Back in the saddle

[Hoover]

Great job on the resto-mod!!. That table was probably made in the 1920s, part of the "Golden Oak" style of furniture.

[chopnhack]

Sweet work Jon! That table looks awesome!! How long did it take you to strip down the finish and what did you use? How long did the entire project take? Again, great job

[Kristofor]

Gets delivered at 4pm today and I get a check Although it looks like its already earmarked to have our furniture cleaned (no new tools)

Either you have a ton of furniture or you underpriced your work. It looks like you did a bang up job!

[SARGE..g-47]

Extremely well done Jon. You did well with the original water damaged spot and it is barely noticed. Water stain can penetrate really deep. I had a piece of QSWO that got wet not long ago and even taking 1/4" off the stock with my planer did not clear the depth of that stain. I just discarded the piece into a utility pile to use for test cuts.. etc. I can certainly understand the centimental value and would have wanted to save the piece also.

Again... well done!

[poolhound]

Here it is in situ. They were happy and they actually gave me more than I asked so maybe there are some new tools in my future :-)

[poolhound]

Extremely well done Jon. You did well with the original water damaged spot and it is barely noticed. Water stain can penetrate really deep. I had a piece of QSWO that got wet not long ago and even taking 1/4" off the stock with my planer did not clear the depth of that stain.

I think that would have been the case here also. A darker stain would have allowed for more blending but it adds "character."

Sweet work Jon! That table looks awesome!! How long did it take you to strip down the finish and what did you use? How long did the entire project take? Again, great job

Drum sander for the top (you gotta love them) and belt sander with some hand sanding on the feet. The actually work was about three weekends and then two weeks (elpased) for finishing.

Either you have a ton of furniture or you underpriced your work. It looks like you did a bang up job!

Maybe a bit of both. I will have some left over but let me say that the cleaning will be $800+

[pelligrini]

Nice job!

You ought to try to get some tool specific jobs where you have to have the tool before doing the work. Then payment can't be squandered on other things, like necessities.

[lrogers]

Excellent job! I think you did a great job on the entire table, but especially with the water stain.

[poolhound]

Nice job!

You ought to try to get some tool specific jobs where you have to have the tool before doing the work. Then payment can't be squandered on other things, like necessities.

Now that is strategic thinking. However, how do I find a job that needs a whole new dedicated workshop