fixerupper

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A couple of weeks ago I posted asking for
pictures of a separator belted to a steam
engine. I was looking for the proper sag
and twist. Well I chose not to do a belt,
upon recommendation of a few of you guys.
Here is the finished desk. It's 8' long by
30" deep by 28" high. With the help of a
friend we poured a clear self leveling
epoxy on the top. It was our first novice
attempt at using this product and the
finished top shows it. I am not afraid to
try it again though. Anyway, if you want to
see the flaws in person come to the Albert
City threshing show Aug 10, 11, and 12th.
It will be in the gas station where the
show information girls are at.
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Looks to me like doing work like that you won't be novice long. You did a good job, looks real nice.
 
(quoted from post at 17:52:14 03/17/18) Has a kind of big packing crate look to it very nice.

I chose for it to look kind of like a fancy packing crate like you say, to fit into the motif at a threshing show. If you ever wanted to know what lumber made out of Concolor Fir looks like, now you know. There is not a straight grain in the whole tree.
 
It looks nice but has some fundamental problems. You are not suppose to glue wood to a panel with the grain running in a perpendicular direction. Wood expands and contracts and when the wood tries to shrink the wood on the end grain will hold it into place and the panel will split to releave the pressure. It's like when putting a breadboard end on a table top. The end is only glued in the center to allow for wood movement.
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Well, Stephen, we’ll see how it holds up in time. The top is the only glued part. The boards are tongue and groove glued together and glued and screwed down to 1/4” plywood backing board. The bottom boards on the skirt are not glued, just tongue and groove and screws. This thing will be in an environment that will stress it to the max, -20 degrees on some winter nights to +100 degrees on a few summer days. I am cautiously anxious to see how it looks ten years from now. I don’t know how this pour on epoxy on the top will hold up. It gets hard as a rock with very little flex ability.
 
fixerupper, you did an outstanding job. It does look fancy. Anyone would be proud to use that desk, Good Job. Dsmythe
 
Thank you for this wood work information. I am planning to assemble two walnut butcher type countertops sections to finnish out our kitchen counter and was wondering how to put a face edge on them. I have done a lot of wood work in my time and am still amazed and learning from others.

By the way that desk looks ammazing.
 
If you have a Ford to show bring it along. Ford tractors and vehicles is the feature and the more the merrier.
 

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