Restoring and Refinishing a Vintage Drafting Table Desk | Furniture Repair Restoration How To
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- In this video I restore a vintage drafting table brought to me by my high school art teacher, Mr. Lambert. I'm excited to see the art that Art creates on this piece of furniture!
On this piece, I use a danish oil followed by shellac and wax for a classic hand rubbed finish. I decided to use this finish especially because he is a fan of classic antiques and also a revolutionary war reenactor! I thought, what better way to wrap his style into a piece I'm refinishing for him than to use some classic finishing techniques!
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I'm sure your Art Teacher appreciate what you have done. However there is a young lady somewhere that truly would love to thank you for bringing back her drafting table to (what may be better than) it's former Glory. This was a piece that she undoubtedly spent hours sitting in front of contemplating a wide variety of "things". . .Thank You for restoring this table's essence and energy.
Kate
You bring out the beauty of the wood and grain every time... ..great job!
As an artist I can really appreciate a good drafting table. The replacement sides was well done and I really like your use of dowels down in the legs. BTW the view from that platform was awesome, is there a video of the same place during spring or summer so we can see the area at it's best?
Thanks! I think I have a view from up there in summer in one of my videos!
So beautiful, great job, I have one of those tables in my barn, hope I can clean it up too.
Yes, it's a fine restoration there. The sides' replacements is a good idea. Nothing better than elbow grease for a good finish for sure!
Stunning job! I recently acquired an antique drafting table and am researching options for restoring it. This video was very inspiring and motivating! Thank you.
Thanks!
Big respect on the way you kept the style of the piece, I’m a draftsman from the old and new computer type of drafting, what a beautiful old table
Thanks bud!
Holy crap, I can't get over how beautiful that turned out!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks bud!
Hi John!! Great job on the table very well done video!! I was gifted the same exact drafting table. I want to strip it down refinish it into a fly tying table. I am a amateur woodworker experience from high school many years ago. What grit sandpapers to use to remove the varnish and set up for finish. Is the danish oil enough of a finish or should it be shellac as well?? Thanks in the advance for the advise.
Hello there! Can I ask what type of wood is the drawing surface? Thanks
Such a beautiful transformation! You’ve inspired me to transform my vintage drafting table find that has been waiting to be used and loved once more!
Just found a "well loved" drafting table down the street from me an hour ago.This video is just what Big Daddy needs to do the job Thanks!
Fantastic!! Thank you !!
Woodglut has very good designs and plans.
Thanks for the info. I have one of those I need to redo. I'm doing it like this one you've done.
Another beautiful job!!
i have this table and i cant fix the Wobble cause i dont know how. hope its in this vid
Very nice. I have a similar drafting easel that I salvaged from my art college. It's badly gauged and coated with gesso. You gave me good ideas on how to tackle this project.
At the moment I'm taking the gesso off with a Stanley 110 hand planer. I don't have shop tools but I'll try to do as good a job as I can.
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Absolutely beautiful 🤩
I think there's always the risk of blowing something out when you're drilling a larger hole through an existing smaller hole like here. I don't know many ways to mitigate this, besides completely filling in the existing hole, then drilling the larger one.
My neighbor just gave me a similar vintage drafting table, like yours, and I can't wait to restore it and bring back to life. I've been a draftsman for over 50 years and think these old tables are so cool. I own a small drafting company here in Anna, Texas and will definitely put mine back to work when finished. I have the perfect place for it already in mind. Thanks for sharing this example of your beautiful workmanship. Do you happen to know anyone in Dallas area that you would recommend to help restore my table?
Thanks bud! Sorry I can't say I do. Good luck! 👍👍👍
Nice job repairing the side edges. You did exactly what I would have done if that was a project of mine. That waxed finish glowed like sunshine. Btw... Great beard Brother.
Thanks bud!
Your dog is so precious!
Thank you for showing me your work. It was so pleased to see how it turned out posh.
Bout to start this on my grandad's old Anco Bilt drafting table from the 50's. Hope I can do half as well as you did.
Good luck bud! Thank you!
This was a good video,except for the back ground noise. One thing missing, the T square . Thank again ,al
i like the peace ,hate the back ground noise ,Thanks for the video, al
Great Job, have a nice day, (Stay Safe John) !!!.
Thanks bud! You too!
Another amazing result and an amazing video. It's such a pleasure to see you work on your masterpieces!!! Thank you for spreading beauty!!!
Thank you bud! 😃
Looks amazing! Love the speedy dogs too.
Mr Bear i got a question for ya bud. I've heard u mention pre-cat lacquer sometimes, so I looked into it. I wanted to be just like you 👍. But when I tried to get it from SW Industrial coatings store, they said I need to present a spray booth certificate. Got any advice? I'm located in Delaware.
Ya I'm sure state by state laws are different. I'm not sure what to tell you on that one. Sorry bud!
great job.
Thanks! 😃
Cê é bãaaao, cara (como dizemos em minha terra)!!! It means: You are good, buddy!!!!! Congratulations and thanks for your channel. Hug from Brasil! =)
Thanks bud! 😃
hi! did drilling those dowels into the base fix the wobble on the desk? i was assuming it was just because it was older/ kind of top-heavy, i just acquired a drafting table that looks really similar to yours and figured this could work as a solution?
Oh ya it was very nice and sturdy. Sometimes those screws don't do too much and just always loosen over time.
I have one of these [slightly smaller] that was given to me. It’s in need of a little TLC also. I’ve taken notes on what you’ve done.
Have you tried oxalic acid to remove water stains?
Ya it's pretty good stuff!
Hi, Do you have any concerns about expansion/contraction with those perpendicular oak strips (I'm not trying to be a smartass, but hopefully learn something). I always understood that you should allow for this.
Nope!
@@JohnBearWoodworks Sir, thankyou for answering, I appreciate it. Can I just press you as to why, it's clear that you are highly experienced, knowledgeable and skilled. I am a mere amateur who listened to Norm (This Old House) who was always impressing the importance of them. I understand if you dont want to give away trade secrets etc...
@@114jen I grew up with Norm too! I was him for Halloween the one year in college. hahaha
I see these farmhouse tables build like this all the time and wonder the same thing and always scratch my head a little wondering your same question. Heck, even a friend of mine has one of those that was topped with a super thick epoxy finish and it cracked along those ends. I honestly would never build a table like that as yes, over many years it would possibly have issues. However for this small top I'm not worried. The customer requested these strips along the side so he could use a T-square and not worry about digging up the wood. I figure with him being 78 years old, I would fulfill his request as I'm sure it should have no problem outliving him. 😂I hope this helps answer your question!
@@JohnBearWoodworks Sir, that does, and thankyou for answering in detail, I am armed with some more knowledge for a project I want to do, that has issues with water damaged ends on solid pine. Thankyou for your work and sharing these excellent videos, I am confident my project will be to higher standard than it would have been because of you. Take Care. 😀
@@114jen thanks! You too!
Great job. Xx
Thanks!
What products did you use??