Roll top desk repair

Hi Andrew the repair came out great. I remember the show, horsehair productions, one of my favorites :-)

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

Andrew… Beautiful job!

This is the Top…
... I guess the tambour was in good shape…
... Looks great!

Are you going to do the Bottom now?

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Congratulations on a fine repair Andrew!

what happened ?

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso

I’ld be pissed off if that was my desk.

the finish doesn’t match for one, and the “filler” along the glue line where veneer meets 1/4rd oak at the new lock, ahhhh,……..mmmmmm….. not sure but , poor at best.

Cheers

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso

i might add, that over all, a vast improvement and in time, the colours will blend better, but that filler should have been matched with real veneer even if it means you do that for free……….never put an error near something brass and shiny like a new lock.

if your customer is happy, then maybe in the name of profit, “who cares”……..but as a signature,

its your name

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso

The piece was in a barn with a bad roof over it. The desk was sold at an auction. The client approves the changes before the glue up. I could not save the old panels, were rotten. The top was fixed before the piece came to me. So I figure I’m the second to go and fix it.

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Should have done a before/after pic, always nice to see the transformation.

-- -- Rick M.

The first two are before pictures. The last four are after pictures.

-- Andrew, Ohio http://andrewmbetschman.com/

its hard to make to a buck at this trade

and its humbling to the end

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso

it is indeed.

-- Andrew, Ohio http://andrewmbetschman.com/