Nothing will drive you crazy like needing to catch up on projects but not having power for 3 days...

The first is a mesquite desk in process. This is similar to a few others I have done. The style seems very popular.

Boards for the top, this is a bigger desk (1.75" thick top, 80" long)

do some epoxy on cracks and flatten them:


square them up:

after gluing (w/ epoxy and tenons) them together, run them through the sander to flatten:

then epoxy...

and more epoxy..

then turn it on its sides and epoxy those cracks in..


next is the cabinet frames. I backed each piece of mesquite with some pecan. You won't see the inside of the pecan when finished, and this let me save cost and material. The mesquite also had a lot of cracks, so this helped make the wood stronger:
the plan:

stock made up:

bases done:

groove and do the verticals:


much later:

mock up with the top:


next is the panels. I wanted bookmatch on all the panels, and symmetry about the desk (left front mirrors right front, outsides mirror one another, etc.) I found some wide stock and resawed it in to 1/8" thick sheets and backed those on to plywood. Since you will see the edges of the plywood through a 1/8" gap between the panel and the frame, I trimmed each panel in wood to match the mesquite:

panels cut and matched:



in to the vacuum press:


after the vacuum press glued up I started to trim them in to the panels with 1/8" spacers. I oversized each panel about 1/4" per side so I could cut/adjust them to the frame if the frame wasn't perfectly square (hint.. it wasn't)



panels installed:


next is drawers... the top two on each side will run on slots on their sides on wood runners, while the bottom drawer is on full extension undermount, soft close guides.

glue up the sides:


I wanted the front of the drawers to be single pieces (not glued up boards) and to also be symmetric, so I found some wide mesquite boards and once again cut those to 1/8" thick and backed those to solid mesquite:

the panels:


in to the press:


the front dovetails are half blind, the back dovetails are through:

test on the front dovetails. Right was first run (no bueno) left was adjusted to snug up the joint:


front dovetails and back dovetails cut... such a time consuming process, even with a jig..



next is slots on the sides for the runners (still no bottoms in the drawers yet)


then do them all...


then the center drawer:


then the hidden drawer. It is shallow, and i will add some locks later to secure it when closed, but its the to top center rail between the cabinets:




I also squeezed in a small project of some display cases:







ill update more later when I get it further along. I also have a table I am working on with some fun joinery (tusked through tenons)

That is damn impressive. Do you do all the work solo or have an extra set of hands?

Agrams, do you have a YouTube channel?

Salute, just me in my garage. no one else (unless you count my wife cleaning up sawdust footprints in the house)

Chris, I barely have time to get done what I want to get done, plus doing woodworking in my boxers at 1am may not be the most aesthetically pleasing experience...

I mainly just post here, facebook, and i list some random extras on my etsy page. 90% of what I make is custom order, and almost all of that is purely word of mouth through Aggies.

Well we appreciate that you post here. You do beautiful work.

working on some fun joinery for a table. this is a tusked tenon. the stretcher is cut down to shoulders with a through tenon and then a square hole is cut in the tenon which a wedge is then driven in and pulls the tenon tight against the shoulders. the tenons are from a piece of curly maple I cut down a few years ago.

agrams said:

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Chris, I barely have time to get done what I want to get done, plus doing woodworking in my boxers at 1am may not be the most aesthetically pleasing experience...

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That will just change your audience a bit....

it's not clear from my fat fingers covering it, but there is a shoulder in the wedge that stops it from falling through. the bottom is tapered to give it a lead-in when you hammer in the wedge.

agrams said:

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i have done glass doors, but not specifically a bookcase like a lawyer's style (I had to look it up to confirm what it was, I presume you mean glass doors that flip up vs to the side?)

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I think the common name for what he is asking is a barrister bookcase.

Also, when using a table saw in your boxers, be careful with the push stick.

hah, the worst I got was a small cutoff (about 1/2" cube) got grabbed by the blade and launched back at me. being 6'4" I found out the tabletop on my saw aligns with some sensitive regions...

Burdizzo said:

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Old RV Ag said:

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Burdizzo said:

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agrams said:

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i have done glass doors, but not specifically a bookcase like a lawyer's style (I had to look it up to confirm what it was, I presume you mean glass doors that flip up vs to the side?

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I think the common name for what he is asking is a barrister bookcase.

Also, when using a table saw in your boxers, be careful with the push stick.

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I've always heard lawyer or attorney bookcase. You must be an attorney!

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I have a collection NASCAR diecast cars from when I was younger and had money for stupid collectible junk. I wanted to put them on display and did a Google search for bookcase with glass windows. Sue me.

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got the finish on the top:

final fit check.