After filling in, we can proceed to the next step in the process of maintaining and caring for furniture, including antiques, is a thorough cleaning. The interior should be brushed down and vacuumed. All loose dirt should be dusted from the surface prior to washing. Washing is done with clean warm water and any liquid soap, not detergent. Put a few drops of soap into a quart of water, add more if surface accumulations are…
Before reading this article, we recommend that you read the introduction. Holes, cracks and voids in the finished surface need to be filled after treatment and prior to touch up. Some filling is best done after the finish is applied, depending upon the individual cases,after which we can move on to cleaning. Pumice or rottenstone and pigment mixed with thinned spar varnish can be applied to areas were just the grain of the wood…
Furniture including antiques requires a certain amount of maintenance and care. The proper care of furniture can increase the life of the furniture indefinitely. This publication focuses on the care of furniture and the correct methods of touch up and finish restoration to damage that invariably occurs to the exposed surfaces of the furniture. Repairs to furniture are covered in another of Technical Leaflet series. Repairs should be done to the furniture prior to…
The following rules should be observed when using power tools. a) Do not use power tools without knowledge of the tool, its operation and safety requirements. b) Do not use the tool for work for which it is not suitable. c) Check that the power tool and power supply cords are in good working order before starting work. d) To check that the tool is correctly assembled, first disconnect it from the power supply if…
Electric planers are used for planing and planing logs, boards, planks, and can also be used for planing boards, floors, etc. The cutters of electric planers are planing knives 100 and 60 mm long with single-sided sharpening. In the production practice the planer ERB differs from planers RSH by the device of the motor and the working part. Planer ЭРБ ЮО is equipped with usual electric motor consisting of outer stationary stator and inner rotating…
Using woodworking machines for mechanized woodworking is not always possible. For example, when processing a large number of different parts or fitting joints during the assembly of wooden constructions and products, the use of machines is either very difficult and unprofitable, or simply impossible. In such cases, mechanized processing is usually performed with electrified tools, which are portable mechanisms that can be easily included in the work at any workplace. Electric tools must be light…
In a small workshop, it is important to be as efficient as possible with space. One of the fundamentals of efficiency is the mobile base. It allows you to move tools around that otherwise are too heavy to be mobile. There are a lot of mobile bases on the market today from many different manufacturers. This one is marketed by Rockler as an economical solution because it does not include the stretchers. The idea is that you…
It takes patience and practice before you can drive a nail quickly and surely without bending it or bruising the wood. Here’s a few ideas to help along the learning path. Setting the Nail: When starting a nail, hold it upright between finger and thumb and tap the head with the hammer until the point is buried in the wood. Use the peen of a cross-peen hammer to start a small nail. If you’re not…
Wood Thickness Planer: The casual woodworker, most often perceives a wood planer to be a tool that takes rough lumber in at one end and offers “dressed” or planed lumber out the other end. It is critical to understand that when it cleans up the top face it is always doing it relative to the bottom face that is running on the planer’s table… thus it is often referred to as a wood thickness planer.…
One of the first pieces of furniture a woodworker frequently attempts is a bookcase or shelving unit of some sort. There are many things to consider when deciding on the bookcase size and style you are going to build. First off, where will it be placed? Will it be built in? Will it be free standing or up against a wall? How tall do you want it? Will it hold hard cover books, pocket novels,…
