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Today I’m restoring this old, hand built chest for my kids! It’s always great to take a piece apart, see how it was made and what lasted/ what didn’t. I am wanting to get more into restoring old furniture- Let me know what you think! I would love to hear any tips you have for restoring old pieces like this.
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Random Friday night video? No complaints from me!!
Last year my mother gave me a box my great grandad (who I share a name with) made when he ran away and joined the navy back in about 1880. It's only a small keepsake box, but otherwise looked exactly like yours. He even did a little bit of marquetry, putting his (and my) initial in the lid. It needed work to make it properly functional again, one of the dovetails was snapped through, the bottom was warped and the corner of the lid got burnt a long time ago, but it was so much fun to put back together.
Great work! I wouldn't mind seeing more restorations.
Excellent work!! I see a Burbon Blade!!
Another great video. I want to give furniture restoration a go now.
I wouldn't worry about hide glue unless this was a valuable museum piece in which restoration procedures must follow specific guidelines. I bet 100 years from now when this piece is restored again, the restorer will be impressed by saying "Wow, this was restored by a human hand, not a robot, and the human used Titebond".
Very cool restoration. I know it can be hard to find a stopping point, especially when you know you could make it perfect.
Very nice!
Great job Andy!
who wear shoes inside there house??
You know…if it's a museum piece that is a valuable piece of history then I could see hide glue and keeping things original. But in that case using repo hardware, modern screws and nailgun brads and even the patchwork and sanding decreases the originality. It's a functional piece of furniture that will be used many decades to come. You did good.
I appreciate keeping things as original as possible. But there is a fine line if you want it to be a usable piece and not just sitting behind velvet ropes. One of my favorite furniture channels is art deco furniture. The father is an artist as far as fixing and blending veneer. They apply their own vision to the pieces but keep them within the period look. They are flipping the pieces and are finishing them to be 100 percent usable. Heres the thing; some might not like this but the furniture they restore is trashed and useless. It is valueless in the state they get it…i mean, sure its worth a few bucks but will never be a museum piece. They breath new life into this stuff and create some very elegant, quality furniture. Just some food for thought.
1. You need a half set of hollows and rounds moulding planes. 2. Everything past chewing on a stick is cheating. I'm sure some craftsmen in the mid 1800's thought using the new Stanley 55 was cheating. 3. I predominantly use hand tools because I make too many mistakes with those elecktrickery powered tools.
Good job Andy. I love the restoration work!
Great work!
Hate to be this guy, but I would have loved to see it all sanded and clear finished. Great video though
Tom Johnson would be proud.
Ah yes, the Old Stanley miter box. I remember it well. Got to love it!
Oh, I think I know what it is about you that likes bringing things back to LIFE. 😉
I been watching your stuff for a while. Mind sharing what hand planes you recommend for a hobbyist woodworker? Im not sure I want to spend hundreds on a single item but if the quality difference is out of this world then recommend away!
I wouldn’t be concerned at all about the hide glue, the top has been resurfaced, it’s no longer “original” you may as well use the “better quality” glue and just make it as strong and as good as you can
Great job on the restoration 👍 Horton brass is super expensive but are very heavy and super good quality hardware. I have used them a couple of times,would use them on every project if they were more reasonable price. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Beautiful work. Love the applied dovetail! With regards to the hide glue. I use it occasionally but can't bear the smell. Have you ever used tite bond's pre mixed hide glue?
Hmmm why not type a note describing when you did the restoration and what you did etc.. Then attach it underneath the piece.
Did you get some snow this week?.
A brilliant job, I have three blanket chests to restore myself. I have learned a lot from your video. Can’t wait to start the restoration. Keep the videos coming. 👍 all the best from England. 🏴
Love it, but i probably just had put a hardwax oil on it so you still see all the old handcraft ship, but that is me the green is nice too.
I'm in on the restoration projects. Thank you for sharing.
6:14 special guest spotted
Love this! Well done!
Looks great!
Andy, may I suggest some binge watching of Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration YouTube videos. He's very good at going through every feature of restoration.
Nice one, but you hide the showrunner (The dovetails).
The color remids me on the german Bundeswehr (Army).
Awesome work! I've got my wife's great-great grandmothers blanket chest to restore, about 150 years old…someone in the 80's decided to paint it with latex paint, and I've got to figure out a way to get it all off. The bones of this chest are almost identical to yours.
It's fun seeing your shop mascot walking around following you through the shop
My heart sunk when you said "paint"
Nicely done. I may have to tackle that disassembled old cabinet in the garage attic that I brought home in 1992…
Looks great Andy. The method you used for attaching the end pieces of trim is genius.
Bill
This was cool. I enjoyed it Andy. Thank you
There’s a real difference between preservation, restoration and adaptive reuse. Preservation is very strict in practice. Honestly, yours was not quite restoration, slanted towards adaptive reuse but definitely not preservation.
Love what you did though as I see a niche for furniture repair and restoration off of what is offered on craig’s list.