Red Malle Burl Desk Set

[Bear_Knuckle_Turner]

Well folks, here it is. My first desk set. It started as a whole Red Malle Burl cap from Nolan. It's inspired by James Mann's work seen in his "Behind the Lathe" article. It's going to be shipped out to Kallenshan soon to have a logo and name engraved on it. It's a Christmas gift for my Sister-in-Law. Finish is 4 coats of satin poly on the stand and BLO/CA topped with TSW on the Ultra Cigar pens.

Sorry about the pics and I suppose this goes in this forum rather than the other stuff we make forum, as it has pens in it.

Thanks!

 

[akbar24601]

Gorgeous work Robert. She will be pleased as punch. I like the ultra kits.

 

[mick]

Robert, That's fantastic. I bet she'll love it!
BTW today was my last day at work. We'll be in Decatur a lot more now since I'm retired. We need to get together one weekend and kick off the Alabama chapter of IAP!

 

[Nolan]

Very nice, gotta love that red Mallee:biggrin:

 

[leehljp]

That sure looks NICE. Wellll done!

 

[toolcrazy]

Gorgeous chunk of wood. Nice work.

 

[johncrane]

Ya just gotta love that well done Rob!:biggrin:

 

[angelofdeath]

That is a beautiful desk set...she will be thrilled. Excellent job.

 

[devowoodworking]

That's an awesome desk set...great work!

 

[Jim15]

Beautiful, I'm sure she will love it. Did you just saw a section of the bottom flat and add some felt or something to keep the bottom causing harm to the furniture?

 

[Bear_Knuckle_Turner]

Beautiful, I'm sure she will love it. Did you just saw a section of the bottom flat and add some felt or something to keep the bottom causing harm to the furniture?

That's correct, Jim. I thought about adding some sort of decorative feet, but I felt just leaving it as it was kept the attention on the natural beauty of the burl.

 

[Jim15]

Thanks Robert. I think you are right about the feet.

 

[Bear_Knuckle_Turner]

Robert, That's fantastic. I bet she'll love it!
BTW today was my last day at work. We'll be in Decatur a lot more now since I'm retired. We need to get together one weekend and kick off the Alabama chapter of IAP!

Sounds like fun! We'll have to figure out a time to get together. I work with several guys that would be interested.

 

[NewLondon88]

That must have been so difficult to make the desk set .. I mean..
.. just looking at that base .. I can see another 10-12 pens worth of wood..
:tongue::tongue::tongue::tongue:

Looks nice! :biggrin:

 

[L1Truckie]

It looks like the cornering of your router job is about 1/32" off Robert. Although Im sure youve already corrected that after the picture was taken. HAHA, only kidding.

Beautiful job Robert, Looks great. She will be pleased. Give BB and KJ a big hello from me. Also, when is Fainer getting into this?

 

[Ankrom Exotics]

Hard to make out much of the detail in the pens but from what I can see they look great. Also, that is a super slab of Red Mallee they're stuck in. I would've had a hard time not cutting it into blanks.

 

[JohnU]

Thats the nicest desk set I have ever seen! Outstanding work!