Avoiding work

[davidheim1]

I just finished the attached model of an 18th Century Georgian secretary, 'cause I have a bunch of other work that I'm avoiding at the moment. The plans for this piece appeared in the January 1983 issue of Fine Woodworking magazine.
Let me know what you think.
Best,
dh

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secretaire-bookcase.skp

[olishea]

Nice. The images you make while avoiding work can often be the ones people remember you for!

[Dave R]

Nice work as usual, David.

I haven't had time to hunt for Easter eggs.

[davidheim1]

Dave,
I'm sure you'll find something hard-boiled and dyed. There's probably extra lines or some such in the door muntins. (I drew segments for one-fourth of the window, intersected them all to make one component, then copied and flipped, exploded and remade a single component for the full window. Life is too short to make the individual muntin pieces and miter them with their odd angles.)

Best,
dh

[Dave R]

@davidheim1 said:

Life is too short to make the individual muntin pieces and miter them with their odd angles.)

Best,
dh

That's why I just use thin strips of brown book binding tape laid on a large piece of glass to fake the muntins.

[jpalm32]

Real nice. Very detailed. Worth selling at store.

[davidheim1]

Thanks, John. I'd love to have the skill to build this for real, but I'm not there yet.

[Box]

Nice work David. I grew up with one of these and then later in life I spent many a day restoring them and one of the nightmares was getting the glass to fit. Traditionally the glass panels are curved and as the woodwork is so fine it is nearly impossible to get them in.
So, as soon as I saw it I naturally felt compelled to glaze it. Curved panes and bevelled pieces. Hope you don't mind, I stuck it in the corner of my workshop to keep a few things in. Slightly modernised with glass shelves and some subtle gold leaf.

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[davidheim1]

Very nice, Box.