Posted in Furniture, tagged chair, Danish oil, restore, sanding, upholstery on 22/07/2016| 4 Comments »
It’s taken me 5 years to get around to restoring this chair. It’s the third of four pieces of furniture I bought in Tarrington, near Hamilton, in June 2011. (The others are a wooden chest , a kitchen chair and a three-legged side table that’s still on my to-do list.)
The chair was described by the shop owner as being oak. I could tell it wasn’t but it was solid and I liked the proportions and the carving on the backrest, though not so much the upholstery job.
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Posted in Furniture, tagged angle grinder, carriage bolt, Danish oil, orbital sander, railway sleeper, table saw, vertical drill press on 03/07/2016| 4 Comments »
On paper this was a basic job: clean up two old blocks of wood, bolt them together and, hey, we’ve got a compact timber side table or stool. In reality, it was an incredibly complicated and time-consuming project that tested our power tool skills and our patience.
Third bit from the right 