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Antique Restoration and Custom Furniture. This page has photographs of the finished pieces that were featured on the blog as they were built. If they interest you there is much more detail on the other pages. William and Mary Dressing Table. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out.
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The Miniature ( Dog Cart, part 1) | millcreek woodworking
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Antique Restoration and Custom Furniture. Systems ( the chicken or the egg ). The Miniature ( Dog Cart 2 ) →. The Miniature ( Dog Cart, part 1). February 27, 2014. A dog cart made by the Birdsell Manufacturing co. These carts were made very much like the full size wagons the company made. They were popular from the 1870s to the 1920s. They were even sold through the Sears Roebuck catalog. Here the spoke blanks are being planed in preparation for turning the taper. The wheel and running gear repaired.
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Leather Top Table ( More Carving like a machine ) | millcreek woodworking
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Antique Restoration and Custom Furniture. Carving like a machine ( game table ). Leather Top Table ( More Carving like a machine ). March 11, 2014. The original legs were glued up with a cross grain strip down the middle for reinforcement, I did the same with the new blank. After I glued up the blank I transferred the pattern to it with dividers. By mounting the blank to a board I am able to use the leg vise to hold it while carving. By clamping blocks to the legs. All the legs in place. View all posts b...
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Clean a finish before you decide to strip it off | millcreek woodworking
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Antique Restoration and Custom Furniture. Pompous Ramblings, You Can’t Buy Skill →. Clean a finish before you decide to strip it off. August 10, 2013. This is the top of the table when it is folded. The first step is to remove the dust and lose dirt and debris with a soft brush and cotton rag. In this case the black light showed only one finish present, I was relatively sure the finish was lacquer which I confirmed with a solvent test. 4 0z Denatured alcohol. 2 oz White Vinegar. Some people say that turp...
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Antique Restoration and Custom Furniture. Leather Top Table ( More Carving like a machine ). March 11, 2014. This is a low table, factory made, machine carved, it was built sometime in the first half of the twentieth century. It came in to the shop missing one leg otherwise in fair condition. One of the existing legs was … Continue reading →. Carving like a machine ( game table ). March 6, 2014. The Miniature ( Dog Cart 2 ). March 3, 2014. The Miniature ( Dog Cart, part 1). February 27, 2014. There are a...
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The Miniature ( Dog Cart 2 ) | millcreek woodworking
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Antique Restoration and Custom Furniture. The Miniature ( Dog Cart, part 1). Carving like a machine ( game table ) →. The Miniature ( Dog Cart 2 ). March 3, 2014. Where we left off the last time, the new spokes are installed. Here is the complete running gear. The cart with all the new parts. In addition to the obvious wooden parts a few metal pieces were also made. Adding some dirt and age with earth pigments. All; the replacement parts finished and the rest cleaned. View all posts by millcrek →. Anthon...
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Carving like a machine ( game table ) | millcreek woodworking
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Antique Restoration and Custom Furniture. The Miniature ( Dog Cart 2 ). Leather Top Table ( More Carving like a machine ) →. Carving like a machine ( game table ). March 6, 2014. A game table probably from the 1940s missing one leg and parts of the other three. The challenge here is to hand carve parts that look like they were carved by a machine. I cut poplar blocks for the missing pieces of the feet. The blocks were glued in place with hide glue. Roughed out leg mounted in the vice. On cleaning a finish.
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millcreek woodworking | Antique Restoration & Custom Furniture | Page 2
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Antique Restoration and Custom Furniture. Newer posts →. July 10, 2013. This is a cherry and butternut dresser with southern German or Alsatian influence. I believe it was made in Wisconsin prior to 1865 but after 1830, there were few Europeans settlers in Wisconsin prior to 1830. Due to the mixed wood construction it may have been originally painted. Here we see one rear leg missing. Another view of the missing foot. Begining the repair of the missing foot. New foot in place. April 7, 2013. This one als...
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Systems ( the chicken or the egg ) | millcreek woodworking
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Antique Restoration and Custom Furniture. Pompous Ramblings, You Can’t Buy Skill. The Miniature ( Dog Cart, part 1) →. Systems ( the chicken or the egg ). February 25, 2014. There are a several guides or systems, that are said to help one learn to “design” furniture. The most cited examples are, the column orders. And the Fibonacci series. View all posts by millcrek →. This entry was posted in design. Pompous Ramblings, You Can’t Buy Skill. The Miniature ( Dog Cart, part 1) →. February 28, 2014 at 8:40 pm.