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26th January 2019, 08:39 PM #1
Old shearers kitchen prep table
I was approached to restore an old table rescued from a shearers quarters that was being demolished... Really needing the money, I basically took the job based on a couple of photos.
This is what I got:
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The brief is to flatten the top, stabilize the frame and finish just enough to retain the "rustic" look.
Just to be clear.... I don't do rustic well, infact, I try to not do it at all.Check my facebook:rhbtimber
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26th January 2019, 09:34 PM #2
That's on the rough side !! Are you going to proceed and need some help ?
How many hours do you want to spend on this ? A maximum amount .
Rob
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26th January 2019, 10:42 PM #3China
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My honest opinion is, it has gone to God
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27th January 2019, 08:37 AM #4
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27th January 2019, 08:37 AM #5
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27th January 2019, 09:01 AM #6
After a bit of surgery to get the frame apart, the mortises were pinned, but loose enough for me to cut the pins. Infact, it looked like whomever built the table chewed the mortises out with their teeth.
The bottom of the legs were very rotten from being stood in water. In the old days, they used to sit the tables in cans of water to stop the ants from getting to the food.
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First was to repair the leg tops that I could. I injected glue in the cracks and did some creative clamping to get them back into shape.
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I then recut the motises on my machine.
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Then made infills to make solid legs again.
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While doing the legs, I was cutting the top boards and rejoining to reduce the cupping. It took some creative planing and routing to get them to rejoin but the end result which I will post later was worth it.
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The damn pictures are upside down again.....
Thanks for looking
RobCheck my facebook:rhbtimber
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28th January 2019, 09:57 PM #7
Some more done today.
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The ends of the legs were decayed as was mentioned.
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I used protite casting compound to stabilize the rotten ends
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The end result when cleaned up.
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They wanted the end braces removed, so the holes were duly filled.
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Some nice new mortises cut ready for the the tenons.
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When prepping the rails, I found that one was 1" longer than the other. Nice to know that I'm not the only one to do this..
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Frame all glued up ready for the bracing to go in.
Thanks for looking
RobCheck my facebook:rhbtimber
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29th January 2019, 08:25 PM #8
Finalized the top today, sanded ready for an oil finish.
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The table frame is now finished, support blocks, and braces in place
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Thanks for looking
RobCheck my facebook:rhbtimber
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1st February 2019, 09:54 PM #9
Finished table and customer has picked it up and paid.
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For the life of me, I can't understand why the images insert skewed anyway you get the idea of how it looked.
Finished with scandinavian oil on the top and tung oil on the frame.
Thanks for looking
RobCheck my facebook:rhbtimber
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2nd February 2019, 07:52 AM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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Looks great, Rob. Well done on bringing back something that everyone else thought was dead.
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2nd February 2019, 02:19 PM #11China
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------Lazarus!------
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2nd February 2019, 02:44 PM #12
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3rd February 2019, 10:32 AM #13
Great job on the table. Most would junked it but you just showed tenacity pays off.
Regards
John
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3rd February 2019, 02:28 PM #14GOLD MEMBER
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That looks a treat Rob. Thanks for taking the time to show us.
Ross
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3rd February 2019, 09:14 PM #15
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