Roll Top Desk Plans Router Bits

Selection of manufactured roll top desks.

Roll top desk plans router bits.

In the schwamb brother s old office norm spies a handsome quarter sawn oak roll top desk which inspires him to build his version of this american classic. Simple plywood construction makes this desk solid. Build your own roll top desk plan american furniture design brand. Sample of measured drawing below.

I am building a roll top desk and want to purchase router bits to construct the tambour top. Strip is bent to form the shape of the edge and fastened with round headed brass screws. My newest set of router bits allows you to construct a tambour without using cloth or wire to hold the slats. Down from the edge and on the inside of the panel.

Take your favorite hobby on the go with this combination storage chest and portable. Plastic laminate gives it style. Build your own office furniture with quality shop tested desk plans. Roll top desks are the classic desk style.

Then after cutting the top to finished size 24 x 43 rout a bullnose pro file on all four edges. Instead the slats use a flexible interlocking ball and socket joint and simply slide together after shaping. Have also found a source of tambour bits in canada and the price is much more reasonable at around 100 c. Woodworking plan and instruction booklet only tools required.

Desks portable hobby chest. Details of roll top desk. Here again this required a 1 2 roundover bit but this time i used a hand held router. Tambour door appliance garage router bit set by lonnie bird.

Instead of cutting a groove for the roll top curtain one is made by fastening a 1 2 by 3 4 in. Mixed 1 long brads and phillips head screws and miscellaneous. A thin 1 4 by 1 3 4 in. Table saw router hand tools and clamps.

21 95 7 00 shipping. These roll top desk plans and accompanying instructions require a senior level of woodworking capability. 929 492 h108 roll top desk hardware pak is tailored for these plans contains eight 7 long solid oak drawer pulls seven 1 1 8 x 1 4 nylon rear drawer guides 2 3 8 x 1 3 4 overall fourteen nylon drawer saddles two 2 1 4 x 7 8 brass file card frames with pulls 1 4 lb. 3 2 out of 5 stars 10 ratings.

Slant top executive computer desks and more. You get all contents of original plans in a multiple page pdf document. Finally it s a good idea to tempo. The plans suggest using amana tool bit set 54314 and have priced them at 175 us.

Next i glued up several boards to create a solid wood blank for the desk top g figure 7.