Antique Furniture Restoration

[RangerJay]

I found myself having to shift gears and move away from the Scrollsaw and into a family Furniture Restoration and Refinishing mode for a while.  45 years of marriage - a love of wood - and recent integration of a couple of estates from like-minded parents mean we have some great old furniture pieces that need work .....  

Unfortunately this kind of work is WAY out of my comfort zone so, since starting, I've spent quite a bit of time and effort trying to educate myself.

The purpose of this posting is to let anyone else interested in Antique Furniture Restoration know about a You Tube series created by Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration  that has been really helpful:

https://www.youtube.com/user/johnsonrestoration

Thomas Johnson has created a huge number of videos and I have yet to find myself getting tired of watching how he works and tackles a range of restoration challenges - and - at least for me - I learn something new on every one.   I really wish I had found this website BEFORE I had started - there is no question that it would have saved me a couple major blunders that I know compromised the historical integrity of the piece I am working on now ..... the piece will still look good ..... but I know I trashed any serious value it might have had ...... my bad ..... my BIG bad .....

so ......

.... learn from me ......

.....watch this guy BEFORE starting your next Antique Furniture Restoration Project .....

Thanks,

 

Jay

[amazingkevin]

tips never hurt .Thanks!

[oldhudson]

Thanks for the link. As a long time woodworker I am often asked to repair or fix some family heirloom rocker or restore a fireplace mantel in a hundred year old house. The downside is pretty serious and the upside isn't worth talking about, so I avoid it. However it would be great to learn some techniques from someone who knows. I'm looking forward to trying them out. 

[RabidAlien]

I'll have to give the series a look....I have an old Singer sewing machine table that is in dire need of some restoration.  Treadle and sewing machine work, the wood (veneer?) is in sad shape and there's a couple of hinged panels that need attention.  Been hesitant to start this project due to lack of information on the best way to proceed.  Thanks for the tip on the Youtube channel!!

[Rockytime]

Problem with those videos is they are habit forming. Instead of scrolling I spent last evening watching them. But thanks for posting the site.

[RangerJay]

On 5/27/2018 at 3:13 PM, Rockytime said:

Problem with those videos is they are habit forming. Instead of scrolling I spent last evening watching them. But thanks for posting the site.

You're right - I've been spending a lot of time watching this guy - but he sure has given me a lot more confidence in doing this kind of work.