June 22, 201214 yr My daughter's orchestra club meets at Pilgrim Church in Hemet Ca once a week to practice and get ready for concerts. The church has been kind enough to loan out a room at the back for our youth orchestra to practice in. They have these old chairs that have been with the church since its existence over 100 years ago, so the chairs are over 100 years old. The tops are breaking off, so I volunteered a little "Give Back" time to the church to fix the chairs, below is the first one in line. You can see the top is in bad shape, it is completely separated from the chair, and it has a bunch of gunk from old repairs attached to the bottom as well, I need to scrape it, clean it, plane it, and give it a nice flat surface to remount the top too. You can see the next pic the top is near to falling off, it is hanging by a couple finish nails. Top is now safely removed and ready to get cleaned up for remounting. Today the top is being glued back up, and I'll secure it with some carefully placed finish nails and then I am going to touch up the bare wood areas with some matching stain and rub a coat of oil over the entire chair to rejuvenate that wonderful 100 year old patina. Thanks for looking! John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 22, 201214 yr Very nice job and very nice of you, too.Gene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton
June 23, 201214 yr Beautiful Chairs, John!If that is the original fabric, it has certainly held up well!!Lew Kauffman-Wood Turners Forum HostTime traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!
June 23, 201214 yr Author Thanks Joe!Joe Lyddon said:That's quite a repair job!Very good...John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 23, 201214 yr Author Thank you Gene!Gene Howe said:Very nice job and very nice of you, too.Gene'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. ChestertonJohn MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 23, 201214 yr Author Progress shots coming up tomorrow!Larry Buskirk said: John, Neat chairs, and nice job! Â Larry John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 23, 201214 yr Author It is reupholstered Lew. I just finished the chair tonight, called the church and left em a message the chair is ready for delivery. I will take come pics before it leaves the shop. THey look better, I touched em up with some stain, and brushed a coat of BLO on the chair, and wiped it down, it looks great!Lewis Kauffman said:Beautiful Chairs, John!If that is the original fabric, it has certainly held up well!!Lew Kauffman-Wood Turners Forum HostTime traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 24, 201214 yr Author Thanks Joe!Joe Lyddon said:Nice JOB!They will LOVE them!John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 24, 201214 yr Author One step ahead of ya Mike! Done! A little dark mahagony stain on the rubs and dents and it looks great!dragon1 said:touch up the bangs and rub marks BEFORE you coat it!! John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 24, 201214 yr John,  Where's the pictures It's a little hard to see from where I'm at.   Larry
June 25, 201214 yr Nice save John.Can't wait to see how it turned out.John MoodySite AdministratorJohn Moody Woodworkshttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
June 25, 201214 yr Author Here ya go guys! Delivered yesterday morning before services. They were happy. It came out really nice, I didn't mess with anything really, just touched up the dings and scuffs with some mahogany stain, and wiped on and wiped off a coat of BLO. Let is set about 24 hrs and the entire chair looks like it has a new life. Thanks for following along guys! John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
June 26, 201214 yr Way to go John!!You are the Chair Master!John MoodySite AdministratorJohn Moody Woodworkshttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
June 26, 201214 yr Job well done.No greater Loves than God, Family, Friends, country, the sight of flying chips and the smell of saw dust.
June 26, 201214 yr sweet. Are you using hide glue?  I can almost guarantee you that it is what the fibers already have in them.
June 27, 201214 yr Author Guys thanks a million for the comments, I am humbled!Cliff, the glue was not hide, it was standard modern day white glue, it had been repaired recently within the last two years they said, but that repair did not hold up well. I hope mine does! You never know, when they start singing the Gospel and praising the Lord, those chairs might get shook around a bit, so with that, no repair would be substantial enough!John MorrisThe Patriot WoodworkerProud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops
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