Antique Tall Oak Panel Bed > Queen

New legs were milled and attached to the existing legs using biscuits, recessed wood screws, and West Systems Epoxy.

New 82 inch long bed rails are 4/4 thick. Thankful to have a 12 foot ceiling when using the table saw to cut mortises for new hook-in hardware.

The bed was set up to check for proper measurements and adjustments.

Yes, the wood was stained yellow to gain the base color needed.

The first glaze step with sealer.

Up on buckets. The first glaze step is coming up too light. A second application is needed.

A second glaze step gives the new wood an old look. A sealer has been added.

5/0 Conversion project is complete.

Stepback Cupboard, Pine/Poplar

Before and after....Pine/Poplar Stepback Cupboard. The finished piece has been hand rubbed to produce a warm glow and a silky smooth touch fitting for any grand setting.

Stripping by hand because the top board at the stepback is one board wide. Dipping process with water wash would be quicker but this board would have split. Above, the piece has been stripped, scraped clean, and sanded 150g then 180g.

While one door is being glazed, the others are hazing over as they dry. Each side is done and the glaze sealed as the surface drys. The two contrasting colors between coats of sealer sets off the wood grain, and adds depth and warmth to the piece.

Glazing process: glaze color on top of a full sealer coat over a NGR stain.

Beaded pine boards used for the back panel. They were stripped clean, sanded 180g, primed, painted, 3 coats of gloss finish, sanded 400g, final coat flat finish. This gives the painted areas the same furniture feel as the stained areas. All surfaces hand rubbed and polished.

Sanding between coats of finish.

After and before...Pine/Poplar Stepback Cupboard.

Walnut Coffee Table

Walnut drop leaf coffee table. Water marks are visible after the finish has been removed.

The tops are dull from the flash off after applying grain filler.

Ready to return to the customer.

Tilt-top Table Leg Repair

Someone had tried to re-attach this leg with 2 large wood screws instead of replacing the broken dowel pin.

The dowel pin hole for the broken leg has been cleared to receive a new pin when the leg is re-glued.

The repair block being glued to the leg.

The leg repair block has been shaped to take the profile of the leg.

The 2 unbroken legs were loose and needed to be removed and reglued. One leg had a fractured pin.

Legs repaired, the table is ready to be returned.

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.