Workers Of Wood

One of the current projects, refinishing a cedar chest. It's circa 1928-31 and belonged to my son-in-law's maternal grandmother. (Like usual his mom gives him projects that his father-in-law needs to complete). Finish was in terrible shape and needed some repairs. All the details was a challenge to get stripped cleanly. And the 4 different secondary woods in the trim needed some work to get them to match the walnut veneer on the panels.

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Heh...you've done this before haven't you.
The finished project is beautiful.

DaninVan wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 12:29 pm Heh...you've done this before haven't you.
The finished project is beautiful.

Yeah, a couple times.

For those interested in the finish schedule:
General Finishes Walnut stain (to get the base color on the secondary woods). I usually don't stain walnut but had to here.
Sprayed on coat of SealCoat shellac
EnduroVar w/b finish sprayed on.
Darken the secondary woods and highlight carved details with shop-made dark brown and burnt umber glazes
Another coat of EnduroVar to seal in the glaze
Some more shift to red on some parts with another burnt umber glaze, selectively applied.
Two more coats of EnduroVar


It appeared the original had a dark coat of toner applied over all. But it was 90 years old and was heavily crackled. I've used toners a lot in touch up work, but I like the ability to manipulate glazes a bit better on refinishing work. I say that stain gets me to the right church and glazes to the right pew.

Very nice job Keith

Super job!!!

Great outcome Keith.

That was definitely worth the time spent on the restoration.

Outstanding...!

I think about how much effort it's going to take to do the job you've done and have to ask myself if I really want to or can I tolerate it the way it is.

Words to live by, Charles! LOL!!

Cherryville Chuck wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:44 pm I think about how much effort it's going to take to do the job you've done and have to ask myself if I really want to or can I tolerate it the way it is.

"Do Nothing" is always an option...

Back 20 years ago I bought this 1960 wood frame house. It is on pier and beam. It had a very small kitchen off the living room. In 2008 I tore it all out down to the studs and pushed the one side out 3 feet to make a 3 sided breakfast nook. I ordered a set of hand made cabinets from Ohio made my the Amish. I took three base units and formed an island. I used 3/4 CDX in two layers, one running each way and made an over hang on one end to eat at. I replaced all the plumbing and the gas and water lines. Replaced the wiring and wired in several plugs and switches. Took out the wall between the kitchen and the living room, shored it up with a beam of 2x8s sandwiching 3/4 plywood. I made it in a slight arch to compensate for any sag since the furnace and the AC were in the attic over the wall that I had removed. Used Marble tiles for the counter toms and clay ties for the floor. Installed a gas stove top with a down draft vent in the island. Banded the counter tops with 2x2 tiles. Shot the ceiling with acoustic pop corn and install a metal tiles back splash.
Here are some pictures of the job from tear out to completion . Again I have the pictures in reverse order.
Thats my little helper "Sandra" sitting in the hole in the floor. She is always a lot of help.

This is another shot of the finished kitchen. You can just see the edge of the beam in the upper left and the accent tiles on the floor. Those braces on this end of the island were added after my grand daughter came by and leaned on the end of the top and I could see it flex.

Sandra looks devious with that saw. Betcha that kept you out of trouble for a while.

@Alex

After you have placed your images in a post if you go to "Full Editor & Preview" further down the page you will see "Place inline". If you click on that for each picture you will then see the BBCode in your post. You can then reorder the lines by cut/paste or highlight and move to reorder your pics or place text in between them...

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Nickp wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:27 pm @Alex

After you have placed your images in a post if you go to "Full Editor & Preview" further down the page you will see "Place inline". If you click on that for each picture you will then see the BBCode in your post. You can then reorder the lines by cut/paste or highlight and move to reorder your pics or place text in between them...

see... viewtopic.php?p=1367#p1367

I found out that early on that it loads the pictures in reverse order, So I just insert them in reverse order.
Herb

Great repair job too, Keith. Brought that old chest back to life.
HErb

honesttjohn wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:05 pm Sandra looks devious with that saw. Betcha that kept you out of trouble for a while.

She swings a mean Sawzall.
She was cutting old water pipes off with that.
The blade jammed up once and it shook her like a rag doll.
Couldn't get her to release the trigger.

Good morning John. Nice to hear from you. Hope you two are staying warm up in the Detroit area.
We had a bit of cool weather for a couple of days but are back to the upper 60s and lower 70s again.

Bushwhacker