Renovating a table

[Mini Me]

Derek, presuming it is going to Canberra how is that going to happen?

 

[derekcohen]

Derek, presuming it is going to Canberra how is that going to happen?

Hi Chris

I shall use a shrinking ray and then send it via AusPost.

Okay, I am building a second table, which is smaller and then I will box up both together, laying them upside down, and use a small shipper. I've done this a few times before when sending furniture to nephews and nieces. Expensive!

One before I built Jamie, my son, and Lauren, my DIL, a coffee table in flat pack form, and then carried this with me on a plane to Sydney (where they were living at the time)!
https://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/CoffeeTableForJamie.html

Any contacts you want to recommend?

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[luvmytoolz]

That's some great history on that table Derek! Very nice work too!

 

[Mini Me]

Derek, unfortunately I have lost all my contacts who used to leave Perth with fresh air in the trucks and nothing else when I retired. I used to send trucks every night and the return would have been easy to arrange.

 

[bertv]

Ah, I forgot reading about its provenance, I guess — lost of reading in-between then and now plus failing neurons. : ))

 

[Sparktrician]

Wonderful job, Derek!  I did something similar a few years ago in which the table had a off-center rotating top with a flip-over leaf extension.  The flip-over leaf had split and become detached from years of use (abuse).  I thought the best repair would be to align the leaf pieces on my MFT, then run the track saw along the edges of the broken pieces to get a clean gluing surface.  Four dominoes and a serious dose of glue made the repair come alive.  A good sanding to remove the trashed finish followed by a careful refinishing made the owner just happy as she could be.  The base and legs needed no attention.  Every time she sees me she reminds me of how happy she was that I'd given her grandmother's table a new life.  Her mother saw it and was quite wet-eyed, too.  Good enough for me...  [smile]

 

[derekcohen]

Willy, the aim here was to retain the originality as much as possible. Cracks and splits were stabilised and closed up as much as possible. All the marks and bruises from years of use, all of which told the story of the table, were retained. The final water-based poly finish was rubbed down to matt.

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[BarneyD]

Thank you for sharing and documenting this project, Derek. Actually, I love all of your projects. Please keep up the good work.

And you've kindled some fond memories for me. I have traveled to both South Africa and Perth many times on business. And I had a lot of fun in your corner of the planet.

Cheers,

 

[derekcohen]

Many thanks Barney.

Regards from Perth

Derek