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I was thinking something along these lines. A thin, long pull from the same species. I think I would try a pull that is almost half as long as the drawer is wide.

Here is how it went down. 2014 I joined WTO and one of the first things I learned from there was the straw technique from Steve (Woodwerks) There was a party store going out of business near me and I went over and bought about 150 straws... so my straws pre-date the law by 5 years. But on a further note the law isn't much of a law and basically states that sit down restaurants can only give out straws at the request of the customer. This doesn't include fast food places or things like Starbucks. And it is really simple, when I run out of straws I will just run over to the closest party store in Montana and buy more.?

Yea, me too.

I always pour through a paint strainer into the cup. When the gallon is full I have an inexpensive soup ladle that I use. With the water borne finishes its easy enough to clean. After the gallon is down about a third you can start pouring it from the can. Just as a side note Kev uses General Finishes High Performance, I've gone from High Performance to using their EnduroVar. I like the bit of amber tone you get with it.

It has been pointed out to me by my grand daughter's mom, who is my oldest daughter, that my grand daughter isn't ten years old she just turned nine. My mistake.?

Drew, if this is going to be your choice of top coat to spray get the gallon it will save you quite a bit of money in the long run. After my final pre-finish sanding I vacuum everything, between coats I do like Kev and wipe it down with a clean cloth. I have a stack of small micro fiber towels and just to be anal about it I use a clean towel between each coat. When the job is done, I through them all in the washing machine and they are ready to go for the next time.

In you series of pictures were you are cutting the dovetails in the bottom of your desk, it looks like you still needed to finish surfacing that side of the top. Wouldn't cutting the dovetails first and then surfacing create an inconsistent depth of your dovetail? I am assuming I just missed something because your dry fit in the last picture looks fine. ?

Even with a floor standing model, Marc in his video series on the Roubo build, had his step dad giving him a hand. So hats off to you solo act.

Wow, two Dominos in one family. That is some nice progress Drew.

I did before I posted above.?

The way the picture shows the bit, if you put the wrench on to the left of the bit, you would push down to loosen.

I ordered this stuff from Benchcrafted Crubber Comes in two sizes.

The money would be worth it. He discusses things that If I were to design chairs for myself I wouldn't have thought about.

That came out real nice Jamie. Job well done.

Only thing I have done in that situation, also shop furniture, is cut a strip of wood to fit in the dado boo boo and glue it in and sand it flush.

I have heard great things about Bad Axe stuff.

I think it can be a combination of both. People are/were stuck at so they are doing more things around the house, AND the people that make this stuff are also stuck at home. My Grandson and his girl friend where looking for some decent mountain bikes last month and couldn't find anything anywhere. They finally gave up. Then there was just an article in the paper last week about a lot of exercise gear being in the same boat. People are home wanting to do things to exercise so they are wiping out inventories and nothing new is being manufactured because of the stay at home thing for workers that make the stuff.

I don't know if you subscribe to Fine Woodworking but Tim Rousseau did a video series on a Danish Modern Desk that has a similar design to it. It might be worth checking out if you can, could give you some ideas. https://www.finewoodworking.com/videoworkshop/2019/07/danish-modern-desk-with-tim-rousseau

First of all you need to build what you like and want not what we like. ? I is a nice clean and simple design that looks like it could have some challenges to it. Would something like this work for wire management. standupdeskstore.com/cord-management-60-inch

Are you hooked up right at the saw with flex hose? And I am just guessing here, but I wonder if you used something like PVC fittings to come out from under the saw, a sweeping 45 degree not a tight 45 and then hook up your flex. On my system I used 2, 22 degree fittings with a 4 inch piece of pipe between them any time I needed a 45 and it gives a nice sweep. This MIGHT give you better air flow leaving the saw because of the gradual bend and the smooth interior surface of the pipe.

Amen to that.

Maga and Paga. It is something our oldest grand kid came up with when he was about 2.

There is absolutely no doubt that what she did yesterday is better then the first two or three things I did and I was in my thirties at the time with what one my call full adult dexterity. So yea she is way better.

Okay, the last day started off by attaching the figure 8's to the base. Then center punching for the screw hole in the top. Then drilling and pre-threading the holes in the top. A final vacuuming of the parts before finishing. This next step is were she really left me impressed. I thought this is were she would have some struggles but after practicing the spray process on some spare plywood. I was real amazed at the job she did on the actual top. She was just a little nervous and asked me to spray the base. Spraying the bottom of the top. And the top side. A couple of final pictures. And one with the newly minted woodwork.

What color stain did you use? That looks real close to the Golden Oak Danish oil I used on mine followed by GF Enduro-Var. I used the Danish Oil because that is what the manufacturer of our chairs used. Your stain job came out looking real nice. Your roller idea is cool, I wonder how it would work with a wipe on finish. This project is really coming out nice Jamie