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Tag Archives: chair repair
Orchard Lawn [The Gundry House]
Orchard Lawn, the Italianate home built in 1868 by Joseph Gundry is the home of the Mineral Point Wisconsin historical society and their museum. The society has many photographs of how the house was furnished when it was built. They … Continue reading
Posted in seating, upholstery
Tagged chair repair, Eastlake, gundry house, history, mineral point wisconsin, upholstery
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Upholstery Repair ( damaged tack edge )
A recurring problem in the repair of upholstered furniture is the degradation of the edges where the upholstery is tacked to the piece. Many upholsterers are not wood workers, so when removing old upholstery you never know what you will … Continue reading
Eastlake Sewing Rocker [ brocken cane rail ]
This Eastlake style sewing rocker, circa 1880, came in to the shop with a broken and missing cane rail. I was told that someone had knelt on the seat and that the piece was lost. Here we see where the … Continue reading
Gluing Chairs equals Rehairing Violin Bows
Thirty years ago I was doing all the musical instrument repairs for 7 music stores in the Chicago area. In the instrument repair business re-hairing violin bows is the bread and butter, I used to do several every week. It … Continue reading
Leveling Chair or Table Legs
There are many occasions when it becomes necessary to trim the bottom of a leg to level or remove a wobble in a chair or table. In this case the chair had been used for a long time with lose … Continue reading
The Permanent Glue Joint
One constantly reads on the web something like ” with the development of modern adhesives do you still need to do this or do that when making things from wood”. This kind of statement is based on the idea that … Continue reading
Posted in Repairs, Uncategorized
Tagged chair repair, epoxy, furniture damage, glue, hierloom
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Removing a Broken Dowel or Tenon
If you do any amount of repair work you will find that one of the most common repairs involves removing broken dowels. More properly removing a broken round tenon from a round mortise. You might think, that’s easy, just drill … Continue reading
mission style
Mission Style In the United states today several related styles have been lumped together under the title of “Mission style furniture”. Actual Mission furniture comes from the Spanish missions of the American southwest and northern Mexico and is a more … Continue reading
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Tagged chair repair, finishing, mission, upholstery, woodworking
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Eastlake Side Chair [ broken seat rail ]
This is a circa 1880 walnut side chair with a cane seat, it has been refinished at some time in the past. The front seat rail has a break that runs through the leg mortise. The rest of the chair … Continue reading
Posted in Repairs
Tagged chair repair, furniture damage, repairing a crack, woodworking
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