This chair is actually very old copy of Luterma factory chair, which was very popular here in Estonia in the beginning of 20 century. The original cost a months salary for poor people, so many people tried to copy that, instead of buying original chair.
I learned a lot on your channel in general, and I just learned three new tricks just in this video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Respect from America
Its too bad I'm nearly 85 or I'd be after you...amazing skill and knowledge, great sense of humor and you're adorable!...and again I learned something new. The folded sandpaper, the stain and the sanding rather than sawing for perfect fit, which I will try on my current project. Admirable! These may be small, well known techniques used by many others but I'm still learning. Well done! And thanks for sharing!😊
You truly are one of the best restorers I’ve seen! Your skills are impeccable especially after I watched you and your apprentice “ Ahti” repair the chair from the war with the piece of shrapnel lodged in it! That poor chair was so crooked and beat up and you brought it back to its former glory! Thank you for restoring pieces back to what they should be without using all the major short cuts for a quick fix!!! They will all last for another hundred plus yrs…awesome work
Wow. That chair wasn't just old. It looked it like had been left out in the elements for a long time. I'm amazed it's worth fixing up. Good on you for making it work!
Great video to watch on restoring an old chair. I am doing a joint project with my wife for the first time to restore a 50 year+ old chair that we didn't want to throw away and nobody wanted.. Thanks for all the tips, I'll be looking to implement many of them.. As the English say: Waste not, want not..
Stay tuned for my next video, "How to restore an old chair with slightly more expensive tools but have a WAY better chance of keeping all your fingers at the end." ;)
3:18 FYI - cutting on table saw without a fence, miter gauge, or sled is an invitation for a table saw accident. The safe way to cut that is with a jig. I enjoy you’re videos so hope this keeps you safe. Scott
When you was brushing stain onto the new wood, wondered if the can had been sitting on shelf too long. ( It appeared to act as though wood had slick surface) but was you wiped off excess, seemed as though wood did absorb sufficient amount. Thank you for showing your skills.😊
Really nice result ! I have an old chair, similar to this one. With exception of the seat, which is made of wooven typha. Deserves to be repaired too. 👏👏👏🏆🏆🏆 fro Brazil.
I think your work is outstanding and somewhat unique. Your presentation is excellent - always. Infusing it with gentle and practical humor is a wonderful strategy. I wholeheartedly encourage you to make more direct instructional videos. Perhaps on just veneering. Or just repairing broken or damaged pieces or parts. You probably have contemplated offering courses. If so I believe they would be well received. Folks would gladly pay to Lear from an experienced professional who knows how to present his work, his workmanship, his techniques and ultimately himself.
Thank godness, no paint. YT is full of video's from people who say they "restore" a old piece...and then stuff it with paint. I mean...its not a big task, to hide everything with paint. To restore, on the other hand, it is so many tips and tricks to learn , so much to understand. Its art, in my opinion. To paint a forniture, thats not what one can call "restoring" , not really , it look more like re invent something, right?...And when i see people take a beautiful old furniture, with gorgeous whole wood in it, and just cover it all up...i feel like its kind of destroyed, not restored... I love it, when one try to make the piece look like it did when it was new. The one who made it once a long time ago,is respected. When one can see the unik pattern of the wood. It makes me feel so...content, sort of. And its so much to learn about too... Thank you !
Oh, my! I thought tools would include a carpenter's square, hammer, saw - truly basic tools for beginner's. So I'll just have to consider myself a not-even-beginner! But always great to watch!
Another great upload thanks for the music in Australia I was not aware of these two bands and being a new subscriber I use them as background music to your uploads
I just love watching you do your beautiful charm on these old pieces (antique’s). The chair turned out perfect. I have a thing for old chairs. Those so many styles of them. Have a question. I notice you always shellac after your done. My question is, what exactly is shellac? Do you make your own or can you pay it? I’ve always used a acrylic water base type of varnish. I want to learn to do it right. Thanks so much for your videos, love em!! ♥️😊👍👍
Shellac is created by worms. It is like brown flaky substance, that is dissolved in spirit. It was widely used between 1849-1940. After that , synthetic laquers arrived.
Прекрасные объяснения и понятные четкие операции. Несомненно здесь присутствует духовная связь с Вашим учителем, очень приятное "поле" энергетики вокруг Вас...
The real deal restoration is keep the pieces original as much as it can. I saw many of your works and if I were you, I would stripped the top of the veneer from sitting font and flattened with a little steam, glued on a new hard piece after a light sand then glued on it's place. You would catch approximately the same color with frame. This would worked on 600 drill holes chair also.
im curently sitting on the exact same chair,there is two of them,they came from the early 40's from an older couple my grand parents befriended when they moved in to there firts home together.
Thanks, it gives me hope I can tackle a job like that. Just FYI, your link to the workshop vacuum om Amazon says not found. Also, I am left handed but can't find any left handed handsaws there either. 🙃
Well done! It's the first time I see you using hide glue. I appreciate that. I'm restoring furniture for my own use in my spare time (I'm a computer scientist), but I use only historic tools and materials (it's a hobby, so time and costs do not matter). I have learned so much from you (and Thomas Johnson). Thank you.... you are my heroes. Regards from Germany. Jörg
So, for this beginners project you will need: An industrial bandsaw A high velocity sander A high precision lathe A laser marking circular saw A waterjet cutter
I think that was a good idea to split the wood at an angle to get the new wood to fit into the notches. I am curious as to why you did not reinforce the wood along the front rail after you sliced the new piece. Perhaps I am just the one person who habitually tries to prop my feet on anything near by me. I will be using your idea in the future.
This chair is actually very old copy of Luterma factory chair, which was very popular here in Estonia in the beginning of 20 century. The original cost a months salary for poor people, so many people tried to copy that, instead of buying original chair.
Oh, and the way you fixed thae rungs...Awesome!
I am pleased to see that you repaired and refinished the chair without losing its character as an old well-used piece of furniture.
I learned a lot on your channel in general, and I just learned three new tricks just in this video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Respect from America
I don’t do restorations, but I love watching your videos. Great job on these projects.
Its too bad I'm nearly 85 or I'd be after you...amazing skill and knowledge, great sense of humor and you're adorable!...and again I learned something new. The folded sandpaper, the stain and the sanding rather than sawing for perfect fit, which I will try on my current project. Admirable! These may be small, well known techniques used by many others but I'm still learning. Well done! And thanks for sharing!😊
You truly are one of the best restorers I’ve seen! Your skills are impeccable especially after I watched you and your apprentice “ Ahti” repair the chair from the war with the piece of shrapnel lodged in it! That poor chair was so crooked and beat up and you brought it back to its former glory! Thank you for restoring pieces back to what they should be without using all the major short cuts for a quick fix!!! They will all last for another hundred plus yrs…awesome work
Wow. That chair wasn't just old. It looked it like had been left out in the elements for a long time. I'm amazed it's worth fixing up. Good on you for making it work!
Ahti, your videos are not only tutorials, but also calming to watch.
You talk about calming music. Your signature tune is addictive and runs through my head. I like it and I live watching your videos thanks.
Thank you for using equipment that most have or have a possibility of getting their hands on!
Great video to watch on restoring an old chair. I am doing a joint project with my wife for the first time to restore a 50 year+ old chair that we didn't want to throw away and nobody wanted.. Thanks for all the tips, I'll be looking to implement many of them.. As the English say: Waste not, want not..
I am learning so much from your restorations! Thank you bunches 😁
You have the CLEANEST shop I have ever seen!!
Beautiful restoration there, That chair must be able to tell some good stories.
Вторая жизнь подарил. Ваш труд мне очень нравится. Умелые руки. Просто молодец. Желаю удачи. 👍👍👍👍
I enjoyed this very much. Although the tools are simple, you use them with great skill
Dobrá práce !!! -Dobré -gut -oukey -bueno -chorošo !!! Meister clasika !!!
Videos are always interesting, educational, fun. Thanks for this new one - Beautiful!
Как всегда прекрасная работа👍 Спасибо.
Stay tuned for my next video, "How to restore an old chair with slightly more expensive tools but have a WAY better chance of keeping all your fingers at the end." ;)
:)
Mr Smith:
Yes! 5 finger's much better than 4 or 3 of them...
You are very artistic and creative in the way you bring life back to this and other furniture
I enjoy watching you work as you use the same techniques that I’ve been taught. You are however, more skilful than me.
You are an AMAZING Master Craftsman!!! You are beyond talented.
Thank you for your channel, and thank you for every item you save. 🙂🙂❤
3:18 FYI - cutting on table saw without a fence, miter gauge, or sled is an invitation for a table saw accident. The safe way to cut that is with a jig. I enjoy you’re videos so hope this keeps you safe. Scott
Good point!
Nice seeing that you restored the old soviet saw after you were done with the scraper
Thank you. I learned something. Plus, of course, great to watch your work.
Excellent restoration Sir! Thank you for the inspiration!
Hola buenos días amigo, me gustan mucho tus trabajos, éste quedó extraordinario. Realmente te felicito.
Fidel R. Muñoz Pinto
Mérida-Venezuela
Fine work! Not overrestored! Tricky idea!
I could watch your videos for ever absolutely amazing 👏
When you was brushing stain onto the new wood, wondered if the can had been sitting on shelf too long. ( It appeared to act as though wood had slick surface) but was you wiped off excess, seemed as though wood did absorb sufficient amount.
Thank you for showing your skills.😊
I like your use of the lap joint on the back rung. Nicely done! It worked great! I’ll have to file that away for future use.
Really nice result !
I have an old chair, similar to this one. With exception of the seat, which is made of wooven typha.
Deserves to be repaired too.
👏👏👏🏆🏆🏆 fro Brazil.
☺💟
Excellent. I have seen 'sewing chairs' that look like that (used as chairs in front of sewing machine). Very nice work.
Nice work!
Nice rustic look, really nice piece.
Благодарю за фильм, ваша работа прекрасна! 👏Есть очень похожий ветхий стул, искала руководство, как восстановить❤
I think your work is outstanding and somewhat unique. Your presentation is excellent - always. Infusing it with gentle and practical humor is a wonderful strategy. I wholeheartedly encourage you to make more direct instructional videos. Perhaps on just veneering. Or just repairing broken or damaged pieces or parts. You probably have contemplated offering courses. If so I believe they would be well received. Folks would gladly pay to Lear from an experienced professional who knows how to present his work, his workmanship, his techniques and ultimately himself.
Ficou muito bom. Deu vida nova a cadeira velha.....
Thank godness, no paint. YT is full of video's from people who say they "restore" a old piece...and then stuff it with paint. I mean...its not a big task, to hide everything with paint. To restore, on the other hand, it is so many tips and tricks to learn , so much to understand. Its art, in my opinion.
To paint a forniture, thats not what one can call "restoring" , not really , it look more like re invent something, right?...And when i see people take a beautiful old furniture, with gorgeous whole wood in it, and just cover it all up...i feel like its kind of destroyed, not restored...
I love it, when one try to make the piece look like it did when it was new. The one who made it once a long time ago,is respected.
When one can see the unik pattern of the wood.
It makes me feel so...content, sort of.
And its so much to learn about too...
Thank you !
Looks great!! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Excellent work.
I love the invisible cut rung repair. I’ll keep that in the file cabinet between my ears.
Bardzo lubię oglądać Pana reperacje . wszystkiego dobrego
I did *not* expect to see something Latvian made! I didn't even know we manufactured anything nowadays 😂
very nice result! I like it! 😀👍 Greetings from the Oberbergischen in Germany
You made it look easy.
Greetings Ahti! Looks like a good chair!
That pinkey based table saw safety made me chuckle
Today I witnessed a miracle.
This man with 10 fingers!
Nice repair job to save a lovely chair. The freehand table saw use is a bit dangerous! I would use a miter saw instead, but you are the master.
Всё опять на месте. 👍👍.
Прекрасная работа.
I found this strangely soothing to watch... and yes, informative too! Beautiful finished product :)
As a left handed person, I got quite a laugh at your “I’m gonna make it left hand saw” made me literally LOL. 🤣
I thought he was serious because boomerangs are either left handed or right handed builds.
Really great job, love that music.
Oh, my! I thought tools would include a carpenter's square, hammer, saw - truly basic tools for beginner's. So I'll just have to consider myself a not-even-beginner! But always great to watch!
Great job, another save chair, Stay Safe !!!.
Another great upload thanks for the music in Australia I was not aware of these two bands and being a new subscriber I use them as background music to your uploads
Wow, the end result is incredible
Encore une bonne restauration ! En plus « côté humour » elle avait besoin, d’une injection, contre la COVID-19 !☺️😉
Greeting from Egypt . Wonderful
Good videos, with a lot of usefull tips. I'm hooked
Turned out perfect 👍
I love this very much :)
Beautiful job on this chair
congratulations master! you did a good job..
thank you. i learned a few things
ога дешевыми инструментами)) Вы гляньте сколько вон тот железный уголок на 4:46 новым стоит)) На 6:09 12 струбцин ещё куча денег))
Very nice work
Looks good!
I just love watching you do your beautiful charm on these old pieces (antique’s). The chair turned out perfect. I have a thing for old chairs. Those so many styles of them.
Have a question. I notice you always shellac after your done.
My question is, what exactly is shellac? Do you make your own or can you pay it? I’ve always used a acrylic water base type of varnish. I want to learn to do it right. Thanks so much for your videos, love em!!
♥️😊👍👍
Shellac is created by worms. It is like brown flaky substance, that is dissolved in spirit. It was widely used between 1849-1940. After that , synthetic laquers arrived.
Parabéns. Ficou linda
Parabéns, em bom português do Brasil.
Очень жаль что на тысячи просмотров всего 46 комментариев. Жалко пару слов написать для продвижения канала? Контент на высоте! 👍💐
А Вы не догадываетесь "почему"?
@@РафаэльКаримов-л5я Нет. Расскажите нам.
А ещё больше жалко, что таких золоторуких мужчин единицы!
Прекрасные объяснения и понятные четкие операции. Несомненно здесь присутствует духовная связь с Вашим учителем, очень приятное "поле" энергетики вокруг Вас...
Bravo!!!!
Thank you! ✌🏻🎨☕️
Marvelous!
Sei incredibile!
The real deal restoration is keep the pieces original as much as it can. I saw many of your works and if I were you, I would stripped the top of the veneer from sitting font and flattened with a little steam, glued on a new hard piece after a light sand then glued on it's place. You would catch approximately the same color with frame. This would worked on 600 drill holes chair also.
im curently sitting on the exact same chair,there is two of them,they came from the early 40's from an older couple my grand parents befriended when they moved in to there firts home together.
Best work!
Прекрасно! Как всегда!
Thanks, it gives me hope I can tackle a job like that. Just FYI, your link to the workshop vacuum om Amazon says not found. Also, I am left handed but can't find any left handed handsaws there either. 🙃
Unfortunately, Amazon deleated my account for no reason.
Good restoration congratulations😀🇧🇷🤝
Muito bom !
У меня есть точно такой же стул и я хочу его восстановить. Теперь мне это будет проще сделать благодаря великому мастеру.
Keep goin man!!! I supbsribed, love seenin restorations!!!!! You`ll get there!!! Everyone starts with zero subscribers
Bravo ❤😍🤝✌
Well done!
It's the first time I see you using hide glue. I appreciate that.
I'm restoring furniture for my own use in my spare time (I'm a computer scientist), but I use only historic tools and materials (it's a hobby, so time and costs do not matter). I have learned so much from you (and Thomas Johnson). Thank you.... you are my heroes.
Regards from Germany. Jörg
So, for this beginners project you will need:
An industrial bandsaw
A high velocity sander
A high precision lathe
A laser marking circular saw
A waterjet cutter
don't forget a vintage Soviet saw to destroy
Digital calipers
High end clamps in huge quantities
Helps to have fresh wood surface on a glue joint. You can handplane ply edges - just avoid tearout at ends. Kero for woodworm or microwave pieces.
"Left hand saw." Classic.
Цикля из русской ножовки 👍💪
I think that was a good idea to split the wood at an angle to get the new wood to fit into the notches. I am curious as to why you did not reinforce the wood along the front rail after you sliced the new piece. Perhaps I am just the one person who habitually tries to prop my feet on anything near by me.
I will be using your idea in the future.
Yes you can do that, when needed. This rail is too high to hold your legs on it.
@@ATRestoration ok. That makes sense.
I just saw a fellow use vinegar to dilute/melt the glue to take appart the joints in a piece of fourniture. Have you ever tried that?
Just watched a horrible chair restoration so I'm watching this video again to see a real professional do it and cleanse my palette
💪💪💪💪
Why did you put insecticide in the nail holes?
Other than that, I was impressed with the make-over/repairs. Looks great!
Think they weren't nail holes but wood-worm holes.
i wonder how much time would it take you to convert that saw for left handed use though?