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Default New office desk progress

On 1/29/2013 9:38 PM, Mike M wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:30:12 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
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I did not make the two week dead line. LOL

Here is where I am at, I started this portion of the desk on Monday 2
weeks ago.

The "bridge" between the drawer cabinets. I was able to sit on the
front section with out any thing making any noise. Each section has 2,
5/16" x 2" bolts threaded into inserts on the side of each drawer unit.
There are 7, plywood rails plus the front white oak rail to support
the desk top. The short pieces of wood are solid oak.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/8428541012/

My laminate supplyer and the local Wilsonart warehouse only had one
sheet of the laminate that we wanted for the top so I had to choose
another color for the bottom of the desk top. The original that we
picked was a reddish stained concrete floor looking design. The
secondary piece I picked for the bottom of the top is a brown leather
looking design. Now we can't decide if we like the original or the
second better. It is looking like the more subdued leather look so for.

Yeah I know why not wood. My current desk top is wood and it is
difficult to clean.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...n/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...n/photostream/

What the tennis court looks like in the garage. :~)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...n/photostream/

And as a reminder, where I am going with this.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...n/photostream/

Are you looking at this nailshooter? LOL


Looking at the photos I tend toward your original choice, but I don't
always trust what I see in photos. Glad to see the bolt together
don't think I would want to carry that in one piece.

Mike M



So you like the one that seems to have color variations? That is the
original pick and I am leaning back towards it. It is just that the
other one looked better after I unrolled it than the 1.5" x 2" sample.

Actually, my wife and I moved it and turned it 90 degrees so that we
could put the car in the garage. We stood in the middle, front and
back, and picked the unit up as a whole with out the top. Slowly we
picked it up, I was listening for something to pop. I would never to
this on a regular basis but we only moved it 8' and very gently.