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  1. Chair repair: removing silastic?

    Started by Groggy, 14th August 2011 03:32 PM
    bit, chair, challenge, chisel, clean, cleaned, disassembled, dowel, drill, fix, friend, ideas, joins, light, mortise, mortises, noticed, removing, repair, sandpaper, silastic, smooth, split, surfaces, tenon, tenons, thinking, timber, trouble, wrapped
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 3,080
    Groggy
    15th August 2011, 11:09 PM Go to last post

  2. have you heard of one side veneering?

    Started by katbobkat, 15th May 2011 06:48 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    1/2, 1940s, 2tsup, author, background, bobkot, book, books, casting, exceptional, hayward, hear, heard, inch, learn, lost, love, nice, oldie, panel, question, read, reading, safe, skills, successfully, them.o, veneer, veneered, veneering
    • Replies: 21
    • Views: 3,165
    katbobkat
    15th August 2011, 04:59 PM Go to last post

  3. My restoration projects

    Started by mark david, 9th August 2011 03:36 PM
    19th, bearable, bought, century, condition, damp, ebay, favourite, fit, for.it, horses, major, pieces, projects, real, reasonable, resold, restoration, restored, selection, sold, stable, summer, tough, u.k, uploaded, winters, workshop
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,779
    mark david
    10th August 2011, 07:56 PM Go to last post

  4. Before you touch that old sofa...

    Started by mic-d, 29th July 2011 08:18 PM
    gold, mine, sofa, touch
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,964
    springwater
    29th July 2011, 09:02 PM Go to last post

  5. good suppliers?

    Started by Chicaussie, 19th July 2011 03:47 PM
    1.5, 2mm, advance, antique, approx, bit, casters, center, couple, cupboard, doors, finding, galvanized, good, heck, holes, info, jelly, mesh, modern, online, project, replaced, resto, screw, sheet, spaced, suppliers, thin, time
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,614
    Chicaussie
    25th July 2011, 11:46 AM Go to last post

  6. Ye Olde Telephone

    Started by RedShirtGuy, 13th July 2011 05:50 PM
    anyhoo, car, carting, conjunction, dates, dirty, finishes, home, hooked, house, knowledge, machine, managed, material, modern, move, olde, original, partially, phone, phone/answering, plan, research, restore, restored, stick, storage, stuff, telephone, wireless
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,972
    rogerjenkins
    24th July 2011, 09:59 PM Go to last post

  7. Restoring cast iron lion's head

    Started by RedShirtGuy, 2nd July 2011 06:16 PM
    1876, bare, bit, bolt, bring, brush/dremel, cast, clean, details, head, iron, join, life, lion, lions, metal, pieces, protected, quick, remove, restoring, run, rust, rusting, shine, station, treatment, update, wheel, wire
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 3,714
    Buzza
    22nd July 2011, 09:33 PM Go to last post

  8. recylced oregon pine dining room table

    Started by balcormo, 13th July 2011 09:52 PM
    bring, condition, dining, item, life, oregan, oregon, pine, previous, recylced, room, roughly, sell, ship, table, worth
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,789
    woodhunt
    20th July 2011, 09:34 AM Go to last post

  9. recoating table top

    Started by ellston, 29th June 2011 02:54 PM
    appearance, bees, coating, combination, crafted, crazed, dried, giving, grateful, griffith, ideas, ideas/advice, manufactured, oil, post, purchase, recoating, recommended, registered, remove, replacement, sealant, shrunk, sort, table, tablecraft, told, top, turps, wax
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 2,500
    AngelaPetruzzi
    11th July 2011, 09:47 PM Go to last post

  10. Philco Valve Radio Restoration

    Started by Castaway, 28th June 2011 10:25 PM
    achieve, age, cabinet, coating, coats, dealt, dry, enjoy, fillers, filling, final, finish, gloss, grain, hope, lot, philco, pics.u, pores, process, radio, required, restoration, sand, set, speed, starting, suits, valve, varnish
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,378
    Indranil
    29th June 2011, 09:36 PM Go to last post

  11. finishing cedar

    Started by jdmd, 3rd June 2011 01:08 PM
    applied, bad, cabinetmakers, cedar, chest, coat, decided, deserves, disapeared, drawers, finish, finishing, floorseal, gratefully, oil, original, powder, question, rebuilding, received, required, scandinavian, shellac, site, sucessfully, suggestions, usual, watching, wax, wipe
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,016
    aemhull
    28th June 2011, 05:11 PM Go to last post

  12. Qld maple wardrobe

    Started by mic-d, 14th June 2011 05:11 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    10-15mins, 173174, 173175173176, amount, bottle, bottom, cleaned, disassembled, door, drawer, film, finish, flaked, grime, joints, maple, metho, missing, original, panels, patience, plastic, qld, reglued, remove, resting, shellac, spray, wardrobe, wood
    • Replies: 25
    • Views: 4,700
    RufflyRustic
    28th June 2011, 10:00 AM Go to last post

  13. Stripping old paint wash

    Started by KatherineFay, 26th June 2011 10:18 AM
    $100, $3000, brought, brown, cost, dark, detailed, dining, driver, english, fat, gel-like, legs, oak, paint, pics, post, quoted, reveals, sand, scrape, screw, started, stripper, stripping, timber, top, underneath, wanna, wash
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,749
    F_Peter
    28th June 2011, 12:31 AM Go to last post

  14. victorian front door restoration - Melbourne

    Started by maxminder, 12th June 2011 01:47 PM
    2-pak, cheers, door, finish, front, gaps, gloss, lots, melbourne, mind, paint, painted, recommend, renovated, restoration, revealing, stripped, victorian
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 2,898
    rrobor
    21st June 2011, 08:39 PM Go to last post

  15. cockie poo

    Started by mic-d, 13th June 2011 11:28 AM
    cockie, drawer, marks, poo, remove, restoring, timber, unfinished, wardrobe
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 1,679
    tea lady
    15th June 2011, 06:23 PM Go to last post

  16. Buggy Restoration

    Started by David Mitchell, 17th May 2011 10:58 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    35.cool, 930, ago, buggy, buggywink, complete, david, dia, forward, local, missing, mitchell2tsup, museum, request, restoration, taxi, volunteer, wheel
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 4,644
    Stewey
    29th May 2011, 06:56 PM Go to last post

  17. Cutler Rolltop - basic restoration questions

    Started by Fred_, 25th May 2011 09:58 AM
    basic, blotter, bring, colour, company, cosmetic, cutler, desk, drawer, equivalent, feel, fit, fitted, inlay, leather, local, mind, modern, questions, raw, recommendations, required, restoration, rolltop, square, surface, timber, time, top, touch
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 4,668
    Fred_
    25th May 2011, 09:58 AM Go to last post

  18. Parker Sideboard - Veneer / Chipboard Nightmare

    Started by mikewy, 7th May 2011 12:46 PM
    adding, attack, chipboard, conceal, ears, edging, entire, finishing, gleaning, including, input, mike, moulding, nightmare, outer, panel, parker, patch, piece, pros, re-veneer, remove, replace, restoring, sideboard, stablise, substrate, surround, tips, veneer
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 3,314
    mikewy
    24th May 2011, 09:53 PM Go to last post

  19. Trouble matching timber

    Started by silky oak man, 22nd May 2011 03:47 PM
    ,am, acid, bleach, cut, draw, glue, maple, matching, middle, moisture, piece, pls, polish, quarter, queensland, shoe, timber, trouble
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,302
    RufflyRustic
    23rd May 2011, 10:48 AM Go to last post

  20. Outside bench

    Started by kardar2, 17th May 2011 10:59 AM
    advise, bench, droidx, elements, finish, garage, karl, oak, protect, sale, sanded, slates, stain, tapatalk
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 987
    kardar2
    17th May 2011, 10:59 AM Go to last post

  21. Auto Tray Restoration

    Started by rdc, 8th May 2011 10:18 PM
    1870, ash, auto, bring, coating, comments, damaged, era, family, fix, harris, life, listed, melbourne, original, pictures, piece, removed, restoration, sanding, section, son, spot, strip, subsequently, substance, tray, type, varnish, waxy
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,915
    mcjimmyd
    17th May 2011, 08:05 AM Go to last post

  22. tilt top, pie crust table .....repair?

    Started by fletty, 1st May 2011 11:28 PM
    angle, bit, clamp, completely, crust, damage, depending, dowelled, filter, leg, legged, oil, passed, pic, pic6, pie, piecrust, repacement, repair, repairs, restoration, sections, strictly, table, tilt, top, tricky, typical, wast, wheelin
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,613
    wheelinround
    5th May 2011, 01:50 PM Go to last post

  23. Cool How Do You blend sun fade with No sun Fade?

    Started by Kristyk5272, 4th May 2011 04:38 PM
    blend, coffee, colour, condition, dark, doilies, doily, easy, fade, genuine, incase, lol, marks, obvious, oiling, owner, parker, previous, products, purchased, replies, scared, spots, staining, sun, table, top, touch, understand, worse
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,158
    Kristyk5272
    4th May 2011, 04:38 PM Go to last post

  24. Rifle stock restoration

    Started by beeskuiken, 17th December 2010 08:00 PM
    1930s, 250-3000, checkering, classic, condition, damage, donts, dos, finishes, linseed, mentioned, oil, oil/varnish, philip, poly-something, poster, read, restoration, restoring, rifle, route, sanding, savage, stock, strip, stripping, thread, tru-oil, true, wood
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 5,082
    hybridfiat
    1st May 2011, 01:58 PM Go to last post

  25. Wooden Wool Table

    Started by nicolep, 18th April 2011 01:06 PM
    advance, appears, brush, clean, clearing, covered, floors, included, initally, oil, purchased, recently, restoration, sale, seal, slats, soapy, stericide, suggestions, table, thick, top, type, warm, water, wax, wooden, wool, woolshed, x1.5m
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 4,470
    specialist
    26th April 2011, 01:37 PM Go to last post

  26. Shellac and American White Oak

    Started by Ecna, 17th April 2011 07:30 PM
    acceptable, american, badge, black, bleaching, company, considered, export, extension, frame, furniture, guidance, history, identifying, leaf, maufactured, national, oak, process, proverbial, question, remove, sewing, shellac, singer, solution, stencilled, table, underneath, white
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,457
    Ecna
    17th April 2011, 07:30 PM Go to last post

  27. Redgum table repair

    Started by Elliotaw, 15th April 2011 08:10 PM
    1400, attack, bit, buckled, corners, cracked, cut, day, detailed, elliot, frame, glue, happy, held, individual, joiner, leg, option, planks, redgum, repair, repairable, route, stamped, storage, structural, table, top, underside, worse
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,912
    Col
    16th April 2011, 11:05 AM Go to last post

  28. wooden office chair- road side find. Help!

    Started by tea lady, 11th April 2011 03:43 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    appreciated, bit, bits, cane, careful, chair, danish, de-rust, de-rusting, electolyt, greatly, grey, hmm, mechanism, metal, office, oil, refinish, rid, road, sanding, seat, shellac, tickling, tips, unscrew, weather, well.cool, wood, wooden
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 3,556
    tea lady
    12th April 2011, 07:47 PM Go to last post

  29. Keeping teaks prefinished colour

    Started by dingoshred, 1st April 2011 05:40 PM
    advise, apprentice, carpenter, chairs, colour, deterring, existing, expense, extra, finish, furniture, keeping, legs, lighter, pre-finished, pre-sanding, prefinished, preserve, pretty, recreating, retro, sam, sanded, sourcing, stuff, table, teak, teaks, template, timber
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 1,755
    Clinton1
    7th April 2011, 10:17 PM Go to last post

  30. critters living in old gramophone

    Started by scubabob, 29th March 2011 07:54 PM
    ago, bar-d-k, bits, cabots, care, critters, dispose, doubt, effect, finish, fix, foot, fretwork, gramophone, holes, house, including, leg, living, missing, offered, residence, residentual, tiny, wondering
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,520
    scubabob
    31st March 2011, 08:06 PM Go to last post

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