Progress on the desk...

S.S.Tupperware

Snuck out to the shop and sprayed a lil color on the base of the desk, might add more but we'll see ow this dries. Make some drawers, a few coats of CAB acrylic and then onto flattening the live edhe slab for the top. It will be 5 ft wide and 32 in when done. I didn't want to go too heavy on the color, last time I stained a top all the beautiful spalting was kinda washed out...

Popeye

What will you use this desk for?

Tarpon65

Popeye wrote: »

What will you use this desk for?

Desk work you dumb a$#!

Popeye

that was just mean.

S.S.Tupperware

To make money... wanna buy it?

dave44

Is that oak? It's kind of hard to tell.

Have you tried the minn wax waterborne finish? I really like that stuff, sprays on well with a little pot sprayer ( hvlp ) too.

dave44

Oh, that desk looks great, good job! I build with live edge tops too, when I can, can we see the top?

S.S.Tupperware

I will start on it soon, it's 4 or 5 down in the stack, and I am having trouble with the forklift transmission. I am gonna tackle that this week, I really don't wanna unstack by hand, most in the pile are 32x 96x2 1/2. Yes it's some spalted oak, which is why I'm not trying to wash it out with the stain. Not sold on the waterborne finishes, too cloudy for me, just like poly is too yellow. The CAB acrylic lacquer is water white, and really shows the grain well. I also have a few gallons I need to burn thru before I buy any more finishes.

Popeye

S.S.Tupperware wrote: »

To make money... wanna buy it?

I would love to have a desk that makes money.

dave44

S.S.Tupperware wrote: »

I will start on it soon, it's 4 or 5 down in the stack, and I am having trouble with the forklift transmission. I am gonna tackle that this week, I really don't wanna unstack by hand, most in the pile are 32x 96x2 1/2. Yes it's some spalted oak, which is why I'm not trying to wash it out with the stain. Not sold on the waterborne finishes, too cloudy for me, just like poly is too yellow. The CAB acrylic lacquer is water white, and really shows the grain well. I also have a few gallons I need to burn thru before I buy any more finishes.

I just started using the minn wax waterborne, but it has worked very well. Normally I used the Benjamin Moore " stays clear" and zip( I think) . But it is about 75 a gallon now.

That CAB acrylic lacquer is great.

S.S.Tupperware

It does, buy it from me, set your laptop on it, and sell your stuff on Craigs List...

Popeye

S.S.Tupperware wrote: »

It does, buy it from me, set your laptop on it, and sell your stuff on Craigs List...

is it foolproof?

S.S.Tupperware

Yes I could use that finish for you...

WaterEngineer

Superb effort on the desk.

What I want to know is why do you have purloined dolly from Lowe's or Hope Depot that you are rolling it around on? :rotflmao

jad1097

WaterEngineer wrote: »

Superb effort on the desk.

What I want to know is why do you have purloined dolly from Lowe's or Hope Depot that you are rolling it around on? :rotflmao

Once again you are incorrect

Turner River Terror

Northern Tool Mid weight roll around...adjustable..

Baits Out

Looks great!

Full frame and panel has always been my favorite.

Did you make them?

The wood looks more like chestnut rather than oak?

When I had my shop (for about 20 years and about 20
years ago), when catalyzed (cross-linked) acrylic lacquers
came out I rarely used anything else. Also with HVLP
spray guns.

Only thing is they are crystal clear and had to usually
add a bit of yellow water based aniline dye to make the finish
look "normal".

Generally, I don't believe in "staining". Much prefer to
let the wood stand on its own.

Am now typing on a red oak desk I built probably 30 years
ago. The natural clear finish has been through all sorts of
hell via multiple moves and looks the same with little
evidence of that.

Hang in there!

:thumbsup

S.S.Tupperware

It's Laurel Oak.... Crappy water Oak. We get trees from land clearings and such, take to the Mill in Geneva and have cut. With all the moisture it gets a lot of spalting at times but I like working with it. I do have some 4 ft wide camphor Slabs, and some really wide 15 in plus boards, It's beautiful grain but oh so soft.

dave44

4 ft wide slabs? How much do they weigh? That would be pretty cool. I built a bar for a lady with 40" white oak slabs( live edge) once. I was in much better shape then.

Baits Out

WOW!

Whenever I acquired boards that wide used to have to take them up to
Blumer and Stanton in West Palm Beach to dimension on their 4 foot
wide thickness sander.

They had a lot more money and facilities than I.

dave44

Baits Out wrote: »

WOW!

Whenever I acquired boards that wide used to have to take them up to
Blumer and Stanton in West Palm Beach to dimension on their 4 foot
wide thickness sander.

They had a lot more money and facilities than I.

A lot of hand planing and sanding on live edge slabs, at least for me.

The biggest problems I've had are checking and splitting.

S.S.Tupperware

I have had luck relieving the back with a skil saw not quite all the way thru, clamp flat and fill the kerf with epoxy. Then its time for a router and a big bit. If it has places need hogged out, it's an old Porter Cable planer.

Baits Out

dave44 wrote: »

A lot of hand planing and sanding on live edge slabs, at least for me.

The biggest problems I've had are checking and splitting.

That of course depends on how well they are stored and dried -- occasionally
for a number of years for really thick air-dried slabs.

Baits Out

S.S.Tupperware wrote: »

I have had luck relieving the back with a skil saw not quite all the way thru, clamp flat and fill the kerf with epoxy. Then its time for a router and a big bit. If it has places need hogged out, it's an old Porter Cable planer.

Don't believe in that and have never done it.

Sorry!

:thumbsup

WaterEngineer

Turner River Terror wrote: »

Northern Tool Mid weight roll around...adjustable..

Awesome. I didn't know such a thing was available.

Popeye

I can hardly wait to see this desk make money.