Vidar's Chair was great fun to make, and Chair 2 is beginning to show some promise. So, let's get this show on the road.

Today marks the end of Phase 1 of my chair making journey as the final photos of Vidar's Chair have now been posted to the website gallery.

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

As the black walnut desk project winds down, I'm taking a few minutes to update the gallery with a piece, designed by Carol and me, that we made earlier this year.

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.

Now that it's time to make the arms for this reproduction of Vidar's chair, I'm immediately presented with a challenge.

WARNING: If you thought my previous posts were a bit technical, fasten your safety belts. This one's a doozy. If technical stuff isn't your thing, I hope you'll stick around and enjoy the pictures; they tell most of the story...

Taking a break from my chair making journey, it was time for a walk in the woods.

I've been learning so many new skills in the last five weeks, that it's almost a surprise to see the chair begin to take shape.

Since the last chair making journey post, I've made good progress on the back assembly.

After mortising the legs, this chair making journey continues with more joinery and shaping of the parts.

The chair making journey continues as I learn an interesting system for cutting mortises into the side of the curved back legs.

Monday, last week, was the first day of my return to Inside Passage School of Fine Cabinetmaking for this chair making journey.