Thank you all for allowing me to share this recent project with you.
This wouldn't have been possible without the great help of Mac (Skysharks)!!
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Mac invited my wife and I over to his tremendous shop last weekend to assist us with repairing one of the cedar doors using a biscuit joint. John also gave us a great class on his jointer and biscuit tool, enabling us to make the excellent repair ourselves! Thank you again, Mac!! Like I said last weekend, I'll be calling to deliver some of my special applewood and hickory smoked babybacks either this weekend or early next week.
We picked up the wardrobe earlier this year from the Fayetteville Restore Warehouse. We were told that the person who delivered it there said it was in their family since the 1930s. After alot of stripping, sanding, repairing the door, and adding some cedar panels to the back interior, it was finally prepared to finish. As with many older pieces, I wanted to preserve as much of the original character it had when it was originally constructed. I contemplated simply applying a tung oil, BLO, or danisn oil finish, but Mac had a great point to use a more protective finish such as a poly. I agreed, and kept it very simple by applying Minwax water-based satin polycrylic. It looked real milky-white in the can, but each of the four coats (lightly sanded between coats) dried crystal clear in about two to three hours. The grain and figure doesn't quite "pop" as other cedar finishes I see throughout other discussions, however I'm very pleased with the final, softer, overall appearance. Now my entire house smells like a Virginian Juniper forest!
Here's the piece prior to any work. It was lying on it's side.
Here's a close up of the wood surface prior to any work.
Working down to the bare wood.
Different levels of the surface.
The entire piece prior to finishing.
A couple of pics after the finish cured.
There are some additional pics in my gallery.
Once again, I really want to thank Mac for inviting us over to his awesome woodshop, and giving us a tour of some of his tremendous projects!! That matchbox walnut table he mentions in the Norm Abrams plans thread is a priceless beauty, and I can't wait to see it once it's completed!
One quick gloat...the wardrobe was only $12.50 plus a little elbow grease!
This wouldn't have been possible without the great help of Mac (Skysharks)!!
ccasion1:icon_thum:eusa_clap:eusa_clap Mac invited my wife and I over to his tremendous shop last weekend to assist us with repairing one of the cedar doors using a biscuit joint. John also gave us a great class on his jointer and biscuit tool, enabling us to make the excellent repair ourselves! Thank you again, Mac!! Like I said last weekend, I'll be calling to deliver some of my special applewood and hickory smoked babybacks either this weekend or early next week.
We picked up the wardrobe earlier this year from the Fayetteville Restore Warehouse. We were told that the person who delivered it there said it was in their family since the 1930s. After alot of stripping, sanding, repairing the door, and adding some cedar panels to the back interior, it was finally prepared to finish. As with many older pieces, I wanted to preserve as much of the original character it had when it was originally constructed. I contemplated simply applying a tung oil, BLO, or danisn oil finish, but Mac had a great point to use a more protective finish such as a poly. I agreed, and kept it very simple by applying Minwax water-based satin polycrylic. It looked real milky-white in the can, but each of the four coats (lightly sanded between coats) dried crystal clear in about two to three hours. The grain and figure doesn't quite "pop" as other cedar finishes I see throughout other discussions, however I'm very pleased with the final, softer, overall appearance. Now my entire house smells like a Virginian Juniper forest!
Here's the piece prior to any work. It was lying on it's side.
Here's a close up of the wood surface prior to any work.
Working down to the bare wood.
Different levels of the surface.
The entire piece prior to finishing.
A couple of pics after the finish cured.
There are some additional pics in my gallery.
Once again, I really want to thank Mac for inviting us over to his awesome woodshop, and giving us a tour of some of his tremendous projects!! That matchbox walnut table he mentions in the Norm Abrams plans thread is a priceless beauty, and I can't wait to see it once it's completed!
One quick gloat...the wardrobe was only $12.50 plus a little elbow grease!
