Even though it's furniture I posted 2 pictures of my desk on APBW. All
of my detractors can have a field day picking it apart. The rest of
you, please offer constructive advice on how to improve on it so that
the next time I will do better. There's so much to learn! Coopering,
wood bending, veneering, and at the rate I'm going I'll be dead of old
age before I try out all the techniques! Or I'll be in the poor house
from buying more tools. :)
dave
>"Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Even though it's furniture I posted 2 pictures of my desk on APBW. All
>> of my detractors can have a field day picking it apart.
Looks nice Dave!
If you used poly, you should have used shellac. What, you used
shellac? You should have used poly for a desk! <G>
Barry
It's our sister newsgroup for posting binaries (pictures).
Proper name is alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking.
Greg
"John Doe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> What the hell is ABPW?
>
>
On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 16:58:16 GMT, Bay Area Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>yeah! and I paid too much for everything that went into it! :)
That's right, I forgot. You pay too much for everything!
Barry
To Both Mike and Dave,
There is no such thing as perfection when it comes to woodworking,
For years I have always wanted to hang my shingle and say 'Hers George
Practicing Woodworking"
I have been at it for years a good many and I humbly submit that I am Good,
Well let me rephrase that, I'm damn good,
That being said I have never ever made a perfect piece, the day that I fell
that I did, I will Quit.
I'm still practicing and still learning
Dave I would like to see a pic of your desk It happened that I do not have
that post on APBW
But have read all of the post about it.
Good Luck,
George
"Mike in Mystic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey Dave,
>
> I looked at your desk and have to say you did a great job. I read a few
of
> the other comments, but I don't really see anything major wrong with it.
> Actually, I don't even see anything really "wrong" at all. Every project
is
> a learning experience, so whatever you take away for the next one makes it
> all good. I'm about to post on my latest project, and I'll tell you, I'm
> still pretty annoyed by the stupid mistakes I make that add up to big
> "goofs" in the final product. Things like that really make me have even
> more respect for the craftsman that put work together nearly "perfect" and
> do it probably 10 times faster than I ever will (and I doubt I'll ever
even
> approach perfection).
>
> What's next on the list?
>
> Mike
>
>
> "Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Even though it's furniture I posted 2 pictures of my desk on APBW. All
> > of my detractors can have a field day picking it apart. The rest of
> > you, please offer constructive advice on how to improve on it so that
> > the next time I will do better. There's so much to learn! Coopering,
> > wood bending, veneering, and at the rate I'm going I'll be dead of old
> > age before I try out all the techniques! Or I'll be in the poor house
> > from buying more tools. :)
> >
> > dave
> >
>
>
thanks, there was some discussion about how wide a solid piece should
be. I ended up doing glue-ups before I realized I could have used solid
pieces. There's always NEXT time, though! I was too frugal with the
lumber I had bought for the project.
dave
Jeff Zahnle wrote:
> Very nice!! The only thing that I see that you can improve on are the
> drawer fronts. It appears that they may be glue-ups. To improve the
> esthetics you can either use a solid piece or more carefully match the
> grain. Other than that, nice job for a first piece.
>
>
> Jeff Zahnle
>
> Bay Area Dave wrote:
>
>> Even though it's furniture I posted 2 pictures of my desk on APBW.
>> All of my detractors can have a field day picking it apart. The rest
>> of you, please offer constructive advice on how to improve on it so
>> that the next time I will do better. There's so much to learn!
>> Coopering, wood bending, veneering, and at the rate I'm going I'll be
>> dead of old age before I try out all the techniques! Or I'll be in
>> the poor house from buying more tools. :)
>>
>> dave
>>
>
yeah! and I paid too much for everything that went into it! :) Except
for the drawer slides.
dave
B a r r y B u r k e J r . wrote:
>>"Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>Even though it's furniture I posted 2 pictures of my desk on APBW. All
>>>of my detractors can have a field day picking it apart.
>
>
> Looks nice Dave!
>
> If you used poly, you should have used shellac. What, you used
> shellac? You should have used poly for a desk! <G>
>
> Barry
Hey Dave,
I looked at your desk and have to say you did a great job. I read a few of
the other comments, but I don't really see anything major wrong with it.
Actually, I don't even see anything really "wrong" at all. Every project is
a learning experience, so whatever you take away for the next one makes it
all good. I'm about to post on my latest project, and I'll tell you, I'm
still pretty annoyed by the stupid mistakes I make that add up to big
"goofs" in the final product. Things like that really make me have even
more respect for the craftsman that put work together nearly "perfect" and
do it probably 10 times faster than I ever will (and I doubt I'll ever even
approach perfection).
What's next on the list?
Mike
"Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Even though it's furniture I posted 2 pictures of my desk on APBW. All
> of my detractors can have a field day picking it apart. The rest of
> you, please offer constructive advice on how to improve on it so that
> the next time I will do better. There's so much to learn! Coopering,
> wood bending, veneering, and at the rate I'm going I'll be dead of old
> age before I try out all the techniques! Or I'll be in the poor house
> from buying more tools. :)
>
> dave
>
Bay Area Dave <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Even though it's furniture I posted 2 pictures of my desk on APBW.
Dave, Dave, Dave,
You did a good job. Too bad you had to cheapen it by lying about
using plans. That's the same exact desk that was in Wood magazine a
few months ago.
I don't quite get it, is it un-manly to use plans? Are we suppossed
to be impressed with your superior abilities because you didn't use
plans?
Are you ever not a horse-dick?
People want to know,
Rich
Very nice!! The only thing that I see that you can improve on are the
drawer fronts. It appears that they may be glue-ups. To improve the
esthetics you can either use a solid piece or more carefully match the
grain. Other than that, nice job for a first piece.
Jeff Zahnle
Bay Area Dave wrote:
> Even though it's furniture I posted 2 pictures of my desk on APBW. All
> of my detractors can have a field day picking it apart. The rest of
> you, please offer constructive advice on how to improve on it so that
> the next time I will do better. There's so much to learn! Coopering,
> wood bending, veneering, and at the rate I'm going I'll be dead of old
> age before I try out all the techniques! Or I'll be in the poor house
> from buying more tools. :)
>
> dave
>
Dave - your talking about the desk? What is there to pick apart? It looks
great.
Nice work.
-R
"Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Even though it's furniture I posted 2 pictures of my desk on APBW. All
> of my detractors can have a field day picking it apart. The rest of
> you, please offer constructive advice on how to improve on it so that
> the next time I will do better. There's so much to learn! Coopering,
> wood bending, veneering, and at the rate I'm going I'll be dead of old
> age before I try out all the techniques! Or I'll be in the poor house
> from buying more tools. :)
>
> dave
>
tsk, tsk, it isn't from any plans, Rich...
Lying seems to be your standard modus operandi.
dave
Rich wrote:
> Bay Area Dave <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>
>>Even though it's furniture I posted 2 pictures of my desk on APBW.
>
>
> Dave, Dave, Dave,
>
> You did a good job. Too bad you had to cheapen it by lying about
> using plans. That's the same exact desk that was in Wood magazine a
> few months ago.
>
> I don't quite get it, is it un-manly to use plans? Are we suppossed
> to be impressed with your superior abilities because you didn't use
> plans?
>
> Are you ever not a horse-dick?
>
> People want to know,
> Rich
Dave it appears that this is another Pic i do not get to see would you
kindly e-mail it to me
thanks,
George
"Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Even though it's furniture I posted 2 pictures of my desk on APBW. All
> of my detractors can have a field day picking it apart. The rest of
> you, please offer constructive advice on how to improve on it so that
> the next time I will do better. There's so much to learn! Coopering,
> wood bending, veneering, and at the rate I'm going I'll be dead of old
> age before I try out all the techniques! Or I'll be in the poor house
> from buying more tools. :)
>
> dave
>
Thanks for your approval, Mike! I pretty much agree with all of the
constructive comments about the desk. I had some reservations about
some of the details, and they were pointed out to me over on ABPW. Like
the pencil drawer; it's centered between the stiles, but not in the
space where you sit, because of the stub of a stile on the right side.
What's next? Probably a little end table for SWMBO for next to her
favorite little SWMBO-sized rocker. OR, a letter tray for my desk. :)
What are you about to post? You get a lot more done in the same amount
of time than I do. I think I don't spend enough time in the shop.
dave
Mike in Mystic wrote:
> Hey Dave,
>
> I looked at your desk and have to say you did a great job. I read a few of
> the other comments, but I don't really see anything major wrong with it.
> Actually, I don't even see anything really "wrong" at all. Every project is
> a learning experience, so whatever you take away for the next one makes it
> all good. I'm about to post on my latest project, and I'll tell you, I'm
> still pretty annoyed by the stupid mistakes I make that add up to big
> "goofs" in the final product. Things like that really make me have even
> more respect for the craftsman that put work together nearly "perfect" and
> do it probably 10 times faster than I ever will (and I doubt I'll ever even
> approach perfection).
>
> What's next on the list?
>
> Mike
>
>
> "Bay Area Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Even though it's furniture I posted 2 pictures of my desk on APBW. All
>>of my detractors can have a field day picking it apart. The rest of
>>you, please offer constructive advice on how to improve on it so that
>>the next time I will do better. There's so much to learn! Coopering,
>>wood bending, veneering, and at the rate I'm going I'll be dead of old
>>age before I try out all the techniques! Or I'll be in the poor house
>>from buying more tools. :)
>>
>>dave
>>
>
>
>