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Let's restore some dignity to this cedar chest

Started by Thumbthumper, 20th September 2013 12:35 PM

4 Pages •: 1 2 3 4

1880, 286103286108, 286107, 286109, bring, cedar, character, chest, dignity, dovetails, drawer, drawers, facing, front, kauri, keeper, nails, plane, post, pretty, removes, restore, restored, ruined, section, stripper, surface, surviving, top, wip

Replies: 51
Views: 10,966

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th July 2016 10:14 AM; by Thumbthumper

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RESTORATION

Best way to pre- finish plywood?

Started by Dengue, 22nd May 2014 10:31 AM

18mm, advise, bare, cabinet, coat, cracks, drawer, edges, experience, filled, finish, finishing, fronts, glossy, matter, nice, paint, plywood, pre, pre-, previous, recommend, sand, smooth, timber

Replies: 5
Views: 2,672

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th June 2014 01:57 PM; by Robson Valley

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Sideboard Restoration Help

Started by 62woollybugger, 17th March 2014 09:53 PM

307678307677307676307675, ago, construction, couple, doordoh, dovetailed, drawer, finish, fronts, gun, heat, intend, left, lighten, m.c, marks, nailed, paint, painted, panel, poly, remove, removing, restoration, scortch, sideboard, stamped, started, starting, wipe

Replies: 2
Views: 2,187

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th May 2014 10:20 PM; by 62woollybugger

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RESTORATION

1930's Art Deco Kitchen Dresser

Started by Thumbthumper, 16th February 2013 01:55 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

1930, 1930s, 254477254476, 254479, art, bit, cleaning, deco, doors, drawer, dresser, easier, fair, found, hand, kitchen, lining, lino, original, paint, painted, photos, polish, polishing, pulls, replace, restoration, shelves, veneer, walnut

Replies: 30
Views: 6,687

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th March 2014 10:25 PM; by Thumbthumper

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RESTORATION

Advice needed on antique chest of drawers restoration

Started by MurrayM, 27th December 2013 12:29 PM

advice, antique, attempt, attempting, chest, chose, couple, drawer, drawers, foolish, head, identify, individual, larger, nails, needed, panels, piece, project, pry, questions, remove, replace, restoration, runners, single, strips, vintage, wide, wood

Replies: 7
Views: 4,231

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th March 2014 04:37 PM; by fortunerestore

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RESTORATION

Ouch!

Started by Chris Parks, 23rd December 2013 10:19 PM

25mm, bloody, bones, brad, brads, chippy, day, drawer, drawers, figure, finger, firing, gun, helping, hit, holding, index, injury, lucky, mass, nail, neighbour, ouch, producing, ricocheted, serious, tip, tonight, workshop, wrong

Replies: 2
Views: 2,562

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th December 2013 12:15 PM; by Bob38S

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SAFETY

Using dubbin to finish timber

Started by RhysM, 17th December 2013 11:47 PM

beeswax, bottom, crazy, drawer, dubbin, feedback, finish, guy, guys, heard, idea, polish, question, results, ridiculous, routinely, shoe, sound, swears, timber, tins, wondering

Replies: 13
Views: 15,968

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd December 2013 05:25 AM; by Robson Valley

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Howdy Ya'll from a Newbee in Texas

Started by RonP5233, 28th November 2013 09:30 AM

2tsup, arm, australia, belt, bench, bin, biscuit, chop, compound, couple, cutter, disk, doors, drawer, drill, folks, hold, howdy, ideas, inventory, mider, morning, newbee, radial, routers, sander, table, texas, tools, yall

Replies: 6
Views: 1,525

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th December 2013 03:48 PM; by Christos

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Finishing wrought iron hardware

Started by Fuzzie, 5th July 2013 10:19 AM

275673, ago, apply, basically, cabinet, coated, couple, dirty, drawer, finish, finishing, guess, hardware, iron, notice, oily, polishing, pulls, rag, received, rust, sort, started, substance, wheel, wire, wrought

Replies: 9
Views: 1,827

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st July 2013 10:51 PM; by ozdude

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Howdy all, from Adelaide

Started by BeeCee8, 25th May 2013 05:51 PM

adelaide, advice, baby, beecee, bought, chest, decided, drawer, easy, expecting, experience, forward, frame, howdy, ikea, material, mdf, newbie, pad, prepare, question, sit, start, table, thinking, timber, tips, top, type, wood

Replies: 8
Views: 1,106

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th May 2013 04:25 PM; by crowie

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

New/old bedside tables

Started by Thumbthumper, 19th January 2013 06:44 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

applied, bead, beading, bedside, bottom, cedar, cock, cut, cutting, decided, drawer, fit, front, fronts, glue, groove, half, legs, lots, marking, new or old, pic, pics, ready, record, restoration, tables, time, tops, washstand

Replies: 20
Views: 4,461

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th February 2013 10:27 AM; by Chief012

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RESTORATION

Elderly Driver

Started by Rodgera, 12th January 2013 09:31 AM

beer, car, crashed, cut, doctor, drawer, driver, drivers, drove, elderly, examined, fairly, front, handed, hedge, home, late, lawn, license, model, pieces, quiet, reading, rest, scissors, sitting, startled, thanked, time, told

Replies: 1
Views: 1,442

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th January 2013 10:19 AM; by chambezio

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JOKES

Please help me!

Started by adelaidegirl, 6th September 2012 03:21 PM

$300, adelaide, adelaidegirlroll, beautiful, bottom, comments, continue, drawer, forum, huon, lots, metho, musty, paid, pale, people, pine, possibility, reading, realms, remove, sanded, shellac, smell, smells, untreated, wardrobe, wood, woodwork, worth

Replies: 3
Views: 1,861

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th September 2012 03:13 PM; by Horsecroft88

Forum:
RESTORATION

Finish for MDF

Started by Ozziespur, 7th June 2012 11:06 AM

boss, cheers, cutlery, drawer, due, finish, guys, mdf, mouths, particulr, product, putting, scott, wondered

Replies: 4
Views: 1,858

Last Post By:: Last Post: 12th June 2012 01:18 AM; by soundman

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Polyester / Polyurthene

Started by samtk, 26th May 2012 09:36 PM

.the, addition, advise, apply, appreciated, cabinets, coat, drawer, elements, finish, finishing, guys, hey, items, material, mdf, meeting, office, polyester, polyurethane, polyurthene, protect, scratches, stronger, tables, thinking, veneer, zebarano

Replies: 12
Views: 1,843

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th May 2012 01:59 AM; by Master Splinter

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restoration old chest drawers

Started by Pandora, 10th March 2012 07:37 AM

beautifully, brass, carcass, chest, covered, dabbed, damaging, drawer, drawers, finished, front, handles, hated, inside, justice, mahogany, metal/brass, nan, oak, original, pic, removed, replace, rescued, restoration, screws, stud, suggestions, throw, ugly

Replies: 2
Views: 2,573

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th March 2012 03:11 PM; by AJ

Forum:
RESTORATION

Rust Prevention Product Review - Your Help & Input appreciated

Started by simonmags, 11th January 2011 01:10 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

appreciated, based, bison, black, boiled, corrosion, drawer, fine, inhibitors, inox, input, lanogard, lanolin, lanotec, lanox, linseed, oil, prevention, product, products, review, rust, traditional, ubeaut, vapour, vci, vegetable, wax, wd-40, zerust

Replies: 32
Views: 12,638

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th March 2012 01:42 PM; by Chris Vesper

Forum:
PRODUCT REVIEWS

Chest of Drawers restoration (or unintentional complete rebuild)

Started by pampelmuse, 4th December 2011 01:33 PM

antique, bottom, cabinet, chest, complete, drawer, drawers, exposed, finished, frame, front, fronts, inside, kauri, nail, nailed, nails, paint, pic, piece, rebuild, repairs, restoration, runners, stage, started, surfaces, taking, timber, unintentional

Replies: 7
Views: 3,154

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th December 2011 06:30 PM; by burraboy

Forum:
RESTORATION

Hi there an G'day

Started by Smokingwheels, 25th November 2011 10:10 PM

90s, built, carrier, componets, computer, desk, dining, drawer, electronics, factory, fitting, gday, insert, involved, jarah, job, lessions, mallyroot, persued, plastic, private, retired, school, table, teacher/carver, tech, tools, vise, wooden, woodworking

Replies: 4
Views: 1,047

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th November 2011 07:52 PM; by JJF

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Nature Made ME Buy IT

Started by mrpedersen, 4th October 2011 05:08 PM

adds, appeciated, base, bigbird, block, buy, call, cavity, cover, cut, drawer, drawers, front, glenn, knot, life, nature, nest, outline, piece, pine, portion, preserve, project, ready, roughness, sanding, sealing, spotted, suggestions

Replies: 2
Views: 1,282

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th October 2011 02:44 AM; by mrpedersen

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FINISHING

bl**dy renovator shows

Started by underfoot, 15th September 2011 06:20 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

20+, apparently, appliances, aquired, bathroom, bldy, colour, conspiracy, decided, drawer, fashionable, forum, handles, hardware, kitchen, mega, months, patina, perpetrated, post, renovator, servicable, shows, sooo, sound, storesrolleyes, times, warm, wrong, yesterday

Replies: 16
Views: 3,089

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th September 2011 11:35 AM; by AlexS

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NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

English Oak Table- finish options?

Started by AngelaS, 16th August 2011 08:36 PM

100yrs+, 60yrs, angela, bad, beeswax, bit, direction, drawer, dry, english, finish, hope, justice, learnt, legs, oak, options, planning, posts, reading, remove, sanding, steelwool, stumbled, table, table-, tackle, top, unsure, website

Replies: 2
Views: 2,008

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd August 2011 02:47 PM; by AngelaS

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Qld maple wardrobe

Started by mic-d, 14th June 2011 05:11 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

10-15mins, 173174, 173175173176, amount, bottle, bottom, cleaned, disassembled, door, drawer, film, finish, flaked, grime, joints, maple, metho, missing, original, panels, patience, plastic, qld, reglued, remove, resting, shellac, spray, wardrobe, wood

Replies: 25
Views: 4,927

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th June 2011 10:00 AM; by RufflyRustic

Forum:
RESTORATION

cockie poo

Started by mic-d, 13th June 2011 11:28 AM

cockie, drawer, marks, poo, remove, restoring, timber, unfinished, wardrobe

Replies: 9
Views: 1,724

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th June 2011 06:23 PM; by tea lady

Forum:
RESTORATION

Cutler Rolltop - basic restoration questions

Started by Fred_, 25th May 2011 09:58 AM

basic, blotter, bring, colour, company, cosmetic, cutler, desk, drawer, equivalent, feel, fit, fitted, inlay, leather, local, mind, modern, questions, raw, recommendations, required, restoration, rolltop, square, surface, timber, time, top, touch

Replies: 0
Views: 4,721

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th May 2011 09:58 AM; by Fred_

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RESTORATION

Help with a partners Desk restoration project

Started by BrentonSpear, 9th January 2011 03:04 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

158112, 158113, 158114, 2tsup, advice, appreciated, brenton, damage, desk, drawer, finish, fix, forum, handles, lock, mechanisms, metho, missing, partners, piece, project, read, rest, restoration, source, steel, strip, top, wood, wool

Replies: 23
Views: 5,248

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th March 2011 11:44 AM; by auscab

Forum:
RESTORATION

My latest project completed - Mahogany chest of drawers

Started by Horsecroft88, 13th December 2010 01:55 PM

0000, 360, alternatively, antique, applied, bees, chest, coats, completed, cost, couple, drawer, drawers, english, excellent, finally, finish, grade, latest, mahogany, metho, pine, project, sale, shellac, stain, steel, thinned, wax, wool

Replies: 12
Views: 3,731

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th February 2011 01:47 PM; by Horsecroft88

Forum:
RESTORATION

The Pencil thief

Started by Mike Busby, 3rd September 2010 10:55 AM

4 Pages •: 1 2 3 4

basket, biro, boot, bugger, catch, clothes, crap, dear, disappeared, dooh, drawer, ear, eee, forums, hang, house, land, laundry, mans, mongrel, pencil, pencils, rear, scribes, shed, size, sore, thief, tree, weatherzone

Replies: 47
Views: 5,513

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th January 2011 06:12 PM; by artme

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NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH RENOVATION

Hello from Brisbane

Started by tatiana, 5th January 2011 04:25 AM

beautiful, belonged, bottom, bought, brisbane, carved, colour, dark, door, drawer, drawers, extremely, front, hole, light, lot, match, night, panel, panels, read, reproduced, robe, screw, sturdy, surface, trick, wardrobe, wardrobes, wood

Replies: 11
Views: 1,317

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th January 2011 06:22 PM; by artme

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Age Request -Kauri Pine Dresser

Started by 8aGoat, 27th October 2010 06:02 PM

Replies: 4
Views: 2,771

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st December 2010 06:20 PM; by mcjimmyd

Forum:
RESTORATION

Newbie needs advice

Started by belle2, 9th January 2010 12:13 PM

advice, basin, bathroom, bench, cabinet, correct, decorative, drawer, drawers, envisioned, finish, fragile, fronts, gloss, insert, mexico, newbie, painting, penetrol, plumbing, putting, recommended, saving, sit, top, undercoating, vanity, varnished, waterproofing, wrong

Replies: 3
Views: 2,312

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd September 2010 05:18 PM; by belle2

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FINISHING

G'day from Canberra

Started by mistertim, 2nd September 2010 03:54 PM

advice, array, box/table, canberra, childrens, complete, dad, decent, discussions, drawer, faded, family, finding, forum, furniture-type, gday, home, items, live, loving, novice, pretty, remembering, set, skills, tim, time, train, wooden, woodwork

Replies: 5
Views: 1,418

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th September 2010 02:18 PM; by munruben

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Strange drawer

Started by AlexS, 14th December 2009 07:25 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

aus, bottom, bureau, cedar, closed, common, drawer, drops, fall, front, furniture, gap, half, means, strange

Replies: 22
Views: 4,163

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th July 2010 07:47 PM; by wjfiles

Forum:
RESTORATION

HELP!!!!! I Need a Mirror Like Finish

Started by johnlimburg, 26th June 2010 07:42 PM

andvice, appreciated, australian, cheap, chessboard, completed, dark, drawer, finish, glass, greatly, hardwood, hey, hsc, light, materials, merbeu, mirror, mixed, quality, set, techniques, timber, timbers, top, wondering

Replies: 12
Views: 2,898

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th July 2010 12:27 PM; by Manuka Jock

Forum:
FINISHING

Roller Desk

Started by Happy73, 25th August 2008 02:55 PM

bring, called, condition, couple, desk, drawer, dry, folks, front, happy, left, life, missing, photo, picked, pickup, pretty, questions, replacement, roller, rub, steel, suggest, timber, top, track, varnish, verge, week, wool

Replies: 9
Views: 10,421

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th May 2010 06:29 PM; by hirschybar

Forum:
RESTORATION

Tasmanian Myrtle -any suggestions

Started by Melba, 30th April 2010 12:16 PM

bit, carcass, drawer, edging, entertainment, experience, finishing, fronts, marking, myrtle, solid, suggestions, tasmanian, top, unit, veneered, wax, worries

Replies: 1
Views: 1,457

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th April 2010 01:15 PM; by Chesand

Forum:
FINISHING

Progressively upgrading kitchen

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 13th November 2009 11:30 AM

900, assembling, benchtop, cabinet, caesarstone, ceran, chef, cooktop, days, dishdrawer, drawer, electrical, existing, finish, floor, flooring, future, kitchen, laminex, mixer, plumbing, prepared, rangehood, remove, replace, section, single, sink, tiled, time

Replies: 0
Views: 5,409

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th November 2009 11:30 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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Stripping and regluing old Laminex?...

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 6th November 2009 10:50 PM

.jpg, acetone, adhesive, afternoon, attachment, buy, drawer, drawers, existing, front, hard, laminex, metho, overnight, paint, photo, piece, quickly, reckon, regluing, shellite, spirits, stained, strip, stripper, stuff, successfully, turps, waddya, white

Replies: 0
Views: 2,529

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th November 2009 10:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

Readikits - Assembly hints

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 27th October 2009 09:00 AM

5mm, assembled, base, benchtop, bottom, cabinet, cabinets, cam, cams, chapter, corner, diameter, drawer, dvd, edge, fittings, found, front, holes, install, keeper, panel, panels, pre-drilled, rail, screws, shelf, tightening, top, wall

Replies: 0
Views: 2,169

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th October 2009 09:00 AM; by Reno RSS Feed

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RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

Cedar chest repair WIP

Started by AlexS, 6th October 2009 07:23 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

board, bottoms, cabinetmaker, cedar, chest, columns, construction, drawer, drawers, dust, dustboards, front, gaps, grooves, left, panels, photo, photos, rail, rails, remove, repair, runners, shrinkage, step, stops, time, top, wip, worn

Replies: 17
Views: 5,572

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th October 2009 09:26 AM; by Waldo

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RESTORATION

Custom made kitchens - What to look for !

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 1st August 2009 04:50 PM

16mm, aware, bases, board, chipboard, construction, custom, drawer, green, hmr, kitchen, kitchens, mdf, process, quality, read, renovateforum.com, screwed, solid, thread, tinge

Replies: 0
Views: 1,211

Last Post By:: Last Post: 1st August 2009 04:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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RENOVATE FORUM RSS FEED

child safety kitchen drawers?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 10th June 2009 08:50 PM

8month, allowed, benchtop, bunnies, catches, catching, checked, child, doors, drawer, drawers, fingers, fitted, kitchen, line, magnetically, operated, paul, reach, read, realised, renovateforum.com, risks, safety, shelf, shuts, sites, suggestions, thread, top

Replies: 0
Views: 1,693

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th June 2009 08:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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Tasmanian Blackwood Dresser

Started by irwing, 25th May 2009 10:21 AM

achive, blackwood, bookmatched, cabinet, compleated, dovetails, drawer, dresser, earth, expert, finish, floating, french, fronts, guy, helpful, learning, massive, met, orange, pannels, photos, polish, replies, secondary, shellac, steve, tasmanian, thankyou, toolbags

Replies: 0
Views: 2,242

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th May 2009 10:21 AM; by irwing

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G'Day all from Bendigo Vic

Started by ColW, 9th April 2009 12:08 AM

approx, bedheads, bendigo, blackwood, col, collection, cut, drawer, drawers, forum, found, friend, fronts, gday, handles, local, mdf, nice, plan, recycle, recycled, resist, slightly, thick, timber, time, top, vic, woodworking, yard

Replies: 8
Views: 2,234

Last Post By:: Last Post: 9th April 2009 04:30 PM; by ColW

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Hey Folks

Started by edjosh23, 29th March 2009 07:58 AM

bar, bosch, cabinet, cable, carpenters, doors, drawer, drill, fine, flush, folks, frame, furniture, guys, hey, inset, josh, lot, lots, paint, porter, press, reading, ryobi, solid, suggested, tools, understand, wine, wood

Replies: 8
Views: 2,416

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th March 2009 07:03 PM; by artme

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G'day mate - THE WELCOME WAGON -Introduce yourself

Kitchen Cupboard and Drawer Handles?

Started by Reno RSS Feed, 3rd March 2009 12:50 PM

basket, choose, choosing, cupboard, drawer, fitting, handles, have.b, job, keen, kitchen, kitchenroll, mind, people, potatoes, pregnant, read, renovateforum.com, selection, tea, teau, thread, time, website, wife

Replies: 0
Views: 2,282

Last Post By:: Last Post: 3rd March 2009 12:50 PM; by Reno RSS Feed

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For the old Far/Gentlemen on here

Started by fenderbelly, 25th February 2009 06:49 PM

age, bed, bin, blue, cup, drawer, ears, ere, eyes, far or gentlemen, grin, i’m, kick, lay, morning, night, obits, overtakes, paper, pick, read, red, shape, shelf, sleep, slippers, table, teeth, wake, wits

Replies: 1
Views: 1,218

Last Post By:: Last Post: 25th February 2009 11:26 PM; by Allan at Wallan

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JOKES

How to unwarp?

Started by valiant_freak, 12th February 2009 10:02 AM

ages, belongs, cheers, chicken, condition, drawer, drawers, fix, fixed, fixing, furniture, hand, job, level, noticable, piece, pieces, planing, poor, ryan, shed, spend, surfaces, tackle, time, unwarp, upper, warpage, warped, weather

Replies: 5
Views: 9,645

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th February 2009 09:58 AM; by valiant_freak

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RESTORATION

help with buffet identification

Started by deanne mudford, 6th December 2008 02:16 PM

1950, alex, appreciated, attached, bottom, buffet, cheers, date, deanne, drawer, drawers, european, faintly, federal, identification, identifying, inside, labour, manufactured, photos, piece, pre, printed, read, restored, stamp, stamped, tarted, understanding, veneer

Replies: 4
Views: 2,546

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th December 2008 10:48 PM; by deanne mudford

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RESTORATION

Do you finish drawer sides?

Started by silentC, 25th November 2008 12:11 PM

drawer, drawers, finish, guides, insides, leave, metal, question, raw, sides, simple, slides, talking, traditional, wooden

Replies: 14
Views: 2,818

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th November 2008 04:18 AM; by JT

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FINISHING

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