Building my office furniture (now finished)

[MikeG]

That's all the historic stuff done. I have some photos in the camera of current work, and I'll update in the next few days. In the mean time, study carefully, because there will be a test.

 

[MikeG]

My office remained like that for some months whilst I did more important things. I've recently grabbed an opportunity to do a few days of work on it. I started by making some filing cabinet drawers out of ply, lipped with a profile in oak:

The drawer fronts for these were somewhat complex, as I didn't want them to be massive, and look like filing cabinets drawers. A prepared some oak, and marked up for some sliding dovetails:

I cut those off to length, and dry fitted the drawer fronts into their opening. I then dissasembled them, and rebated for cock-beads:

 

[MikeG]

Here is one drawer front, showing the 13 pieces of wood that make it up:

Cock beads (pre-stained), were glued on after being mitred:

Final dry trial-fit:

Then gluing, staining and finishing:

After 3 or 4 days of re-applying my oil/ varnish mix I brought them in and screwed them onto the drawer boxes:

The only thing left to do is the cornicing:

I've managed to sneak 3 secret compartments past you lot. I considered doing another behind the cornice, but it's too akward to get to, so didn't bother.

 

[MikeG]

Two jobs left: fit the drawer fronts, and make some cornices. For the cornices, I started with some oak offcuts:

I used a "round"...a moulding plane, to hollow it:

Before finishing with a scraper:

I sliced the chamfers roughly on the bandsaw:

Then planed them up, cut the mitres, and joined them for finishing:

Before:

After (opposite side):

I screwed the drawer fronts into place on the filing drawer boxes:

All done:

 

[Drago]

Absolutely wonderful. You, Sir, must surely be a god.

 

[MikeG]

Thanks Drago. And.......erm........no. I actually exist.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

That is beautifully made. The care and detailing you've done shows through. Love the fact you use hand tools and you've even made some of them yourself! You are way beyond a hobbyist.

 

[MontyVeda]

very nice indeed. I'm guessing one of the secret drawers is below the bookshelf on the RH side, and i'd have definitely put a small one in the monitor stand for small USB drives and the like... as for the third, no idea. You don't have to reveal them, since they're secret

 

[T4tomo]

Very skilled - chapeau! It all looks like its been there years

 

[Emanresu]

Very skilled - chapeau! It all looks like its been there years

Plus one. I see there is a book on boat building on your shelf. Is that the next project?

 

[MikeG]

Plus one. I see there is a book on boat building on your shelf. Is that the next project?

There are 3 or 4 actually, and yes, it was going to be. However, a long discussion with my wife led me to the recognition that there are more important things.....apparently.

 

[MikeG]

That is beautifully made. The care and detailing you've done shows through. Love the fact you use hand tools and you've even made some of them yourself! You are way beyond a hobbyist.

Thank you. That's very kind.

 

[MontyVeda]

There are 3 or 4 actually, and yes, it was going to be. However, a long discussion with my wife led me to the recognition that there are more important things.....apparently.

such as global warming and rising sea levels

 

[MikeG]

such as global warming and rising sea levels

I should have used that argument. She would have said that that only applied to us if we happened to live in Vanuatu, or similar, and I could have said "good idea.....let's go and build a boat there".

I'd have still ended up prioritising building bedroom doors, for some reason I can't yet fathom.

 

[DCLane]

Looks lovely. Do you take orders?