we have been fixing stuff for as long as we have been making stuff.
it is an often interesting part of the gig.
‘you make furniture?’ … ‘can you fix this?’
anyway, we fixed a bunch of stuff last week and i have
one more item to finish for those folks …
some were easy, others a little more complex.
we had three pieces of gallery that need repair or replacement …
fortunately, we had one almost complete one that we
could scan and draw over in our cad program …
we thought about repairing this one, but decided
once we made the two others, it would be easier to
just replace it
the two on the top left are new and the one on the far right in the front are new
there was also a pullout below the glass door where
the face flipped down and created a little writing surface.
that needed a repair to the catch and a little wax and love …
we put one of the drawers back together and replaced
three missing drawer glides on the side of the case …
a worthy restoration!
and there was a drop leaf table whose leaf had dropped off …
the screw holes for the handmade hinges were totally
stripped out on all three mortises of one leaf,
which called for what we refer to as a ‘proper repair’.
we did just plug the third hole, but we glued a piece of new wood
for two of the screws to bite into on all three hinges
on the other leaf we only had to plug one hole ..
once we got the leaf back on, we sanded the finish lightly and
applied two coats of waterlox oil finish as the client
did not want to refinish the table, which can kill the
antique feeling. it looked sharp in the end …
crazy thin wood on the drawer bottoms and sides ..
i had to add some glue blocks, no room even for brads …
and a bed rebuild … the screws for the steel rail hardware
were stripped out, and we were able to replace them with longer
screws .. we reglued the footboard post and made new slats …
i have one more ‘eastlake’ piece that needs a backsplash
i am working on the design concept still
this ain’t it!
this piece is one from google images search for
‘eastlake furniture’ and the piece i am repairing is of the
eastlake style … i don’t think we would find marble to
match, so i am suggesting wood to match the cabinet ..
there was a splinter in the drawer, and an obvious place
for it to go …
more repairs next week …
have a good weekend!