The cutting list for desk

Photo: the cutting list.

Each of the desk’s two leg assemblies has three black walnut and four white oak spindles. Mahogany and beech might also combine well. The darker walnut spindles line up with three walnut inlays that run across the desktop. Glue up stock for the four legs (A) and then rip, joint, plane and crosscut them to the dimensions shown in the cutting list. Rip, joint and plane stock for the 14 spindles (Band C), and then mark out for the stub tenons on both ends.