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This secretary desk came to me with severe damage to the top. The curved molding was in a bag along with hundreds of pieces of the scroll work. The original scroll work was 3/8 inch thick. The first step was to thickness sand a panel of 3/8 baltic birch plywood to the appropriate thickness to prepare for gluing mahogany veneer to each side. Fortunately I had enough pieces of the broken scroll work to replicate about 80% of the pattern. The remainder was drawn in freehand. After the pierced scrolling was completed it was installed in a groove along the top and glued to the back of the curved molding.
-- sugarpine
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HorizontalMike
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#1 posted 225 days ago
Excellent job! I love the restoration. I did a similar restoration of an old sideboard not long ago, but did not have to recreate the scrolling as you have. Very well done!
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AJswoodshop
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#2 posted 225 days ago
Very nice job! A few years ago I repaired my Mom’s china cabinet, again, nice work!
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Jamie Speirs
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#3 posted 225 days ago
Great save
It is also a very nice design.
Do you have a picture of the full
unit finished?
jamie
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Surfside
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#4 posted 225 days ago
Wow! It’s a mix of quality scroll working and a great restoration!
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Gshepherd
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#5 posted 225 days ago
Great Save, be nice to see the whole Desk, hint hint…
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#6 posted 225 days ago
All has been said! I love the design, thanks for sharing > adds to bucket <
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Woodbridge
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#7 posted 225 days ago
great restoration. the scroll work looks great.
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#8 posted 225 days ago
Nice fix. I guess using plywood and veneer gets around short grain issues with solid wood . . .
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