Furniture

A rope bed

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‘For man never slept In a different bed – And, to sleep, you must slumber In just such a bed.’ I don’t know who said that but I like it. Stephen Read more…

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If you make or repair furniture, Please don’t use modern glues.

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Because sometime in the future someone will be repairing what you make or what you repaired with modern glues and they will have nothing good to say about you. I said something here. I do a lot of repairs to furniture both old and new and when one comes in glued together with white or

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Traditional Putty for woodworking

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I needed some putty for a large scale restoration job, the woodwork on a building constructed in 1850. This is for exterior application on sills, lintels, bargeboards, moldings, etc. Mostly for covering cut nails used in the restoration, but some to fill seasoning cracks. Here is my recipe based on traditional formulations: 1/2 cup whiting

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