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  1. Restoring a huon pine dresser top

    Started by Horsecroft88, 12th August 2010 02:07 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    1826, 220, 360, allowing, boards, carefully, coats, dresser, final, finally, fine, glueing, grade, home, huon, nailing, pad, paint, piece, pine, pinning, previously, process, restored, restoring, sanding, shellac, steel, top, wool 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 9,001
    Horsecroft88
    8th September 2010, 02:05 PM Go to last post

  2. church pews

    Started by the bridport, 31st August 2010 06:21 PM
    black, church, grime, intended, oak, pack, pews, polyurethane, restore, sanding, silky, spraying, tips
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,803
    toolbagsPLUS
    31st August 2010, 06:37 PM Go to last post

  3. sewing table renovation-

    Started by allison-, 20th August 2010 03:09 PM
    145208, decent, hold, renovation, renovation-, replace, replacement, replacing, rest, sewing, simliar, style, table, top
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,823
    iconic
    29th August 2010, 10:34 PM Go to last post

  4. Fler Armchair restoration - joinery and upholstery adive needed.

    Started by erikus, 26th November 2008 03:35 PM
    adive, applied, armchair, blackwood, chair, chairs, constructed, cushioning, cushions, danish, erik, exceptional, fler, frames, gratefully, joinery, love, needed, oil, passionate, received, restoration, restore, springs, suggestions, sydney, timber, upholsterer, upholstery, wax
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 10,687
    Mike Busby
    26th August 2010, 03:36 PM Go to last post

  5. new find, dresser, inside 1929

    Started by silky oak man, 12th July 2010 10:31 PM
    ,had, 1929, bit, charters, company, day, draw, dresser, fix, front, hard, inside, isa, job, lay, left, life, missing, mount, paint, pattern, quick, start, taking, time, top, towers, trouble, wrote
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 2,923
    allison-
    20th August 2010, 03:26 PM Go to last post

  6. Sodablasting

    Started by burraboy, 17th August 2010 07:20 AM
    advertise, experience, furniture, sodablasting
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,516
    munruben
    19th August 2010, 01:00 PM Go to last post

  7. bentwood seats

    Started by gda27, 8th August 2010 06:52 PM
    assume, bentwood, cane, chair, chairs, commonly, found, gda, holes, nailed, patterned, plywood, poster, press, pressed, rattan, restored, restorer, seat, seats, skills, soft, sufficient, supplier, supply, sydney, time, tools, understanding, woven
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 5,890
    Drek
    16th August 2010, 10:00 PM Go to last post

  8. Becker Acroma

    Started by Pierced69, 9th August 2010 02:58 PM
    acroma, ago, becker, bought, forums, furntiure, laquer, laquers, modern, nice, reading, resto, site, wardrobe
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,424
    Pierced69
    9th August 2010, 02:58 PM Go to last post

  9. Saved from the trash pile.

    Started by Papa, 21st July 2010 12:18 PM
    2000, chrome, clamping, coats, corner, dad, damn, dowels, fifties, holes, house, installed, knob, locate, misalignment, mom, moved, nail, original, paint, painted, pile, ply, saved, shed, square, straight, throw, trash, weeks
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 2,489
    Sebastiaan56
    8th August 2010, 09:45 AM Go to last post

  10. My first project

    Started by bristolwoodwork, 7th August 2010 01:44 AM
    advice, attached, consideration, dave, discoloured, due, fine, flash, glass, gratefully, love, note, ontop, people, photos, potential, project, read, recieved, ruin, rush, shine, speculation, stage, stupid, surface, units, visable, wire, wool
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,817
    bristolwoodwork
    7th August 2010, 06:31 PM Go to last post

  11. Help

    Started by 0417bernie01, 2nd August 2010 10:04 PM
    accident, australian, brought, cedar, cleaning, dresser, dressing, dull, excellent, finish, finished, forward, item, left, looked, marks, metho, novic, remained, shellack, spellingc, spilled, strick, structurally, table, terrible, thankyou, top, wipe
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,512
    0417bernie01
    3rd August 2010, 09:01 PM Go to last post

  12. Strange drawer

    Started by AlexS, 14th December 2009 07:25 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    aus, bottom, bureau, cedar, closed, common, drawer, drops, fall, front, furniture, gap, half, means, strange
    • Replies: 22
    • Views: 4,026
    wjfiles
    19th July 2010, 07:47 PM Go to last post

  13. Question Silky Oak Wardrobe Restoration Question

    Started by Earthling#44-9a, 1st May 2010 06:44 PM
    added, age, ages, attention, colour, darken, definetly, folk, light, lighter, naturally, non-varnished, normal, notice, oak, photo, pigment, question, restoration, roughly, sanded, sanding, section, silky, spot, stained, varnish, varnished, wardrobe, wood
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 4,592
    silky oak man
    12th July 2010, 09:47 PM Go to last post

  14. Baltic/Oregon Table

    Started by Latlong, 8th July 2010 05:41 PM
    baltic, baltic or oregon, baltic/oregon, consuming, cut, durability, finish, job, legs, love, mate, oils, option, oregon, planks, rail, rails, running, satin, sentimental, spray, support, supports, t&g, table, thinking, time, top, tops, wonky
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,609
    Latlong
    8th July 2010, 05:41 PM Go to last post

  15. Kuehne Buffet

    Started by dog95422j, 28th June 2010 08:56 AM
    attachments, ben, buffet, expertise, information, inquire, kuehne, mirror, oak, offer, picked, pictures, piece, rare, restoring, ruin, store, thrift, wondering
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,552
    dog95422j
    28th June 2010, 08:56 AM Go to last post

  16. Wooden vase finish

    Started by Wombat2, 14th June 2010 01:13 PM
    1920s, blistered, bubbled, damaging, finish, inherited, mothers, picture, restore, sort, vase, wedding, wooden
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,684
    Wombat2
    18th June 2010, 11:53 PM Go to last post

  17. Finish for old Arm chair - sentimental value.

    Started by gilbo, 23rd May 2010 12:48 PM
    appreciated, arm, arms, article, australian, avoid, based, belonged, chair, coating, colour, curved, dark, finish, grandfather, light, looked, moulded, oil, poly, polyurethene, sentimental, soft, suggestions, timbers, tung, varnish, water, wood, woodsmith
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,767
    Chief Tiff
    13th June 2010, 08:51 PM Go to last post

  18. Intro

    Started by Konstabel Els, 3rd June 2010 07:48 PM
    age, commercial, els, guys, intro, konstabel, link, master, painter, passed, potter, son, step, tenous, tricks, wedgewood
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,386
    Konstabel Els
    3rd June 2010, 07:48 PM Go to last post

  19. Chair leg repair - final pictures

    Started by derekcohen, 30th May 2010 03:49 AM
    amber, beech, chair, chairs, change, closer, coat, complete, decided, differences, final, fine, finish, laminations, left, leg, legs, looked, lynndy, muddy, pictures, refinished, removed, repair, represented, restorer, shellac, wax, wood, woodwork
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,856
    derekcohen
    30th May 2010, 03:49 AM Go to last post

  20. Leather Desk Top Replacement

    Started by stephenjay, 19th May 2010 05:46 PM
    desk, desktop, insert, leather, replacement, steevo, sydney, top
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 3,238
    46150
    28th May 2010, 08:35 AM Go to last post

  21. screws and hinges circa 1800

    Started by jimbur, 24th May 2010 11:56 AM
    1800, botched, brass, broken, caddy, cheers, circa, half, hinge, hinges, inch, jim, modern, original, originals, quarter, repair, reproduction, restoring, screws, source, surprising, tea
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,897
    AlexS
    24th May 2010, 06:33 PM Go to last post

  22. Restoring 17th century oak panels

    Started by hughmer, 12th April 2010 04:45 AM
    17th, aged, alcohol, brass, brush, century, cleaned, england, fine, grain, klendoo, liberal, lost, match, meths, neutralised, oak, paint, panels, patina, real, remaining, restoring, scrub, spirit, stripping, surface, tone, treated, washing
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 3,111
    tea lady
    23rd May 2010, 01:38 AM Go to last post

  23. Is there a chair doctor in the house?

    Started by derekcohen, 14th May 2010 04:08 AM
    ago, ash, beech, boards, chair, chairs, derek, doctor, epoxy, front, glue, glued, house, leaves, leg, lower, perth, pieces, push, repair, restored, section, sections, solid, son, supported, surgery, tenon, top, view
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 2,569
    ian
    22nd May 2010, 12:06 AM Go to last post

  24. Roller Desk

    Started by Happy73, 25th August 2008 02:55 PM
    bring, called, condition, couple, desk, drawer, dry, folks, front, happy, left, life, missing, photo, picked, pickup, pretty, questions, replacement, roller, rub, steel, suggest, timber, top, track, varnish, verge, week, wool 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 10,343
    hirschybar
    20th May 2010, 06:29 PM Go to last post

  25. Question Why Not Sandpaper

    Started by boxers, 20th May 2010 12:19 AM
    advice, condition, couple, covered, finish, paint, quality, refinish, refinished, remover, sand, sandpaper, scratches, strip, stripper, stripping, tallboys, veneer
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,906
    boxers
    20th May 2010, 06:12 AM Go to last post

  26. What to use on a teak sideboard?

    Started by Virgil, 11th May 2010 10:51 AM
    45yo, acquired, board, cheerio, covered, dusting, finish, lotion, maintain, maintenance, morning, parker, potion, question, restoration, sideboard, sort, teak, veneer, virg
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,520
    Virgil
    11th May 2010, 10:51 AM Go to last post

  27. Restore Teak Outdoor Table

    Started by Off the Block, 3rd May 2010 10:16 AM
    appears, appreciated, care, clean, coating, condition, displeasure, drive, existing, folding, happened, insert, loving, method, oil, original, outdoor, past, planet, replies, restore, sanding, saviour, stripping, suggest, surprisingly, table, teak, thrown, wifes
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,968
    hap97
    9th May 2010, 06:03 PM Go to last post

  28. Chest restoration & reinforcement

    Started by bassmansimon, 6th May 2010 03:00 PM
    bit, blanket, box, chest, cosmetic, damage, fair, finish, fix, half, handle, hoping, ideas, jump, length, lid, minor, nieces, past, pic, question, recently, reinforced, reinforcement, restoration, restorations, sit, split, tlc, top
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,125
    toolbagsPLUS
    6th May 2010, 07:55 PM Go to last post

  29. Question done something stupid

    Started by danielhobby, 3rd May 2010 12:15 AM
    $300, 100x25x500, 4x1x18, 8-12, anold, approx, arm, boilermaker, chairs, computer.cheers, damned, danny.doh, figure, manipulate, manufacturer?i, metalworking, oak, oval, pages, paid, pics, pieces, post, rests?also, semi, stiff, stupid, think?made, wilson
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,624
    danielhobby
    3rd May 2010, 08:11 PM Go to last post

  30. Oil stain on baltic pine

    Started by Black Cat, 19th April 2010 08:29 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    1880s, acid, baltic, bit, bought, clean, cooking, fat, floor, forum, fry-up, furniture, guys, hide, months, oil, options, oven, pic, pine, question, renovation, sensitive, speaking, stain, stands, strictly, suggestions, suspect, timber
    • Replies: 20
    • Views: 7,725
    Black Cat
    29th April 2010, 06:29 PM Go to last post

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