PEDULLA STUDIO | Building a White Oak Office Desk

Want to know more about how I built this piece? Check out my Patreon Page - This Office Desk is made from American White Oak finishing at 100mm thick. It incorporates a torsion box style design which allows the table to not only stay flat and remain light weight, but also allows for an internal push catch drawer box. The drawer itself is made from Quilted Maple and is stained black. The beautiful ripple effect has been achieved by using a process called Popping The Grain. One of my favourite features of this Desk is the waterfall ends where the grain carries from the left leg, across the top and back down the right leg. It is important to keep in mind that wood is a natural resource that continues to expand and contract throughout the seasons. The two areas that are most prone to movement are the radial plane and the tangential plane. In the case of this desk, it is the tangential shrinkage that poses the biggest threat, which is why this desk has been