Hello fellow members and guests.
If I had known that I was going to enter this project in the member project category, I would have taken before, during and after pictures; the after pictures will have to do. ( I guess I'll have to get a crystal ball.)
This is the story of a little end table that was headed for that great wooden scrap heap in the sky until it was rescued by my Shirley and then given rebirth by yours truly.
The little table, already in bad shape, was inherited by Shirley's son when he bought a house that was built in the forties. When the son moved, the table was doing outdoor duty as a BBQ utensil and food platform in a harsh four seasons climate. The dilapidated piece was going to be part of trash pickup day prior to the son's move. My Shirley liked the quirky old relic (notice the leg design with its drilled holes) and brought it home where it sat in the garage for most of the last three years.
For the last couple of years I have been interested in the Festool line of tools. Because of their expense, it took until now to make my first purchases; one of the three was the RO 150 FEQ ( the only woodworking tool, besides a paint brush and some clamps, used on this project.)
I thought that this little table would be the perfect project to try the new sander/polisher.
When I took the table into the basement shop it was terribly weathered and stained ( a combo of oxidized barnboard grey, missing perimeter veneer edging on the top, old varnish that had seen too much light of day and was still tenaciously adhering to the legs complimented by staining probably from BBQ and who knows what.) The little side skirts suffered from deep cracks which were glued and clamped into a whole skirt during the process of renewell. Most of the dowelled joints were loose and the old hide glue gave way to an easy dismantling.
NOW FOR THE FUN PART:
1. I ironed some walnut veneer tape to the top's perimeter edge.
2. I sanded the parts with 40, 60, 80 and 100 grits. (Yes, that's all - I know I may have committed wood finishing sacrilege)
3. I stained the parts with brown walnut dye. (Notice the different wood species used for the shelf by the original woodworker.)
4. Finished the parts with three coats of Varathane Professional Clear Gloss.
5. I assembled the table's joints using PL Premium Adhesive; sure brought rigidity back to the old table. (Now if I could only find a way of using the PL on my wonky knee.)
VOILA!
Who said reincarnation doesn't exist?
If I had known that I was going to enter this project in the member project category, I would have taken before, during and after pictures; the after pictures will have to do. ( I guess I'll have to get a crystal ball.)
This is the story of a little end table that was headed for that great wooden scrap heap in the sky until it was rescued by my Shirley and then given rebirth by yours truly.
The little table, already in bad shape, was inherited by Shirley's son when he bought a house that was built in the forties. When the son moved, the table was doing outdoor duty as a BBQ utensil and food platform in a harsh four seasons climate. The dilapidated piece was going to be part of trash pickup day prior to the son's move. My Shirley liked the quirky old relic (notice the leg design with its drilled holes) and brought it home where it sat in the garage for most of the last three years.
For the last couple of years I have been interested in the Festool line of tools. Because of their expense, it took until now to make my first purchases; one of the three was the RO 150 FEQ ( the only woodworking tool, besides a paint brush and some clamps, used on this project.)
I thought that this little table would be the perfect project to try the new sander/polisher.
When I took the table into the basement shop it was terribly weathered and stained ( a combo of oxidized barnboard grey, missing perimeter veneer edging on the top, old varnish that had seen too much light of day and was still tenaciously adhering to the legs complimented by staining probably from BBQ and who knows what.) The little side skirts suffered from deep cracks which were glued and clamped into a whole skirt during the process of renewell. Most of the dowelled joints were loose and the old hide glue gave way to an easy dismantling.
NOW FOR THE FUN PART:
1. I ironed some walnut veneer tape to the top's perimeter edge.
2. I sanded the parts with 40, 60, 80 and 100 grits. (Yes, that's all - I know I may have committed wood finishing sacrilege)
3. I stained the parts with brown walnut dye. (Notice the different wood species used for the shelf by the original woodworker.)
4. Finished the parts with three coats of Varathane Professional Clear Gloss.
5. I assembled the table's joints using PL Premium Adhesive; sure brought rigidity back to the old table. (Now if I could only find a way of using the PL on my wonky knee.)
VOILA!
Who said reincarnation doesn't exist?
