Finished up another one!

[ZeroLogic]

White oak roll top desk. I will never build another one for free again!:p

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[97blaster200]

could have rolled the edges a lil better

[CJM]

Very nice, I agree you shoulda rounded the edges a bit more as it woulda looked better imho.

BTW I wanna know how on earth you make the doors to those? Did you buy it or make it? Id imagine making one is about 50 little slats all fit into a track.

[97blaster200]

haha i was just messin with him. but it does look good matt. great work




Originally posted by CJM
Very nice, I agree you shoulda rounded the edges a bit more as it woulda looked better imho.

BTW I wanna know how on earth you make the doors to those? Did you buy it or make it? Id imagine making one is about 50 little slats all fit into a track.

[jcs003]

very nice. also, the upper right shelf is crooked:devil:

[quad2xtreme]

Looks great.

how many hours do you have in it?

[Pappy]

That turned out sweet!

[spanky101]

Looks great man! Very good work man

[fastredrider44]

^^^ x2

[biker]

hell yea zero:macho

[ZeroLogic]

Originally posted by CJM
Very nice, I agree you shoulda rounded the edges a bit more as it woulda looked better imho.

BTW I wanna know how on earth you make the doors to those? Did you buy it or make it? Id imagine making one is about 50 little slats all fit into a track.

Rounded what edges?

I guess you are referring to the tambour.:p Its pretty simple but a long process.
First you get a board the size you want (length and thickness) Then you run one edge through the router table with a round over bit, then flip it and run the other edge through it. Run it through the table saw, joint the edge and run it through the router table again and so on so on. This one I believe had 31 slots. After you get the amount needed, you make a jig to hold the slots tight against each other and use contact cement and some kind of cloth. I used duck cloth.


Originally posted by jcs003
very nice. also, the upper right shelf is crooked:devil:

Actually its not crooked! I spend an hour trying to figure out why it was/ or looks crooked!:blah: Everything is lined up and squared.


Originally posted by quad2xtreme
Looks great.

how many hours do you have in it?

About five months on and off working.

Here is a few pictures of my man cave.
It gets pretty tight in there. :p

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Thanks to the rest of the comments!

[CJM]

What I meant was all the edges on the piece I think woulda looked better having been rounded with a round off bit in a router.

The process for the tambour sounds like a real pain in the ***. Now I know why the sell prefabbed ones lol

[quad2xtreme]

only thing I see that you should have done was put a darker stain on it and shipped it to Raleigh, NC. :D

That really brings childhood memories back. My oldest brother has our roll-top desk.

[diangelo#67]

for real PM me a price on one my grand father had one from when he started our company in 1958, when the house was sold after my grand parents passed my aunt the executor of the will she sold it bi$$#$% but I would love to buy him one

[Quad18star]

Looks awesome man .

[ZeroLogic]

Originally posted by CJM
What I meant was all the edges on the piece I think woulda looked better having been rounded with a round off bit in a router.

The process for the tambour sounds like a real pain in the ***. Now I know why the sell prefabbed ones lol

Yea but the price of them is outrageous. A lot cheaper to do it yourself.:p


Originally posted by quad2xtreme
only thing I see that you should have done was put a darker stain on it and shipped it to Raleigh, NC. :D

That really brings childhood memories back. My oldest brother has our roll-top desk.

Actually, it is darker than what it looks and will get darker over time. I never really liked them until now.


Originally posted by diangelo#67
for real PM me a price on one my grand father had one from when he started our company in 1958, when the house was sold after my grand parents passed my aunt the executor of the will she sold it bi$$#$% but I would love to buy him one

PM sent.


Originally posted by Quad18star
Looks awesome man .
Thanks!