Above are all the steps I used to make the pull out work surface for the desk. Next I’ll make the three drawers that will sit in the cabinet and then I’ll be finished with the case.
Desk pull out work surface, bread board ends and draw bored pegs
I jointed two 10″ wide pieces of cherry together to ensure a tight joint.
Then glued them.
Once the glue had dried, I squared up the edges on the shooting board.
Then I plowed a groove in the end boards.
Then I drilled holes through the grooved bread board ends.
I trimmed the end on the main board to prevent spelching.
My Veritas Jack Rabbet plane does a nice job of making a rabbet on the main board. Rabbets on both sides of the board create the tongue for the bread board.
Here are the shavings from the Jack Rabbet.
I used my brad point bit to mark the holes to be drilled in the tongue and moved in 1/32″.
I also elongated the end holes to allow movement.
I glued only the center hole to allow the ends to move.
I sawed the edges of the waste to be removed to the proper depth.
And chiseled out the waste using a chisel smaller than the slot and then a crank neck chisel.
I finished up using my router plane with some more chiseling to prevent tear out.
Last I put the runner in the groove and planed it to fit smooth.
Then I did final clean up on the pull out surface.
The pull out surface installed.
And with a coat of shellac.
Shellaced bread board ends.