reception desk & sign

I installed today a fairly simple reception desk I made for two friends of ours, who are opening a new physiotherapy clinic here where I live.

The original place they were going to go with bailed on them, so I made time to get it done (hard since I am very booked up and busy). Its all hard maple veneers and solids (tops, edging, drawers, etc solid with the gables 3/4 veneer) with a dark walnut stain.

WHen I saw their new logo on the building, I suggested to put it on the front of their reception desk. They really liked it.

I scanned the logo into Aspire and cut out the letters, and pocketed the lower ones that are on the triangle and rectangle. Some of the lettering had a little "roughness" due to the way Aspire fit the vectors to the lettering, but I sanded them a little and I think it turned out OK.

The main thing is the customer loved it!

I also cut all the gables (they are curved underneath where its cut away for your legs) and notches, etc on the bot.

AJC

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The "restore" lettering is 3/4 mdf, and set off the surface by 1/4". I used 3/8" dowels to mount, glued into a hole drilled into the letter and the panel.

The other parts - also cut from 3/4" mdf - are glued with hot melt polyurethane (a Titebond product) onto the face of the panel after I scraped off the lacquer. Since the frame is 1/8" proud of the veneered panel, I undercut the sign parts where it went over the frame so the sign parts are all flat against the panel.

AJC

And here you can see the cutaway in the gables... it was something I normally would have drawn onto the panel, cut on the band saw, sanded on the edge sander drum and then taped.

Was SO nice to cut it on the bot, with a 3/8" compression spiral (no chipping!) and have the curve perfect and perfectly square edges.

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The logo gives a profesional look
Good idea with the gable to keep the chair moving

You do great work Andrew. Thanks for posting.

Nice project. A shame to muddy up such nice maple with dark stain like that but I understand client's tastes rule. The logo looks great.

Keep the pics coming. It's great to see such a wide range of work from someone who just got started a few months ago. You must be a busy guy.

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Originally Posted by beacon14

Nice project. A shame to muddy up such nice maple with dark stain like that but I understand client's tastes rule. The logo looks great.

Keep the pics coming. It's great to see such a wide range of work from someone who just got started a few months ago. You must be a busy guy.

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Thanks Guys, appreciate the comments. Dave, yes I am quite busy. Normally I wound have never had the time to fit this job in, but, it is hard to say no to friends in need. Both the physios who I did this for (and their respective spouses) are good friends of my wife and I - and like I said the contractor who was originally going to do it decided he couldnt. Plus, I dont mind working a little over time and making a few extra $$'s :)

As for the maple, yes, I prefer something not quite so dark but I do what the customer wants (most of the time!)... the nice thing about the dark stain is I can use a lesser grade (ie less expensive) of veneers and still have the same finished product. Saves the customer some $$ as well.

There are a lot of jobs I do that I dont use the Bot for, but I am certainly using it more and more for things. It gets used a lot each week, and I really am glad I decided to take the chance on it.

AJC