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  1. a real challenge

    Started by chowcini, 7th August 2009 10:40 PM
    1937, cedar, challenge, cylider, desk, foward, lot, pics, post, progresses, real, red, tlc, top
    • Replies: 1
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    Paulb6
    8th August 2009, 09:57 PM Go to last post

  2. old english oak dropside table

    Started by chowcini, 7th August 2009 12:14 AM
    ago, alright, bench, bit, clients, dropside, english, kitchen, oak, parents, scrubbed, sink, table, wear, worse
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 3,057
    chowcini
    7th August 2009, 08:44 PM Go to last post

  3. BlackWood Dresser Resto Steps

    Started by cschintl, 2nd August 2009 08:48 PM
    add, appreciated, blackwood, cheers, components, correct, dresser, durability, finish, geelong, maintenance, mentioned, mix, people, pics, poly, product, regular, resto, schintz, shape, sponsor, step, steps, tip, tips, top, understanding, wax, wrong
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,559
    cschintl
    4th August 2009, 07:10 PM Go to last post

  4. sample of restoring

    Started by chris_77, 4th August 2009 04:27 AM
    galery, jump, restoring, sample
    • Replies: 0
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    chris_77
    4th August 2009, 04:27 AM Go to last post

  5. Restoring Painted Silky Oak plywood

    Started by base454, 21st July 2009 11:45 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    bought, cupboard, door, finish, frames, guys, oak, paint, painted, panels, plywood, question, remove, restoring, sanded/stripped, shelac, silky, silly, solid, sound, stripping, surface, thinking, veneered, whiteno
    • Replies: 17
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    hap97
    30th July 2009, 06:42 PM Go to last post

  6. Help to restore Cutlery cabinet, please

    Started by Paulb6, 28th July 2009 09:51 PM
    1972, brand, cabinet, cutlery, finish, flaking, gentle, hall, ideas, lacquered, lift, meths, restore, rubbing, sheffield, solid, timber, walker
    • Replies: 0
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    Paulb6
    28th July 2009, 09:51 PM Go to last post

  7. anyone

    Started by chowcini, 22nd July 2009 10:51 PM
    150x25, 2-3, 2.4, alder, approx, brush, cherry, coming, job, lenghts, qld
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,033
    toolbagsPLUS
    27th July 2009, 07:14 PM Go to last post

  8. steel hardwear restore

    Started by artfuliron, 27th July 2009 12:49 PM
    40s, artfuliron, brighten, cabinet, catches, clean, coke, easier, fish, hardwear, hinges, hooks, kitchen, method, quick, remeber, restore, restoring, steel, trade, tricks, wheel, wire
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,504
    echnidna
    27th July 2009, 07:00 PM Go to last post

  9. Finishing touches: handles, hinges & other fittings

    Started by letchies, 2nd July 2009 11:51 AM
    128mm, 95mm, brass, cabinets, chrome, country, exterior, finishing, fittings, fluted, frame, handles, hinges, living, moment, mounted, paint, pull, rebated, reproduction, retro-style, second-hand, sell, shell, shops, sites, sort, stuff, touches, woodworking
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,584
    base454
    27th July 2009, 02:45 PM Go to last post

  10. clay for missing pieces

    Started by stevenf, 18th November 2008 02:54 PM
    called, clay, dry, furniture, lay, missing, mold, peel, piece, pieces
    • Replies: 3
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    silky oak man
    23rd July 2009, 09:47 PM Go to last post

  11. Secretary? writing desk / table parts

    Started by superfishiwish, 21st July 2009 11:05 AM
    assistance, check, design, desk, excited, finish, finished, fold-down, found, hinged, incase, keen, learn, legs, lost, main, minus, parts, picture, purchase, recognises, recommend, restoration, restore, secretary, table, top, type, wood, writing
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,734
    ColW
    23rd July 2009, 04:37 PM Go to last post

  12. need help

    Started by chowcini, 17th July 2009 11:07 PM
    ?can, cane, chairs, rattan, weaved
    • Replies: 3
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    chowcini
    20th July 2009, 09:08 PM Go to last post

  13. NEED HELP---need info on old hand planes

    Started by JeremieDoucet, 18th February 2009 08:31 AM
    100$, actualy, addicted, age, ben, block, canadian, chance, colection.i, doucet, expanding, fair, foward, guys, haha.i, hand, helpneed, identify, info, jeremie, love, not.could, plane, planes, price, sale, shure, stanley, started, work.i
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 3,843
    recordcollector
    18th July 2009, 04:38 PM Go to last post

  14. Woodgraining.

    Started by Lignin, 5th July 2009 06:40 PM
    adorned, battered, bought, coat, easily, ectremely, exposed, finish, gateleg, giving, gloop, heretic, idea, instructed, lac, patience, patterns, regarded, remove, struggle.i, superior, swmbo, table, taxing, timber, treat, undercoat, wax, white, woodgraining
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,482
    conwood
    9th July 2009, 11:17 AM Go to last post

  15. Restoring table - way out of depth??????

    Started by Not Waving, 4th July 2009 06:03 PM
    advice, character, crack, depth, deteriorated, dining, door, equipment, experience, filler, floors, forums, job, lisa, looked, lots, love, odd, planed, professional, remove, requiring, restoring, ridiculously, sanded, table, wondering, wood, woodpeople, worth
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 2,180
    hap97
    6th July 2009, 06:02 PM Go to last post

  16. Question Danish Modern? Refinishing?

    Started by Allison, 5th July 2009 07:38 PM
    allison-, appreciated, bought, danish, desk, fine, funiture, info, modern, oiled, piece, reall;y, refinish, refinishing, steel, table, teak, wool
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,227
    Allison
    5th July 2009, 09:32 PM Go to last post

  17. Need help restoring lounge

    Started by NewLou, 4th July 2009 04:59 PM
    advise, appreciated, aware, called, coushins, fellas, foam, hey, located, lou, lounge, replacing, restoring, retensioning, roped, simply, straps, tensioning, tips, tricks, tuneup, uncomfortable, underneath, webbing
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,150
    NewLou
    4th July 2009, 04:59 PM Go to last post

  18. Exposed timber beams & T&G flooring

    Started by Aussie_guy00000, 2nd July 2009 02:22 PM
    2tsup, apply, appreciated, beams, bearers, bit, ceiling, downstairs, exposed, fibro, floor, flooring, forums, greatly, home, ideally, ideas, lacquer, lot, love, moment, piccy, planning, post, sanded, t&g, tandg, timber, underside, wood
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,306
    Aussie_guy00000
    2nd July 2009, 02:22 PM Go to last post

  19. Need Help with Dresser Details - please

    Started by denidownunder, 21st June 2009 03:05 PM
    appreciated, attention, bought, date/period, details, dresser, dressing, expect, forum, greatly, hoping, house, ian, idea, knowledge, love, post, question, sell, table, timber, type
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 1,935
    Horsecroft88
    26th June 2009, 03:02 PM Go to last post

  20. MDF Board and Asbestos Cancer

    Started by Gidyea, 23rd June 2009 12:50 AM
    asbestos, board, brother, cancer, cheerz, dust, fate, mdf, myth, similar, suffer, told, true, valued
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 7,796
    soundman
    23rd June 2009, 11:59 AM Go to last post

  21. great grandfather's cigar box

    Started by bassmansimon, 10th December 2008 09:24 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    base, basic, beginner, black, box, cigar, destroyed, easy, estapol, finish, girlfriends, grandfather, grandfathers, great, hinges, inside, judging, lots, moment, nice, quick, restore, screws, simon, step, stuff, top, white, wood, worth
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 5,806
    bassmansimon
    20th June 2009, 01:07 AM Go to last post

  22. What's wrong with this antique?

    Started by griffibo, 4th May 2009 01:12 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    advice, ages, antique, appreciated, bit, biting, bonnie, cabinet, condition, description, display, ebay, expect, expensive, gorgeous, mahogany, people, perfect, pretty, putting, restoration, satinwood, sell, told, wrong
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 4,293
    rrobor
    14th June 2009, 02:32 PM Go to last post

  23. 1939 writing desk -english oak

    Started by chowcini, 10th June 2009 06:58 PM
    1939, ??i, coming, desk, english, involves, job, ladies/secretary, oak, phots, post, receieve, sourcing, timber, writing
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,034
    chowcini
    10th June 2009, 06:58 PM Go to last post

  24. hidden treasures

    Started by Swifty, 5th June 2009 01:30 PM
    320, ago, bothered, carnauba, cheers, coat, coats, coffee, finish, finished, hidden, indonesian, legs, lower, original, planed, result, resurfaced, sanded, sanding, similar, stripped, table, teak, top, tops, treasures, treatment, wax, wipe-on-poly
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,543
    ColW
    5th June 2009, 05:32 PM Go to last post

  25. restoring old desk

    Started by suzanne, 29th May 2009 05:44 PM
    bottam, cupboard, curved, desk, doors, drop, fixing, glass, lid, lifted, oil, restoring, scandinavian, suitable, suzanne, veneer, writing
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,084
    suzanne
    2nd June 2009, 08:50 PM Go to last post

  26. restoring an old silky oak table

    Started by redcharger, 3rd May 2009 09:16 PM
    black, bought, colour, grain, heck, method, mike, oak, partially, photos, restoring, sanding, silky, strip, stripped/sanded, table, tomorrow, trouble, wood
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 10,306
    hap97
    10th May 2009, 06:46 PM Go to last post

  27. Stain removal advice - maple veneer Sideboard/Bar.

    Started by Tikirocker, 7th May 2009 02:44 AM
    acid, advance, advice, based, damp, deeper, final, fine, finish, guide, ink, maple, oxalic, read, red, removal, remove, risk, rubbing, shellac, sideboard, sideboard or bar, solid, spirit, stage, stain, steel, tiki, veneer, wool
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 4,382
    Tikirocker
    8th May 2009, 07:25 PM Go to last post

  28. beard1747

    Started by beard1747, 25th April 2009 12:16 PM
    1937, approx, beard1747, bottom, brown, chocolate, color, colour;however, dark, finish, gday, glossy, grain, light, material, moulding, radio, renew, scalpel;, scratch, seen;, shellac, slats, speaker, timber, top, valve
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 1,951
    watson
    30th April 2009, 08:25 PM Go to last post

  29. I need some assistance please!

    Started by KateHayes, 30th April 2009 12:32 PM
    $100, assistance, bits, cabinet, call, cheap, coffee, curved, cut, edges, factory, hand, handmade, information, light, lock, metal, nowadays, paid, ragged, sand, sharp, stain, straight, strip, suppose, table, type, wood, worried
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,725
    KateHayes
    30th April 2009, 01:16 PM Go to last post

  30. Rings on dining table...

    Started by Bywong builder, 19th October 2008 01:46 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    advice, appreciated, bought, condition, couple, cups, dining, double, dull, extension, glasses, lifeless, moment, parker, pretty, prominent, recently, refinishing, removing, rings, search, stains, suggestions, surprised, table, tabletop, tarting, teak, water
    • Replies: 27
    • Views: 6,608
    jaywit
    24th April 2009, 11:46 PM Go to last post

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