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The same friend that gave me the nesting table to repair gave me a chair to take to the furniture bank. It needed some help. It had been "sitting in the attic for a while." Seat was a mess and bird poop over many spots. As an aside, I think this is the first piece I've ever worked on that had a wipe-on stain and not just a spray on toner, given the marks on the bottom of the seat base. Procedure: Take off set cushion Clean with naptha, then soap & water The finish had deteriorated around where the hands would be on the arm. This happens with exposure to body oils over time. I tried to clean up, but no luck, so It got sanded off. The upper back was salvageable with a cleaning and light sanding. Apply a coat of shellac to seal over most of the areas. Apply aerosol toner (lacquer with color in it) in dark and extra dark cherry Apply clear lacquer as a top coat Flip the top of the padding over and add several layers of polyfill padding Reupholster the top with new fabric Reattach the seat Before: Atter seat removal and sanding arms New upholstery on seat Finish repairs All done
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Can't remember if I posted it here or not but a local wood cutter dropped off a piece of Norway maple trunk at my house about a month ago. Said he thought it was the kind of wood I like. He has helped me in the past and I have made sure to gift turned items to him for his help. Anyway, finally got around to turning a little bowl from a section of the log and I'm a pretty happy camper just now. It has naptha on it in these pictures as I'm looking for scratches and/or tool marks. It's drying in a bag of shavings now but I won't do much more to it except to remove the tenon. Don't normally leave such a small bowl this thick but with the integrity of the wood and the grain it just felt right. Kept this one spinning pretty slowly, less than 800 rpm but it was still kind of a nervous turn.
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