I shouldn't have called into lifeline today but I did and walked out with this piece.Haven't restored anything since I started on the coins about 5 years ago but this is a nice Art Deco piece from about the 1920's in solid silky oak that should polish up quite nicely
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Love old furniture, will follow your progress with interest.!
Lovely glasswork Stevo!
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='76245' dateline='1437793043'Lovely glasswork Stevo!
Yes it's nice but one piece needs of glass replacing and the leadwork needs tightening up but it's pretty much original and untouched
Good stuff Stevo and should come up a real treat so I too will be keen to see progress reports :good:
Hello,
Glass is glass. You have all the handles, keys and trim bits. It should turn out nicely, not like the plastic coated chip-board rubbish made these days.
Did the draw to see how it might look finished
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Super.!!
came up a treat
I have an old 1940 ish clothes cupboard that was in my daughter's room - still has the mirror
is the broken glass the ale colours piece?
ps - are the glass pieces painted?
ps glass isn't glass
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='76270' dateline='1437807401'came up a treat
I have an old 1940 ish clothes cupboard that was in my daughter's room - still has the mirror
is the broken glass the ale colours piece?
ps - are the glass pieces painted?
ps glass isn't glass
Yes Robbie the broken piece is ale coloured and the silver pieces are mirrored and will have to replace the broken piece.It's only 122 cm tall and 32cm deep so shouldn't be to difficult to find a spot for it
find yourself a good local lead-lighter unless you do it yourself
the ale piece looks like cathedral glass but I cant quite tell
sometimes they get a hold of the vintage glass from demolitions etc
the Italians make nice glass if you get new glass - skip the Chinese glass it will shatter within a week
it should be window glass quality
the lead will be quite brittle by now
are the handles bone inserts?
it is going to look smashing
the ale could maybe be repaired but it would need another strip of H lead - maybe if it was set just a bit higher than the two other horizontal pieces (the yellowed cream pieces) - might offset nicely to match?
We have a guy in town who specialises in leadlight repairs so will see
if he can replace the broken glass and straighten out the lead as I think it's still in good condition.Your idea about putting some lead in
the spot where the crack is might be a fall back measure but I hope he can replace the glass like for like
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oh yeah that amber piece is Cathedral glass
very strong
you may be able to get vintage for vintage (or antique)
I forget what the kitchen coloured one is but it is very much like depression uranium glass isn't it?
did you fiddle with those solders there ?
Gee it should come up a treat lookin at the draw Stevo :good:
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='76289' dateline='1437816229'oh yeah that amber piece is Cathedral glass
very strong
you may be able to get vintage for vintage (or antique)
I forget what the kitchen coloured one is but it is very much like depression uranium glass isn't it?
did you fiddle with those solders there ?
No fiddling here RG.Will try to keep it as original as possible
Well they have cleaned up Nicey and look quite smooth. May have been reinforced some time back.
I used to be a leadlighter in a past life
Have fun!!!
They were probably touched up years ago but now need a bit
of TLC
Wish someone would touch me up :blink: sorry I wanna be good :laugh2:
gee AJ - my soldering days have been long gone
but I could probably help ... do you prefer a lead soldering iron or a silver solder iron ... ha ha
the old ones I used to use were
hot or hotter ... not much choice in the hot part ha ha
that would get ya jumping boyo' ha ha again!!
Gee at this stage any would do RG..got to be better than a poke in the eye with a hot stick :laugh2: Gee there's some good sports here, love you lot :give_heart:
A little off-topic, but still relevant.
When the hail storm hit here last Nov, several pieces of glass in our windows were broken, some of which were small portions of lead light, but none of the lead looks like lead. It's all very squarish, black and geometrical looking, I guess that matches the geometrical style of the lead light.
The repairer removed the entire sections of glass from the windows and took them away for repairs, and temporarily replaced them with clear glass. He returned them several weeks later.
yeah I am not entirely up on more modern styles, probably plastic resins products by now
but the days of the H shaped lead - where you slide the glass into to sleeve may be gone
a lot of glass work now has staining and the 'lead' is actually ornamental sitting on the top of the glass
I was stopped from doing it by my boss when I got pregnant due to the dangers of working with the lead solder fumes
back then we didn't even wear masks
just found this on wikkie
Artificial leadlight[edit]
"A commercially produced product, often referred to as "stained glass" or "leadlight", is made of single sheets of glass with self-adhesive lead placed on both sides to replicate lead cames, and either a film or stain placed on the surface to replicate coloured glass. This product has wide domestic application and may be mistaken for genuine stained glass or leadlight. Another method now available is the use of coloured resins that are floated onto the glass, with the different colours divided by a line of resin that emulates the lead came which is used in traditional pieces."
Progress report
Have sanded off the old varnish on the carcass and restained the exterior to even out the colour and done the first coat of varnish.
Looking good so far
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coming up a treat Stevo, love the look of timer and especially a nice grain
Gee you don't muck around Stevo - looking good.
Pedro
Quote from: 'Pedro' pid='76398' dateline='1437899097'Gee you don't muck around Stevo - looking good.
Pedro
A lot of sanding to do so the sooner I get stuck into it the sooner I
can put it back together and find a slot for it inside
That ratty old piece of furniture you picked up is starting to look amazing.
Love what you are achieving here Mate :good:
By the time you have finished this will look like the craftsman that made this in the first place wanted it to look like :yahoo:
You don't get wood like this or the level of craftsmanship in furniture the days.
This will end up a lovely piece .
Quote from: 'trout' pid='76405' dateline='1437904913'That ratty old piece of furniture you picked up is starting to look amazing.
Love what you are achieving here Mate :good:
By the time you have finished this will look like the craftsman that made this in the first place wanted it to look like :yahoo:
You don't get wood like this or the level of craftsmanship in furniture the days.
This will end up a lovely piece .
Thanks mate this is a miniature cabinet with a fold down writing desk on one side and solid silky oak and luckily it's a very straight unit and all the joints are still tight and yes definitely better than chipboard
That is some lovely silky oak you are handling there. Looking forward to seeing it all done!
Took the leadlight door to the only leadlighter in town (who I previously swore to the other half that I wouldn't go back
to after the last debacle) to sort out.Not much to do to fix it up so I hope he's improved in the last five years since I was
there last.The door will be ready tomorrow so might get this thing finished by or during the weekend coming up
Silky Oak is my favourite type of timber. It's just lovely.
Had the leadlight door repaired yesterday and so I stayed up late and sanded it,restained and did the first coat of
varnish.Also finished the back panel at the top of the cabinet and the grain is now looking very nice now that the original
old varnish has been stripped back
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It's great to see an old piece of lovely furniture being bought back to life. You're doing a wonderful job of it and it will be absolutely beautiful when finished. :good:
WOW
The grain on that piece is absolutely Amazing :yahoo:
Great work Stevo! :good:
You don't waste any time, superb results.! :yahoo:
It does look great. Love it.
cool
so you went for the repair to retain the original glass
looks good too
ps wouldn't mind a close up of his solders
wood work looks fab as well
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='76537' dateline='1438154189'cool
so you went for the repair to retain the original glass
looks good too
ps wouldn't mind a close up of his solders
wood work looks fab as well
There you go RG
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fanks
ahh memories ....
Lookin good Stevo :good: how are you at sanding back metal handrailings :beg:
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='76562' dateline='1438170584'Lookin good Stevo :good: how are you at sanding back metal handrailings :beg:
Is that a job offer AJ ? If I was close I would give you a hand mate but I had a day off sanding today.There's never enough hours in the day and I'm sure I could get more done if I didn't have to sleep for 6 hours per day
The top of that piece has some of the best silky oak quarter cut grain I've seen! I've seen a lot of silky oak.
Quote from: 'stevo1962' pid='76574' dateline='1438173001'Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='76562' dateline='1438170584'Lookin good Stevo :good: how are you at sanding back metal handrailings :beg:
Is that a job offer AJ ? If I was close I would give you a hand mate but I had a day off sanding today.There's never enough hours in the day and I'm sure I could get more done if I didn't have to sleep for 6 hours per day
Yes it is Stevo but all good mate I'm slowly but surely getting it done :heat:
gee I wish I could sleep for 6 hours, I might even KILL for that :winkextra:
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='76578' dateline='1438175192'gee I wish I could sleep for 6 hours, I might even KILL for that :winkextra:
I'm the opposite AJ, I used to be able to run on about 6 hours a day, now with the meds I take I'm gone zzzzz for at least 8-10. (They drop you like the proverbial).
Mine sleep pattern these days seems to be spread thru 24 hours which is fine in the warmer months but hell during the cold weather.!:dodgy:
I have been taking steroids a fair bit since this problem (i.e. major) at the dentist
and it's weird when I am taking them
I can't really figure out if I am actually sleeping - I seem to be in bed snoozing but my brain doesn't seem to have switched off
almost a distorted reality
can't quite explain it
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='76611' dateline='1438250489'I have been taking steroids a fair bit since this problem (i.e. major) at the dentist
and it's weird when I am taking them
I can't really figure out if I am actually sleeping - I seem to be in bed snoozing but my brain doesn't seem to have switched off
almost a distorted reality
can't quite explain it
Bet ya looking all buff after being on the roids RG :D so no I don't wanna :aggressive: :laugh2: but I here you all as I have and still go through all these things :(
up all hours, can't sleep and when I do it's strange to say the least and then on the odd occasion because I go so long I crash and burn for a day, very hard to explain what happens and waking up in cold sweats is no good.
Another door sanded ,restained and first coat of varnish applied.Looks like the original maker
was keen on quarter cut timber
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:drooling: now that's just beautiful Stevo and doing a superb job mate :good:
Super.!
What is quarter cut timber?
Quartercut means that it's cut on the angle that brings out the best features of the grain such as these two
examples.Usually the best furniture has quartercut timber because it takes a bit more effort
Not quartercut
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Quartercut
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oh fanks for that
All done.The finish is a bit blotchy but it's not easy to even out the old stain underneath unless you sand it
to death and I didn't want to stuff about with it too much.I think it looks better than it was before so I'm happy
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Great job! You now have a lovely piece of old furniture that many people would be happy to own. :yahoo:
Came up a treat Stevo - well done!
Pedro
Nice revival of an old beauty.!
Come up really nice Stevo, well done mate :good:
Really nice job. It brings back memories of stuff my parents had.
Thanks for the encouragement everyone.If the house wasn't full of furniture
before it certainly is now
noice
will you varnish the inside panels, boards etc as well?
a job very well done and a piece of material history now stays with the world today
would probably make a perfect little coin sorting bureau
.... at my place .. can pm the address ha ha
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='76885' dateline='1438513908'noice
will you varnish the inside panels, boards etc as well?
a job very well done and a piece of material history now stays with the world today
would probably make a perfect little coin sorting bureau
.... at my place .. can pm the address ha ha
Will leave the inside as original because it hasn't seen much wear and tear compared to a lot of unrestored pieces aged 90 years or more and the right hand side was never varnished so will leave as is.Yes Robbie it would make a nice coin sorting bureau but the Mrs has already claimed it and loaded it up with glassware on one side so it didn't take long to work out what to do with it
Looks good mate! I think old restored furniture is so much better than new IKEA type crap
Quote from: 'serial' pid='76894' dateline='1438518243'Looks good mate! I think old restored furniture is so much better than new IKEA type crap
Thanks it will probably outlive me now
oh golly
what a wonderful husband ... doing all that hard work for Mrs S
it will look really sweet with glass ware in it too
job well done
Some of that cheerful, pink or green 'depression' glassware would set it off nicely.
Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='76945' dateline='1438590511'Some of that cheerful, pink or green 'depression' glassware would set it off nicely.
Yeah some of that Jeff and some other odds and ends
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WOW I think I'm having flashbacks :blink: Very nice on all accounts Stevo :good:
The only things that make it look modern are the tiles ;)
Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='76945' dateline='1438590511'Some of that cheerful, pink or green 'depression' glassware would set it off nicely.
Depression glass ........ is that what Robster will have when all the rum is gone?
:laugh2: no comment as I have to pick myself up off the floor :laugh2: :laugh2:
The only 'depression' glass is an empty one. :angel:
so is this an old booze cabinet?
the fold down panel being the pouring/mixing plate?
looks great with the glassware