One mans trash is another mans treasure

[rbdoby]

My son's boss told him to take these pieces and burn them, Instead he brought them to me.



This is what I built from one of the pieces. Solid Oak, hand planed and scraped the old finish off and cut out the rot. Finished with General Finishes Enduro-Var.

 

[gfernandez]

I"m sure they are beautiful, but I can't open the attachments!

 

[rbdoby]

Just edited my post. Hope you can see the images now.

 

[Mike Davis]

Nice reclamation work.

 

[Max1013]

Looks good. Man the thing people throw away.

 

[Gotcha6]

That find qualifies you for the Olympic Gold Medal in Dumpster Diving! :icon_cheers

 

[ashley_phil]

Very nice

 

[Mark Gottesman]

I think you did a great job of marrying the two pieces.

 

[toolferone]

Very nice looking outcome. I would love to know what you took from what piece and how you married them together.

 

[church]

Looks good

 

[KC7CN]

That find qualifies you for the Olympic Gold Medal in Dumpster Diving! :icon_cheers

I agree! Dumpster Diving is fun! I found this dresser in a dumpster - couldn't find the missing leg.



After




Rick - you did a great job of restoring those pieces. Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?

-Don

 

[rbdoby]

Very nice looking outcome. I would love to know what you took from what piece and how you married them together.

Tom,

It's actually made from one of the pieces, I have 3 left to play with. It came apart easily all the glue joints were lose. I did the drawers first, I figured that once I got them done I would know how big the case needed to be. I had to make new backs for the drawers but was able to salvage fronts, sides, bottoms and guides. I had to make a new back right leg because the original was too far gone to salvage. I also had to replace to side panels with 1/4" oak plywood. I stained the new pieces to match the old wood. I plugged the old mortises with scrap from cutting down the drawer fronts and cut new mortises. I tried to match the joinery used in the original construction. I used cut offs from the rails to make drawer pulls. They have a nice cove and bead profile. I cut the top and backsplash down to size and attached it with metal clips, originally it was attached with screws through the rails.

It really was a lot of fun, I got to use my hand plane and scrapers a lot. It's not like building from scratch where everything is straight and has clean sharp edges. Warps and dings add character to the finished piece. It's like "antiques made to order".

 

[red]

Nice job!

Red

 

[dozer]

Nice job can't wait to see what the rest of the pieces will look like when they are done.

 

[LeftyTom]

I'm thinking like dozer: Wondering what will become of the mirror.