Thanks, Charlie..

Related to John and Peter.. Yeah, you'd think.. somewhere along the line..
same last name.. But actually, their father back in 1876 on becoming a
naturalized US citizen change his Swedish name from John Janasson to John
Hall.. So the Hall name only goes back so far.. Oh well..

making the piece.. I feel the same way about your lathe pieces, Charlie..
I'm still trying to become friends with the skew.. It's an obstinent little
beast at times.. and if you figure all the time I have, being retired, not
concerned about profit, things like this are possible by just about anyone..

Finishing.. I really like shellac finishes.. Still get some burns once in
awhile trying to rub it on french polish style.. I did put on a base coat
of two coats of shellac and the inside of the drawers are finsihed with a 1
lb cut. But, yeah I used poly after that. In my old age, I stumble around
a lot more. Destroyed a keyboard with coffee and so on and what would a
desk be like if you couldn't spill a little coffee on it once in awhile. So
poly it became..

Mistakes.. Aren't they just creative opportunities..? Can't help but think
a lot of great things were discovered by mistakes.. Ok, I'll confess to an
obvious one people have probably already noticed.. the exposed ebony
splines on the breadboard ends of the top weren't supposed to be that wide..
Even though I practiced on scrap, actually keeping the top on edge, against
the router table fence, while routing the mortises, needed more support than
I expected and had to widen the moritises a bit to clean the initial cuts
up. Now they're just wide to make a statement.. grin


"charlieb" wrote in message
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While Greene & Greene designed the pieces which bear their
name, much of their pieces were actually made by brothers
Joun and Peter Hall. From the pictures of this desk I'm
betting there is some genetic connection. If there isn't
there should be. Coming up with nice designs is great.
Being able to actually MAKE them, that's the hard part.
You've got both down nicely.

I know the desk is going to be a USER - but PLEASE don't
finish it with poly. Shellac would be perfect - and a lot
easier to repair for whoever inherits your desk - and
this one will surely be passed on to someone who will
appreciate it. That's at least my hope for it.

Now when are you going to point out the trivial mistakes
that no one will ever notice? (If you lay down right here
and hold this mirror this way - and shine a flashlight
right up under there - you can see where I . . .)