The other day I went to Cartersville, GA to repair an armoire. The bottom of a leg, and trim around it was completely missing. It was broken off when it was moved, and the piece was lost. I had a chunk of Mahogany with me in the car that was left over from a recent …
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Teak Table Corner Repair
Today I repaired a teak table. The corner was damaged when a mover dropped it while trying to carry it. It was extremely heavy so two movers should have tried to move it. They were probably used to the light fake wood. This was solid. Below are the before and after photos. Before: After: I …
31 Days of Furniture Repair
This month I will be joining a writing challenge created by home blogger, Myquillyn Smith. Every day this month I will be writing on the topic of Furniture Repair. I will be mainly posting before and after photos of repairs, and discussing how I repaired it. I live in the Atlanta, Ga area, and have …
Twitter Atlanta
A few weeks ago I worked at Twitter Atlanta’s new headquarters. It is located on Ponce, in the old Sears bldg. This was a new renovation, and all of the furniture was brand new. My mission was to repair all of the nicks, and scratches according to a punch list. I did some work on …
GSU Law Sycamore Desks
This past week I have been touching up a lot of desks at GSU. They had their open house this week so I had to work around that. I also had to work around construction people, that probably bumped the desks after I left. Notice the ladder below. No problem though, they are providing future …
Take your kid to work day
The other day I worked on this large 22 foot conference table. It was cherry and a very expensive table. I found out that the company that owned the table had their annual take your kid to work day. Unfortunately, while one of the lawyers was with a client, the child was left alone sitting …
A few thoughts about Hand Planing
Every once in a while I go down to the shop to just plane some boards. It is relaxing hearing the swoosh of the hand plane against the wood as I cut. It takes practice, and technique to plane a board flat with no marks from the cutter. If you curve the blade, and go …
Denny Lemaster Decoy Duck
I recently worked on a Decoy Duck. During a move it was damaged on the back tail feathers. I had to reconstruct the damaged areas, and match the color so that it would blend in. The damage was very small, but it took a lot of patience because the repair had to be close to …
Hansel and Gretel Candy House
First I want to say that I am a furniture repairman, not a doll house repairman. Somehow they keep on arriving at my shop! Caleb, (Helper Monkey), said no not again! This one had several small parts broken off on the top, and some candy pieces missing on the sides. I bought some real gum …
Fort Benning
The other day I did some repairs at Fort Benning. It is an army base near Columbus, GA. The Government is renovating an old building built during WWII. It has spanish tiles on the roof, and this place is huge. Of course the elevator was not in service, so I got my workout for the …