All,
I'm starting a desk on frame for my daughter but the design she has chosen (a copy she liked) is a bit different. Instead of the fall front, her desk will be 31 or so inches deep and will not be closed as a fall front would enable. The sides will have a nice Roman ogee sweep from back to front. I made some notes when I viewed the original and I am sure that the sides, front and back are all long grain in their long dimensions, and so the four elements are dovetailed together with through dovetails. No problem with that!
Now the question, what is the bast type of construction to attach a top? It needs to be flat so that things can rest on the surface, but yet the joints must stay tight. Th only thing I can think of is a frame and panel kind of thing. I don't recall that type of construction on the original and I have no notes other than is is 11.5-inches deep.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Frank Duff
I'm starting a desk on frame for my daughter but the design she has chosen (a copy she liked) is a bit different. Instead of the fall front, her desk will be 31 or so inches deep and will not be closed as a fall front would enable. The sides will have a nice Roman ogee sweep from back to front. I made some notes when I viewed the original and I am sure that the sides, front and back are all long grain in their long dimensions, and so the four elements are dovetailed together with through dovetails. No problem with that!
Now the question, what is the bast type of construction to attach a top? It needs to be flat so that things can rest on the surface, but yet the joints must stay tight. Th only thing I can think of is a frame and panel kind of thing. I don't recall that type of construction on the original and I have no notes other than is is 11.5-inches deep.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Frank Duff