Chairs

Rush caning seats

Rush caned seats

Disassemble and re-glue frames with new hand woven cane seats.

Cherry Drop Leaf Dining Table

Cherry drop leaf dining table with water damage to center section. I am going to remove finish from the top surface of the 3 sections, repair the damage, and then apply a new finish.

The damaged area is a strip of sap wood. The top had gotten wet while in storage. The white area is unprotected wood.

Damaged area has been stained to match other sap wood.

Rubbed out and ready to be assembled to the base in the back ground.

Penn House Cherry 5/0 Poster Bed

The finish repair is complete.

I found a fracture in the pin block section of one headboard post. So I had to go back to the bench fot a repair.

The bed before finishing repairs begin to the existing finish.

Post are held in place with rope clamps.

Footboard assembled and clamped.

The mortise and tennon joint; bored, glued, and clamped.

Pieces of cherry have been added to a headboard spool.

Footboard parts.

Footboard with one broken post and a broken robe rail.

Split outs and missing pieces.

Both post have been broken at of the spool tennon joint.

Oak Writting Table

Pull out drawer is actually a writing surface with an ink well at the the right rear.

Work complete.

The same procedure was used on the opposite side.

Once the apron was re-aligned, the glue blocks were set.

I am working on securing the legs and apron on this previously refinished (by another) oak writing table.

Depression Era Table

Getting ready to be wrapped and loaded for delivery.

The color process on the top.

Depression Era Table

Repair work completed. Monday starts the color match.

A second look at the replacement squares.

New squares and end strip completes one part of the repair. The old squares were sized to fit the holes from the missing pieces on the rest of the top.

This table was hand made by a craftsman during the depression. Work was not always available so this work was a method of keeping busy. The two tone wood is walnut and white oak. There are some rough pine blocks in the section that requires rebuilding. There is a very thin coat of amber shellac on the surface.

Cane Chair Bottoms

Side and front view of the completed seat.

I am replacing this woven cane seat using 1/4 inch reed. It is a 5 over and under.