached to the sides of the cabinets via bolts, threaded inserts, dowels and cam lock fittings. Laying out the parts of the top and bottom frames. Front bottom rail with mortices for the drawer stops. Opening for the...

Pedestals. One request the clients insisted on was that the cabinets, the central drawer box, and hutch all be separate parts. No other solution was possible as their staircase wasn’t wide enough to allow for the rotation of the whole lower portion of the desk when ascending the stairs. In...

The Hutch I started with the arch that goes at the back of the top shelf. Next I did the carving, as mentioned above. There were only 2 kinds of joints I used. Sliding dovetails in most places and dowels for the bottom shelf. (To the right you can catch a glimpse of my fancy sliding...

The Desktop A curiosity of this type of desk is that, if necessary, the desktop can be extracted another 30 or so cm, so that the full 70 cm deep surface can be used. It’s a simple matter of the central frame sliding out via a tongue and groove joint on each side. Under the...