This week it's time to complete the desk and share some final images. I hope you enjoy it!

The excitement builds as I get into the details of shaping the desktop.

This week saw the last of the butterfly keys, and a special visitor at Studio Tupla.

Work on the black walnut desk continues. Last week I wrapped up the mortises for the brackets that will attach the top to the stand.

All along, the strategy has been to maximize the thickness available in the chosen plank. Well, with all the movement undertaken by the planks, I was, in the end, able to secure a 1" thickness.

Final surface prep precedes each glue-up. A denim rag comes in handy to buff the bare wood.

The first part of the desk stand to be glued into place will be the long center stretcher.

With all the shaping completed and the joinery fitted on the desk stand, I've moved on to surface preparation.

After the summer-long Chair Making Journey, the desk is back on track. Now it's time for shaping the stand parts.

With 60 mortises awaiting, I'm now in the process of making 30 floating tenons. The black walnut off-cuts I've selected will work fine.

When you have a lot of mortises to cut, it helps to have the right tool for the job. These end mills are just the ticket.

As I began stacking up these desk brackets, my imagination began to see gold! But, alas, it's merely brass.

Two months have passed since I last wrote about the desk project. The black walnut planks for the desktop have been equilibrating to the shop atmosphere.

With the chosen plank in hand, it's time to head down to a nearby shop for some assistance. The goal here is to flatten the slab prior to resawing it into a pair of book matched planks for the desktop.

Next project. A desk. Natural edged. Nakashima style. So... here I stand, many phone calls and short road trips into the search for just the right plank of wood.

What do you get when you cross a library with an arboretum? Well, in Minnesota you get George Nakashima. Or, at least you get his furniture.