Reception desk – day 11 – complete
Finish is cured, so its time to put the door back together.
Attaching the hinges
I installed the lock, and the hinges, then located the handle. I used a magic marker to mark the screw holes.
Marking the handle
Drilling out the screw holes
Placing a backer board behind the door , I drilled the through holes for the screws.
Attaching the handle
After attaching the handle, I attached the back half of the hinges and installed the door.
The other half of the hinges
The hinge hardware came with some small, clear bumpers, so I attached them at the corners.
Door complete
The final thing left to do was to give the entire desk a quick rub-down with a wadded up piece of a brown paper bag. (I recommend Chipotle take-out as a good source of brown paper bags…) The paper removes any last vestiges of dust in the finish and leaves a smooth surface behind.
Final rub down
Adding leather to some scrap
The dollies are not attached to the desk, and I will need them to be attached to some extent, when we move it, or the desk could be pushed off. My solution was to screw some bumpers to the sides to try to enclose the desk on the inside and the outside. to prevent rubbing on the finish, I used strips of scrap leather and some double-sided tape.
Installing bumpers on the dollies
Help with loading from my neighbors
I invited two of my neighbors over to help me deliver the desk. It took a little effort, but we managed to get the desk onto John’s trailer, and Don strapped it down.
Strapping the desk down
It made it safely to church and we loaded it back onto the dollies.
Locating the dollies
Final resting place
The desk is now in its new home in the narthex of Saint Peter’s in Libertytown, MD.
Ready for use
It will be a bit of a tight squeeze until they get some chairs without arms, but I think it will serve its purpose well.
Midnight Woodworking 
UT OOH… Time to build chairs without arms. The desk lools great in it’s new home
Congratulations on a job well done! It looks great in it’s home.