Nous hébergeons maintenant nos amis de l’association Roya Expansion Nature de Breil sur Roya. Voici le lien: ren.roya.org

roya.org went down due to database corruption. I will try restoring the data over the next few days. That will teach me to do frequent backups (I thought my provider did it but I was wrong).

Update on July 25: All articles and pictures are back on line, but the links and photo galleries are not yet restored.

François

Here is the finished desk. The rotating drawers presented a special challenge. The laminating of the curved sides was actually pretty easy (I used ash sawn into 2mm-thick slices, then glued in a quarter-circle form), but the knife-hinges were difficult to adjust.

This was indeed a major glue-up. I used almost all my clamps. Notice the gluing blocks, to ensure pressure at right-angle to the miter. These are sawn-off after the glue has set, then the surface is planed and cleaned. Next come the drawers, two of which are mounted on knife hinges to pivot towards the outside.

I have almost finished this desk for a customer, this time in oak. I chose to do hidden miter dovetails instead of biscuits. It requires more work, but I know for sure it will never open. The glue-up should be interesting.

The panel under the drawers is assembled with sliding dovetails at the front and back. Only the one at the front is glued, to allow for seasonal expansion of the top.