Man you are really good. I am impressed. One of if not the best technical repairs I have ever watched. I watch hundreds of these types of repairs. Keep up the good work. Thank you for the video.
Dude! I’m a woodworker/creator that’s looking to get better at antique restoration, so I happened along your videos. Not only have you taught me how to do repairs, but you’ve also made me reconsider how I design and build furniture to be stronger and last longer. I really do enjoy your videos, and am very thankful for your teachings. Thank you!
I've just found your channel. You do awesome work. So many "restoration" channels on YT do nothing related to the real restoration -- they just remake things (especially outrageous when those things are antiques) to the state they have never been in. Mymechanics comes to mind. With all his skills, he has no respect for the history, the materials and techniques used by original craftsmen who made an object. On the contrary, every time I watch one of your videos, I find myself nodding in approval. I, myself, restore furniture as a hobby, so I know a little about it. And every time I learn something from you. Thank you for sharing the secrets of your craftsmanship.
I've a suggestion that I hope you might find useful as a quick/easy alternative to cutting a chunk of wood to a form that will support a clamping surface for gluing as you did in this video. You might try using some low temperature thermoplastic rather than measuring and cutting a wood piece. The low temp thermoplastic need only be heated to 60 degrees Celsius then shaped on the spot to exactly what you need. After a few minutes of cooling it would be ready to clamp, and it can be reheated and reused again and again. I've used it many times to provide quick support for gluing projects and at times it has been a lifesaver! Excellent video. Thanks!
I may be misunderstanding, but wouldn’t you want the melt temp of the thermoplastic to be higher than 60 due to the ambient temp of the room likely being 65°+ for the glue to be able to set?
I found it odd how you made such a point about the sound of the original tenon, the poor connection of the initial fix, but then didn't go back to show how adding the 1/4" dowel fixed it and showed how the sound changed. I do really enjoy your videos; keep up the good work!
Good point! I didn't think to do that. I guess I know the strength of a dowel so it never occurred to me. I'll see if I can find another opportunity to try that in the future. Thanks Andrew. Scott
jacob kramer For clamping parts with many curves and different thicknesses, I often use strips of bicycle inner tires as glue clamps. For instance, I received six broken parts of a meter high African (Makonda) statue made of ebony wood. There was no way of making jigs to create parallel surfaces to mount clamps. With every winding added one increases the pressure of the "clamp" Works great.
I liked the way you did that dowel in the broke tenon. I have had that problem before on a set of chairs I repaired for a customer and instead of using a dowel I cut in to the wood and made a tenon that went in both pieces of wood. That idea would have saved me some time. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Paul. I've learned over the years not to question someone's interest in investing in their furniture. For some people it's sentimental value. For others it's the love for the design or the fact that they have a matching suite of furniture.
Yes, it is absolutely worth it! Although the chair was broken, it is still from high quality materials and it is in a class of its own. My Granddad refinished furniture before I was born, and much of the beautiful oak pieces others threw away as useless are still found in my family’s homes. The modern furniture needs to be repaced every 10-20 years, but his furniture is still in beautiful condition.🙂
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I try not to fix much furniture, but I do try to restore old radios and I just got a lot of very useful tips. I also look at the approach of your problem solving for ideas.
I played baritone saxophone in concert and jazz band! I greatly enjoy your videos, and watching you, Odd Tinkering, and Dashner Design and Restoration all get me itching to get back into my frozen garage! In a few weeks, your butt heat glue trick will work. I am going to giggle every time I get my wood glue out now! Thank you for your excellent and common-sense videos. 🎷🛠
Baritone sax! I played one in a band just because Mustang Sally was in our set list... I loved paying it. Such a rich sound! You must have enjoyed it playing in several bands. Thanks for your encouraging comments and a giggle. Cheers. Scott
Clear as a bell, all of it. Thank you. I"m subscribed. NIcely done as a video, skillful work and excellent result. I work on guitars, and it was very reinforcing (no pun) and fascinating to see you make the same sorts of glue choices on a chair as one would on a guitar, and interesting to note the differences. We use aliphatic resin (wood glue) mainly, and protein-based glues (hide and fish glue) mostly on vintage instruments, cyanoacrylate glue (super glue) on fine cracks, and very rarely epoxy. When there is missing wood, luthiers tend to replace it to fill the gaps. On an antique guitar, you might use modern glues for joining things that were never meant to be apart, and hide glue for the things that were.
@@FixingFurniture all that and your caul for clamping the curved back to the seat and legs also reminded me of what I do. I have a box full of cauls for clamping difficult parts of a guitar. I'll be tracking your work to see if I can pick up any tips!
I have watched your repair videos in the past and enjoyed them. Now I am going to get a chance to put some of this knowledge to work. My Mother last night asked if I could tighten up the joints in all of her kitchen chairs and this video was just the instruction to do that.
Another great video with many techniques you have shown before being applied. There were a few new things to me. The tapping for tone on the repaired tenon and the fill stick that melted into the void were new to me. I would love to see more on both of these.
Thanks for the feedback Neil. If you haven't seen it yet, here's a video about wood filler that includes the use of burn-in sticks ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d9KC36yZdZs.html This is another video that has burn-in sticks as part of the repair ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oaXsUZeq-tI.html
I used burn in sticks that were hard. It took lots of practice to be able to do a burn in on a high gloss tabletop, without damaging the finish. I've used auto body filler where part of a intricate carved piece was missing. It's easy to carve to the same shape, then I would color in the background color with powdered stains mixed with clear lacquer. Then draw in any other colors and the grain lines.
I have run into the same problem with liquid hide glue in my cold shop. I never thought of putting it in my pocket to keep it warm. As always, thanks again.
Glad the idea helps. If I'm planning ahead, I'll leave it in the house before I use it. If I'm tight on time, I'll let it sit in warm water for a few minutes.
Lots of excellent tips in this one Scott!. great use of all three glues and epoxy's. and I liked the dowel support tip. also. and the sound analysis. I have also used the same type of clamps/spreaders for years and agree in how effective they are. Thanks again for another great tutorial and for sharing.
You're welcome Ellis. I had a hard time editing this one down to a reasonable time but I'm glad you appreciate the variety of tips. Thanks for subscribing! Scott
I enjoy watching your videos! I've followed Thomas Johnson for a few years and I was not surprised to hear you say recently that you either studied under him or use his methods. It's good to see work done well. Thank you.
@@FixingFurniture I follow Tom Johnson and found your channel through a collab you did with him. Now I enjoy watching both of you. I always learn from every video. You both have a great teaching style and love of antiques. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and talent. Jo
Helpful for me this time as I have tenons that are broken. I can't reinforce the tenon w a dowel as you did. I think I am going to fill the mortise w bondon/epoxy and then drill for a dowel. It's on an H stretcher and the mortise has been stuffed w glue by a prior repair so I have some clean out to do. Thanks for the videos -- very helpful.
Now that I am used to your manner of presentation, I want to thank you for the fine education you provide. I intend to steal every trick you present or at least try to keep it in my aged memory! If all that fails, I will just return to your videos and drink more coffee as I enjoy them. Go outside and shovel some snow for fun!
I love these silicone cups. Thank you for making me aware of them! All this time I've been using random disposable cups and other makeshift devices when I use epoxy.
This is the first video I’ve seen of yours, it came up in my recommendations and I'm really pleased it did. What a pleasure you are to watch and listen to, definitely a couple of tips around epoxy that were new to me. Unfortunately I can only like the video once because I’d like it more if I could. It’s great to see a skilled but humble craftsman. I've not been able to get into my small hobbyist workshop since Sept 2019, but looking forward to getting back in there this spring. I can only manage small hobbyist projects, but I like to use hide glue. When I do I buy the pearls and warm them up in a body wax heater. I have it on at about 70° to prepare it ad then turn it down to about 60°, it works out incredibly cheap for the glue and those waxing pots are a tenth of the price of a proper glue crock. I like the reversibility of it as I do tend to make mistakes partly through poor mobility and partly through plain and simple lack of skill. A very easy decision to subscribe and looking forward to getting into your back catalogue of videos. If what I've seen thus far is anything to go by Im in for some real treats.
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The break at13:24 looks a lot like the original glue line for the panel used to fabricate the piece. That would account for the stain inside the joint that failed.
What a beauty! I am so happy that she is back to her former glory! Wonder if it was thrown or dropped to have that much damage or just normal wear and use?
stumbled across your channel by accident, but i love it! like to do this stuff myself. keep up the good work sir, looking forward to seeing many more of your videos. liked and subscribed!!
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That chair started out looking like it was used in an old western saloon bar fight scene. It left with a new lease on life. I appreciate the demonstrations of the various glue types. Should hide glue be used to connect dowel joints and surfaces? I use Titebond original but have often wondered how I would ever get the joint apart if I ever needed to. Any advice you could give to increase my knowledge?
In general, I have observed that he uses the hide glue on the vintage/antique pieces where it may need to come apart again in the future. If it doesn’t need to come apart (like the split pieces in the chair back) or it’s a modern piece, he would use the titebond.
Hi Sean. Hide glue is a reversible glue so you can disassemble the joint in the future. There are different reasons for using different glues. Here's a video dedicated to that topic so you can learn when to use what type of glue - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qK0IR8WT_jE.html
Great job. Love the knocking trick to test integrity. I must get some silicon cups... I go through 'Dozens' of throw away egg cups from the dollar shop. I weigh my epoxy. If I used the pumps, I would waste too much
Scott! I almost was loosing it when you drilled through that dowel! Still wonder how you didn’t end up shattering that already broken dowel into pieces while drilling through! I just didn’t dare to do that! Specially since the original dowel looked like having flat oval cross section rather than circular!
I sped up the video so I didn't bore viewers but I took my time and stayed perfectly still while I drilled this. I've done this a few times before so I had some experience to rely on. I have to admit I was nervous as I slowly made my way though the tenon. Cheers. Scott
@@FixingFurniture for an inexperienced me I would have resorted to make a collar or a dowel drill jig to just hold that end grain together! Glad that it worked just fine! Boy oh boy that was one hell of a restoration job and looked old enough to call it an antique !