..Kev Posted August 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 Base glued up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 Looks good, and so does your shop. I hate you. ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Arm-R-Seal for the base.. Kid is hard at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Awesome to have help! Before you know it, he'll have his own shop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Awesome to have help! Before you know it, he'll have his own shop!Awesome! He can build his mom stuff so I don't have to 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewyo Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 That's the stuff which makes memories Kev, no question about it.As a kid I followed my uncle around a lot while he did maintenance on his rental properties. I can't even say that I was a good go-fer, but I think of that "apprenticeship" as being the block of experiences which made me a woodworker. I saw how he was organized and got things done, how he improvised and finagled, and it wasn't long before I was making construction lumber + plywood ramps for my friends and I to launch our pre-BMX bikes (you know...those bikes with the "banana" seat, sissy bar, and funky handlebars). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Jeez Kev, that was fast! Looks awesome too. I can't wait until my kids are old enough to help me out in the shop (and around the house). Looks like you guys are having fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Jeez Kev, that was fast! Looks awesome too. I can't wait until my kids are old enough to help me out in the shop (and around the house). Looks like you guys are having fun.Thanks, we are having fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Hey Kev - are the legs of that desk slightly splayed, or am I just imagining it? Couldn't see it while in the clamps, but in the pics of your boy applying finish, the legs appear to have an angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Hey Kev - are the legs of that desk slightly splayed, or am I just imagining it? Couldn't see it while in the clamps, but in the pics of your boy applying finish, the legs appear to have an angle.There's a slight taper on the front legs. So, a bit of an illusion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted August 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 WB Satin for the top via HVLP and ready for its home.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Kev, that looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Looks awesome as usual Kev. Great work (and quick too - at this point I would still be sketching on graph paper). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted August 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Thanks guys.. My kid actually sketched out what he wanted while I was traveling for work. I made some changes to his drawings but, it's pretty close to his drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 That's the stuff which makes memories Kev, no question about it.As a kid I followed my uncle around a lot while he did maintenance on his rental properties. I can't even say that I was a good go-fer, but I think of that "apprenticeship" as being the block of experiences which made me a woodworker. I saw how he was organized and got things done, how he improvised and finagled, and it wasn't long before I was making construction lumber + plywood ramps for my friends and I to launch our pre-BMX bikes (you know...those bikes with the "banana" seat, sissy bar, and funky handlebars).Dave, on 10-9-87, I finished my son's bike ramp. I wanted to make sure it was safe for him, so he handed me the reigns. I woke up that evening in a hospital bed with everyone standing over me. The ramp had slipped on the drive and I upended, with my back hitting the pedal and rupturing my spleen, and my head on the concrete resulting in a concussion.Sorry OP, but I had to unload that 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Not much left to say. WOW! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewyo Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Dave, on 10-9-87, I finished my son's bike ramp. I wanted to make sure it was safe for him, so he handed me the reigns. I woke up that evening in a hospital bed with everyone standing over me. The ramp had slipped on the drive and I upended, with my back hitting the pedal and rupturing my spleen, and my head on the concrete resulting in a concussion.Sorry OP, but I had to unload that Yeah...I knocked myself senseless jumping on my ramps too. Didn't end up in a hospital bed, but might have lost consciousness for a few seconds there, and WOW did my tailbone hurt!Who needs a spleen anyway Coop? I mean...what does a spleen even do really? If you can't answer without googling, then my point is made... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Very nice Kev! Sorry I didn't see this sooner. Stunning work bud! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted August 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Very nice Kev! Sorry I didn't see this sooner. Stunning work bud! Thanks Mel! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Desk looks fantastic Kev. Is it in your sons room? Being used yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted August 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Desk looks fantastic Kev. Is it in your sons room? Being used yet?Not yet.. He's asked for a keyboard pull out so, waiting for the rails to arrive and I'll toss a spalted maple tray in it.Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Walnut, live edge and now spalted maple. If this were a movie, it would be rated XXX!Gotta love it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted August 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Walnut, live edge and now spalted maple. If this were a movie, it would be rated XXX!Gotta love it!There is some spalting in the top but, it's very minor.. I was hoping for much more when I bought the slab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 A neighbor cut down an elm tree several months ago and I scavenged some 12" or so limbs in hopes of using it for boxes. I let it set on the drive, in the weather and last weekend, being bored, I ran it thru the bs. Neatest looking spalted I've seen. I have it stickered and drying now. It was about 1/3 the weight when I got it, so assuming the transformation took place in my drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted August 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 lol, probably long before you got it Coop.. Look forward to seeing it in a project tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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