This must be an older version than mine. It seems a bit more primitive. But you've done a lovely job with it! Ours saw daily use since 1940 when my grandfather gave the pieces to my dad who refinished it and reassembled it.
Lots of problems to take care of to fix this thing. You did a good job of finding and explaining them. I really am enjoying watching the project. Keep up the work. Looking good with the weight loss. I hope that is because you wanted to be more healthy. Be well my friend.
I was waiting for you and your dog. I have a new dog. Probably my is fast as yours 😉. Nice video. I'm waiting for the next part. Keep healthy and safe.
You've really got your work cut out for you(no pun intended). I haven't been seeing videos from you. I hope you haven't been sick. Good to see you back. When do you think you will do part 2.?Sorry, I'm anxious to see how you work all this out. I so appreciate your style of woodworking. 🙂👍
Idk if someone already answered this but I saw in your video that you were wondering what might have been fastened to the middle of the table. I believe it may have been a lazy Suzanne. Salt, pepper, napkins, mustard, ketchup, etc. would be kept on a lazy Suzanne in the middle of the table to make them more accessible to everyone.
I have a table that has those metal clips and they are used to connect to the leaves when they are open. Mine do not work very well anymore because of the wood warping...
Another thing: since you were sawing the table boards and adding wood to a vintage table, you could have also removed that portion of the edge that was broken. If you don't repair that, it will have a dent when people use the leaf on that side...
Tables with this sort of leaf arrangement are fairly common. Doing some research prior to starting any sort of restoration project is essential. One has to understand how the parts of this table were designed to work BEFORE starting in and making changes. In terms of video watching, seeing someone doing things they are clearly skilled and educated about is a great way to learn. Can't say this video fits into that category.
I have been in this business going on 15 years and I have yet to see or work on one so I'd love to know where they're fairly common! As far as learning more about the furniture I work on I will usually look it up and see what I can find online but can you give me any recommendations on good books? I'm always looking for a good book on woodworking/furniture/antiques. If you actually watched the video and part 2 coming up you'll see I address the design issues with this table and try to correct them so future warping and cracking shouldn't occur.😃
I enjoy your videos and I'm especially interested in this restoration; but could you please improve your audio? I had to quit 10 minutes in because I'm just not up to wading through a murky aural fishbowl in search of the voice track while being pelted with pings from fasteners hitting that metal bowl (sorry id I'm being overly descriptive here). I'll be back to finish watching this video sometime when I have more patience; but, for future videos, may I suggest investing in a wireless lavalier microphone?
Was wondering how many times I'd be asked about biscuits! 🤣 They aren't really for adding strength, they're simply for leveling and gluing up. I have a biscuit jointer but rarely if ever use it.
