Thread: Making a Reading Table - Part One

Originally Posted by Woodwould

When I was growing up in Ireland, the only allied trades I had access to were a sawyer and an upholsterer. I ended up being able to do both by choice, but by necessity, I taught myself carving, caning, rushing, gilding, turning, marquetry, glazing (not the normal architectural glazing which doesn't require much to be learned), polishing, locksmithing, blacksmithing, nail making, screw filing, small foundry working, engraving & chasing and bookbinding amongst others, all to 17th and 18th century standards.

A person of many interests. I will ask if you did not need to learn this or wanted to do this would you have gain knowledge with these?

Originally Posted by Christos

A person of many interests. I will ask if you did not need to learn this or wanted to do this would you have gain knowledge with these?

Little knowledge is gained from anything if it doesn't hold your interest.

Originally Posted by Woodwould

When I was growing up in Ireland, the only allied trades I had access to were a sawyer and an upholsterer. I ended up being able to do both by choice, but by necessity, I taught myself carving, caning, rushing, gilding, turning, marquetry, glazing (not the normal architectural glazing which doesn't require much to be learned), polishing, locksmithing, blacksmithing, nail making, screw filing, small foundry working, engraving & chasing and bookbinding amongst others, all to 17th and 18th century standards.

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I had not noticed an Irish accent in your posts Mr Woodwould . I thought your extensive knowledge was perhaps obtained through a tertiary course in antiques /restoration . Whatever , we are all beneficiaries

Originally Posted by Peter36

I had not noticed an Irish accent in your posts Mr Woodwould . I thought your extensive knowledge was perhaps obtained through a tertiary course in antiques /restoration . Whatever , we are all beneficiaries

Begorragh!

Originally Posted by Woodwould

I taught myself carving, caning, rushing, gilding, turning, marquetry, glazing (not the normal architectural glazing which doesn't require much to be learned), polishing, locksmithing, blacksmithing, nail making, screw filing, small foundry working, engraving & chasing and bookbinding amongst others, all to 17th and 18th century standards.

With those skills, I had the good fortune to work on some of the finest furniture in England, Ireland and North America. I haven't done much upholstery work in recent times simply because of the magnitude of materials involved and the space required to store them. The same can be said for caning and rushing.

I feel too inadequate to again assault you with my simplistic questions

Cheers
Michael

Originally Posted by Woodwould

Little knowledge is gained from anything if it doesn't hold your interest.

This is very true.

"What is that horrid looking thing in my good Pyrex dish?"

There's still no development on the hinges yet, so I thought I'd pad out the table's progress with an update on the triangle which has been merrily rusting away in brine for the past four days. In truth, the triangle had to be hurriedly removed from the brine and a photo opportunity presented itself in a brief moment of winter sunshine.

The horrid looking thing.

The triangle will be dried slowly to improve the surface before screwing it to the under side of the pillar and claw. To extend the illusion of age, I have also headed and rusted six screws for attaching the triangle.

Being a native born Philistine I would have used SS for the triangle!!

Then the bloody thing wouldn't rust, no matter how you treated it.!!

I think I perfer the cleaner metal finish.

You pair of big girls' blouses! It will be slick all clean and beautiful before it comes indoors.. or it better be... I'm told!

Looks as if it's been sitting in scrumpy.

The amazing Woodwould master illusionista, looking good WW The devil is in the detail

Originally Posted by Blue-deviled

Looks as if it's been sitting in scrumpy.

What is scrumpy?

Originally Posted by Phil Spencer

What is scrumpy?

The word 'scrumpy' comes out of the rural British term 'to scrump' or to steal apples. The scrumped apples are juiced and fermented into Scrumpy, rustic apple cider.