HANDY LINKS About Me All Projects On One Page Business Card Email Me Home Page PROJECT INDEX...A-to-Z Albatross Ash Sphere Bookcase Dovetail Box Gold Dolphins Grandfather Clock Jewelry Store Lacewood Bowl Lacewood Desk Mendocino Vessel Predator Rocking Chair Rolltop Desk Spalted Vase Stagecoach Chest Stopper & Vessel Telephone Table Violin Case Walnut Vase X-ray Devices Ron Renner Geppetto's Woodworks Vancouver, Washington 360-606-2949
		This writing desk was ordered by a client who wanted something special. The wood I selected was lacewood, also known as Australian Silky Oak. The desk top is 36 inches wide x 60 inches long. It is 32 inches from the floor to the top of the desk. In the TOP PHOTO, where the edge meets the desk top, slots were milled. Wooden domino-shaped pieces were inserted. They appear as lighter-colored wood. These pieces are both decorative and structural. In the BOTTOM PHOTO the long strip that is just below the table top is called the skirt. The drawer pulls out from here. I used a single long piece of lumber and cut the drawer face from that lumber to assure the best grain match possible. In the BOTTOM PHOTO the drawer case (directly behind and what’s attached to the drawer face) was made with hand-cut dovetails. There is no external drawer hardware, by design. Some color was added to the finish to enhance the grain pattern of the lacewood. The client and I collaborated on the design of the stainless steel U-shaped legs. I added the round lacewood cross members (the two lacewood cylinders that run front to back, a little less than halfway up from the floor). The lacewood cylinders are purely decorative. The stainless steel vertical leg members have been fabricated so the cylinders slip in seamlessly. The stainless steel legs were outsourced to a custom fabrication shop. A small stainless steel strap between each leg of the U-shape allows the lacewood cylinders to be connected to the legs. At both ends of the lacewood cylinders are mushroom-shaped caps that I turned on the wood lathe. They are held in place with embedded rare earth magnets. The cylinders seem to float with “invisible” means of attachment. Home...Email...Phone 360-606-2949