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  1. Advice needed for some new projects

    Started by Horsecroft88, 29th May 2012 01:47 PM
    14 Pages •
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    advice, badly, carefully, cat, cut, fathers, glue, hate, leg, legs, lower, mahogany, needed, pictures, project, projects, properly, re-polish, repair, sand, scratched, secretaire, simply, splayed, stuff, suggestions, table, thinking, top, wood 131 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 207
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    gyropilot
    17th January 2014, 11:22 PM Go to last post

  2. G'day folks...help with old english oak desk please.

    Started by Lawry01, 29th April 2012 10:55 AM
    8 Pages •
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    carvings, cheap, condition, desk, difficult, easy, english, folks, folkshelp, furniture, gday, glory, ideas, indonesian, inlay, leather, marks, mass, narrow, oak, piece, poor, produced, sand, sanding, scratch, sections, skills, strip, wonderful 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 114
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    Horsecroft88
    4th June 2012, 02:26 PM Go to last post

  3. Cheap Grandfather Clock, Darken Wood & Wooden Veneer

    Started by EagerBeaver71, 23rd November 2019 12:05 PM
    7 Pages •
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    antique and vintage, darkening, grandfather clock 54 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 100
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    EagerBeaver71
    26th October 2022, 09:05 PM Go to last post

  4. Oil finish? Stairs WIP

    Started by DaveTTC, 4th February 2016 09:10 AM
    4 Pages •
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    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 57
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    FenceFurniture
    13th February 2016, 07:38 PM Go to last post

  5. Repair 107 year old sash cord

    Started by graham.murfett, 3rd May 2017 07:24 PM
    4 Pages •
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    10 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 54
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    Fuzzie
    19th July 2017, 08:32 PM Go to last post

  6. Smile Restoration old silky oak wardrobe

    Started by angelmark, 28th July 2012 06:18 PM
    4 Pages •
    1 2 3 4
    assume, blonde, bring, dark, dewaxed, dirt, encourage, fairly, feel, finish, furniture, golden/honey, grime, guys, mention, newbie, oak, quickly, reading, restoration, restore, shellac, silky, steelwool, suggestions, threads, tone, wardrobe, wood, yellow/golden/honey 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 52
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    Lawry01
    7th October 2012, 06:56 PM Go to last post

  7. Kauri Trunk

    Started by Thumbthumper, 25th September 2016 03:05 PM
    4 Pages •
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    85 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 52
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    Thumbthumper
    1st January 2018, 03:32 PM Go to last post

  8. Let's restore some dignity to this cedar chest

    Started by Thumbthumper, 20th September 2013 12:35 PM
    4 Pages •
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    1880, 286103286108, 286107, 286109, bring, cedar, character, chest, dignity, dovetails, drawer, drawers, facing, front, kauri, keeper, nails, plane, post, pretty, removes, restore, restored, ruined, section, stripper, surface, surviving, top, wip 121 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 51
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    Thumbthumper
    25th July 2016, 10:14 AM Go to last post

  9. Wicker chair, more a repair?

    Started by fletty, 26th July 2016 07:25 PM
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    21 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 42
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    wood spirit
    22nd July 2017, 07:18 PM Go to last post

  10. Bookcase secretaire in need of love

    Started by fletty, 24th February 2018 04:35 PM
    3 Pages •
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    35 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 41
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    Xanthorrhoeas
    14th April 2018, 10:51 AM Go to last post

  11. Chinese tea table resurrection

    Started by fletty, 20th March 2020 09:54 AM
    3 Pages •
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    58 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 37
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    Lappa
    18th April 2020, 06:04 PM Go to last post

  12. Valve Radio Restoration: AWA Radiolette

    Started by Castaway, 11th September 2010 07:22 PM
    3 Pages •
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    10-15, awa, bits, cabinet, colour, compared, draws, easy, exacly, finished, future, glue, hide, job, keeping, missing, pic, pics, poly, radio, radiolette, replace, restoration, restorations, shellac, stain, valve, veener, veneer, water
    • Replies: 36
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    Castaway
    12th October 2010, 10:03 PM Go to last post

  13. Time for another project or two......1800's Piano Stool

    Started by Lawry01, 11th July 2012 07:03 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    1800s, bit, bought, crack, cracked, dave, finish, fix, flush, folks, hinged, ideas, original, piano, pics, position, progress, project, pushed, recess, recessed, seat, sit, spot, stool, table, timber, time, two1800, whilst 5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 33
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    Lawry01
    26th September 2012, 04:03 PM Go to last post

  14. Silky oak side board rescue out of order

    Started by Blackout, 31st March 2018 06:53 AM
    3 Pages •
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    21 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 33
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    Blackout
    29th April 2018, 09:52 PM Go to last post

  15. A little cedar writing desk followed me home ...

    Started by Thumbthumper, 23rd March 2014 03:15 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    308271308272308273, 308274, 308281, address, build, called, carve, cedar, character, couple, damage, desk, draw, filler, holes, home, hoping, leg, match, nail, original, oxide, pieces, plaster, scrub, splice, stain, top, turnings, writing 62 Attachment(s)
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    Christos
    9th June 2014, 11:37 PM Go to last post

  16. The red chair

    Started by Thumbthumper, 9th March 2014 02:15 PM
    3 Pages •
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    2tsup, 306888, 306889306890, bit, break, busy, chair, complete, directly, easy, gently, glue, gun, heat, joints, original, paint, painted, pics, polish, post, red, scrape, seat, spindles, stupidly, tapped, time, varnish, warm 62 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 33
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    burraboy
    17th May 2014, 05:35 AM Go to last post

  17. Friesan Clock restoration

    Started by Lappa, 15th April 2019 06:03 PM
    3 Pages •
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    75 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 32
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    Lappa
    6th October 2019, 12:50 PM Go to last post

  18. 1930's Art Deco Kitchen Dresser

    Started by Thumbthumper, 16th February 2013 01:55 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    1930, 1930s, 254477254476, 254479, art, bit, cleaning, deco, doors, drawer, dresser, easier, fair, found, hand, kitchen, lining, lino, original, paint, painted, photos, polish, polishing, pulls, replace, restoration, shelves, veneer, walnut 53 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 30
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    Thumbthumper
    24th March 2014, 10:25 PM Go to last post

  19. Let's turn this into a chair

    Started by Thumbthumper, 15th May 2013 02:24 PM
    3 Pages •
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    267929267930, angled, arrived, auction, build, cedar, chair, clean, disassemble, finish, grime, joints, leg, mortices, nails, pics, post, railback, rails, rebuild, reglue, sawn, seat, section, site, stay, tenons, tuned, turn, wobbly 39 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 30
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    mattocks
    25th May 2013, 09:57 PM Go to last post

  20. Restore Parker Mid Century Teak table top

    Started by magfowl, 19th June 2019 06:01 PM
    2 Pages •
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    12 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 29
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    rustynail
    25th June 2019, 02:49 PM Go to last post

  21. bad, bad resto

    Started by Clinton1, 30th July 2010 11:17 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    $50, antique, bad, brass, cabinet, cabriole, colour, cost, coverings, customer, decided, door, fabric, fitting, highly, legs, paid, piece, pierced, piercings, professional, refitted, repairs, resto, restoring, service, stripped, structural, stuffed, worth
    • Replies: 29
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    robbo266317
    29th November 2010, 07:59 PM Go to last post

  22. authenticity ... milk paint

    Started by fletty, 18th September 2010 08:43 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    1920s, 1930, austalia, australian, authentic, authenticity, catches, circa, cupboard, dresser, enamels, fletty, furniture, kitchen, layout, linseed, milk, modern, nice, oak, oil, original, oxides, paint, painted, pieces, read, silky, straight, tidy
    • Replies: 29
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    Woodwould
    30th January 2011, 05:38 PM Go to last post

  23. I have a problem

    Started by scottbr, 18th May 2020 05:14 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    10 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 28
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    auscab
    24th February 2021, 10:27 PM Go to last post

  24. Square Head Nails

    Started by Chris Parks, 28th February 2018 11:22 AM
    2 Pages •
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    26 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 28
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    Chris Parks
    25th March 2018, 03:41 PM Go to last post

  25. More Queensland windows

    Started by fletty, 29th August 2016 05:56 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    25 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 28
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    Xanthorrhoeas
    24th January 2019, 04:03 PM Go to last post

  26. Rings on dining table...

    Started by Bywong builder, 19th October 2008 01:46 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    advice, appreciated, bought, condition, couple, cups, dining, double, dull, extension, glasses, lifeless, moment, parker, pretty, prominent, recently, refinishing, removing, rings, search, stains, suggestions, surprised, table, tabletop, tarting, teak, water
    • Replies: 27
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    jaywit
    24th April 2009, 11:46 PM Go to last post

  27. Howard Products

    Started by Lappa, 13th March 2019 06:19 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    17 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 27
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    fletty
    21st July 2019, 08:36 PM Go to last post

  28. Camera restoration

    Started by mikl, 26th August 2016 08:51 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    • Replies: 27
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    Optimark
    26th December 2016, 12:58 PM Go to last post

  29. Restore or not, is this worth it?

    Started by munruben, 20th July 2008 11:21 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    1940, ago, difficult, friend, furniture, idea, makes, picture, question, restore, restoring, style, tells, timber, weeks, worth
    • Replies: 27
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    astrid
    1st April 2009, 11:19 PM Go to last post

  30. Electrolysis solution longevity

    Started by RedShirtGuy, 20th January 2019 08:47 PM
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    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 26
    • Views: 13,746
    BobL
    26th July 2019, 07:01 AM Go to last post
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