Sideboard Starkey and Christoe

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We've had this one over a year and I wasn't planning to touch it until I mastered stripping veneers. Well it was time and I learnt it was not a veneer. It was an ugly brown duckling to me. After a lot of sanding with many discs of 240 I finally got the outside cleaned. The following photo's are as it was before I touched it.

1 Front without the drawers
2 Drawer front
3 Top
4 Top ring damage
5 Under drawer with lots of support
6 Under drawer plyboard stamp
7 Drawer side dovetail
8 Drawer 1 original sticker
9 Back
001 original front.jpg002 original front.jpg003 original top.jpg004 original top.jpg005 original drawer under.jpg006 original drawer under.jpg007 original drawer side.jpg008 original drawer inside.jpg009 original back.jpg

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Sanded state
1 Side
2 Legs
3 Side
4 Top
5 Top door

Sanded 001 side.jpgSanded 002 legs.jpgSanded 003 top LHS.jpgSanded 005 top RHS.jpgSanded 006 top door.jpg

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Oiled with Tung Oil 1st round

1 Side
2 Top RHS
3 Top LHS
4 Door
5 Door
6 Overall (with out doors


Oiled 001 side RHS.jpg Oiled 002 sdie top RHS.jpg Oiled 003 side LHS.jpg Oiled 004 front door.jpg Oiled 005 front door.jpg Oiled 006 overall.jpg

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Needed to replace some screws before getting to lock up stage. The long hinges for the top were off and rusty when I got it so that is another area to clean. Finally got a records player installed. I suspect the drawers were for holding things like table cloths. Below the record player is a shelf I assume for storage of records. What is the small side compartment for? I did make a small scratch when putting doors back on but it was so easily hidden with application of the Danish oil. I have left the handles as I feel they would be too hard to ensure what is underneath and whether I could clean them enough. I still have to really clean inside and the record player before trying to use. It will be interesting when it's complete to see if my wife allows it in the house or it has to be sold.

#1 Record player installed
#2 Lock up stage
#3 Oiled top
#4 Drawers (1st oil only)
#5 Side shelf
Front with record player in.jpgIMG_9043.jpgTop final oiled.jpgDrawers with original handles.jpgFront shel side open.jpg