Excellent video. Watching as you planned out the sequence of work so that every step fitted perfectly into the next one was very enjoyable. You are a good teacher and you have a really engaging presentational style. Thank you for posting the video.
Thanks for this video! Had the opportunity to restore a Sellars Hoosier and the tambour repair process was very easy to follow. The tambour door now works as good as new if not better! The piece is now being handed down to the next generation by one happy grandmother. Thanks again, Ken
Can't believe the good timing; two weeks ago I bought a vintage French filing cabinet with a broken tambour door.. And this video pops up in my YT feed!
Hi! My daughter and I are working on an old Sellers cupboard which has a tambour door. I also own two types of Hoosier cupboards. I love them! Thanks for the video.:) We live in Indiana. In Nappanee , IN there is a museum for Hoosier cupboards located in the building where they used to make the cupboards. Free entry and a free film telling about the history of Hoosier cupboards.
My grandmother had this type of cabinet in her West Virginia kitchen, back in the early 1950s. Hers was on a base, and had a pull out workspace, that when not in use, held the water bucket, dipper, and tin cup. Drinking water was carried from a covered artesian spring, located several hundred feet uphill in the woods.
Another great video, thanks, Scott! Well planned out and explained thoughtfully and in detail. Looking fwd to Part 2! And you're still living my dream! Sending love from South Africa!
Thanks again for your support! I have your last comment printed, on my bulletin board as it makes me smile. If you're interested in a Wooden It Be Nice Furniture Repair sticker, let me know. I'm happy to mail one to you! Scott
@@FixingFurniture Wow! That would be amazing! I'll be bragging with the sticker with "that channel I'm always telling you all about"! But most of all it will be a keepsake of the honour of touching eachother's lives in such positive ways, so many miles apart. Just more proof of the positive impact of your channel!
You are the expert & I certainly am not, but why didn't you steam and try to straighten those warped slats? I'm thinking as bent, they'll exert pressure later and pop off again. Thanks for the video, very informative.
Good question. The challenge with steam bending wood is that it has to be unfinished. Doing that with these tambours would then turn into refinishing work for the whole door to make it look consistent. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a dependable way to release tension in one section of wood so I can manipulate it in the direction I want.
Thank you! This is great! I have 2 Hoosiers that belonged to my Grandmothers. One lived in Connecticut, and one came from Vermont. I feel fortunate to have inherited both of them, as well as my Vermonter Grandmother's love of repairing and refinishing furniture. However, this is my first encounter with attempting to repair a tambour door. Your excellent instructions have me feeling confident. I'm in Lancaster, PA, as are the 2 Hoosiers. 😊
It happens that I found Part 2 first! LOL This tambour repair was most interesting. My dad, who was really a machinist by trade and hobby, got into a bit of woodworking after he retired. When my kids were small, the place we lived had no closet in their bedroom, so dad built from his own imagination, a portable closet with a drawer at the bottom, and tambour doors to save space in the room as well as avoid heads banging into sharp corners. He did use cloth strips, but guess what? 50 years later, they're still in one piece, even though one is living outdoors (under the eaves) for garden supplies! When we remodeled our kitchen, we had an "appliance garage" installed as a corner cabinet: it has a tambour door. However, it wants to spring up and stay open about 1/4" at the bottom, but I don't know how to fix that, because the instructions called for aligning that door prior to installing the cabinet. Now it's locked in with zero access to the backside, as that is the exterior wall of the house!
Great repair Scott. but FYI not all Hoosiers are created equal, I did mine over, andput new backing on my door also. but the only way to get it in and out was to open the side a lot more than you did with yours. I almost had to take it apart. but made it. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to part 2. ECF
Thanks for sharing that Ellis. I suspect this cabinet was made relatively recently as it has a plywood back on it and the solid wood is thinner than typical antiques. Part 2 filming starts soon! Cheers
Another great video. I watch to relax with the shop sounds, the great voice and presentation style. I see I'm not the only one whom appreciates these, by reading other comments. Maybe one day I'll need to use some of the ingenious skills shown but for now is the ASMR aspect. Thank you!
I was going to make a roll up desk several years ago but got sidetracked. If I ever get back to doing that desk this video will help me to do it right. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Thank you for a great video!!! I have a hoosier with tambour doors that pull together from each side. Your slats are horizontal, mine are vertical. I've had to strip old white paint off and I plan to stain and polyurethane the entire unit. At what point do you suggest staining and putting the polyurethane on the tambour door? Before gluing on fabric or after?
When I was in high school I took 2 years of woodshop. I love working with wood. One of the things I learned is building a door like this. in the book it said to use slats of uniform thickness and width. space them with spacers to keep it from binding and glue fabric to the back. It amazes me how often you have extra work to do just because someone who didn't know what they were doing made a bad repair job. Now I see you removing glue from duct tape. I would love to see how this turns out. You do good work.
It’s called “hide glue”, also known as protein glue, Hope that helps. We have downloadable reference sheets that can help you in our Fixing Furniture Community membership. See www.fixingfurniture.com
I bought a cabinet very similar for my wife many years ago. It needs the TLC covered in part 2. I can't wait! Please post where you get the door latches from. Outstanding work! I check every weekend for new videos. Thank you!!
Q: would using a steamer on those warped tambours and then adding the clamps and wedges been helpful to straighten them? Or would using the steam on such thin strips would only damage them? Thanks for being such a great teacher! And greetings from St. Louis, Missouri 😊
¡Wonderful! Felicitaciones Mr. Scott un video del cual se aprende mucho, gracias por sus consejos para lograr un óptimo resultado. Lo que diferencia sus videos de muchos otros que sin desmerecerlos, es que nos aconseja qué hacer y qué no se debe hacer, una muestra de su humildad para compartir sus conocimientos. En realidad ese mueble no lo había visto antes (estoy en Perú) como Ud. dice posiblemente por Latinoamérica no llegaron. ¿Hubiera sido una opción enderezar esas tablitas con vapor de agua? Digo ¿no?. Saludos y bendiciones.
I have my great grandmother's Hoosier cabinet out in a storage building. It is in rough shape: some drawers came apart, tambour is a bundle of loose slats, doors separating at the joining, just a mess. You are giving me hope that I may be able to repair it. It looks a lot like the one in this video, or it used to anyway...
Washing and machine drying fabric also takes out the fine lint and finishing chemicals that might interfere with glue adhesion, especially with such a thin coat of glue.
Thanks for the video. I always learn from them very good teaching. This might be a little stupid question but how do you figure the price to charge for the job. I have fixed some things and they say I'm not charging enough. I love doing it but like to make a little money to.
Pricing out furniture repairs depends on a number of factors, including where you live (urban or rural community). I'm happy to consult with you to share my experience on an Advice Session. You can purchase one on our website. woodenitbenice.ca/collections/all/advice
Hi. From the UK, never seen anything like a Hoosier cabinet. I'm sure similar things did exist but never seen. Apart from the tambour, it looks to be in really good condition.
@FixingFurniture good job. I've certainly nested clamps. For a job that size I use a heavy-duty ratchet strap with protection between the strap hardware and the project. I normally work alone...I've lost count of how many times those suckers come in handy! I plan on using tambour doors in some pieces. I've always been fascinated with roll-top desks. (I will certainly be checking your other videos out.) If you were to steam the slats, then clamp...would that remove the warp? I know full fabric is the answer. But that was severe warp. Would it devalue it more to replace the 2 warped or use the original with the warp. You did a good job but my concern is the warp over time will pull away from the fabric. Especially with heat and humidity. (I'm in Nova Scotia). I've yet to ask...does heat and humidity cause hide glue to fail?
I'm curious, as I'm not sure, but won't shrunk linen just stretch back out? I would assume you want stretched linen so it will not stretch. I seriously need to reproduce this repair.
Good question. No, once you wash it fabric in hot water and it shrinks, it won't stretch to the original side. When shopping, there are some sellers that sell pre-shrunk fabric. Scott
There was one in the house where I grew up in England in the 30's & 40's. It had a different layout an a pull-down flap with an enamel work surface. similar cabinets were quite common at the time. I am not sure where they were made but probably in England. I heard them referred to as "Mother Hubbards". I bought one similar to yours about twenty years ago (in Ontario). I did similar repairs. It was Canadian made but remains in the house that I renovated and sold a few years ago and I cannot remember the makers name
19:39 honestly, looks like someone just produces regular fabric, but rolls and sells it at the 45° angle. Wouldn't that work, with regular fabric dense enough?
Indiana is THE Hoosier state, there is only one of us. The good old internet does not seem to agree on who made this sort of cabinet first , " It was originally designed and marketed by the Hoosier Manufacturing Company in Newcastle IN" OR "The first Hoosier-style cabinet was made by a furniture manufacturing company named Sellers in 1898 in Elwood, Indiana". Gotta love the accuracy of an internet search. But between the state being the Hoosier state and many of these cabinets were made by the Hoosier Co, this style become known as a Hoosier cabinet or kitchen Hoosier even though it might have been made by Sellers or McDougall or Boone etc etc. Mine, which was my grandparents, is a Sellers and originally had tambour doors that opened in the middle and slid sideways. That was totally missing when I got it and I decided not to replace it because I wanted to use it for display. I did a lot of work to mine and love it.
@@FixingFurniture my Hoosier cabinet has an upper and lower tambour door. The lower one is so hard to get working properly. It has a whole lot of hardware mechanism that we should be able to easily slide back and forth that makes the tambour door rise & fall effortlessly.
@@FixingFurniture yes, but if you put the plain weave on the bias (align the weave so it doesnt run parallel to the slats and instead runs diagonal on a 45 degree angle), it won't tear across the weave because the directions wouldn't be the same
Many people may be more familiar with twill as the weave used in denim, which speaks to the strength of the weave. Also, all of our viewers who are US Navy veterans will be rather familiar with it.
You should be able to extend your glue time with a shop steam iron. Hide glue will soften right up with the application of hot moisture, allowing you to reset a joint (or bir of fabric) easily. If done before the glue really cures, I've never had a problem with it curing properly. Of course, I've never TRIED reusing hide glue if I had to reset a joint after 24 hours... so as wonderful as hide glue is, it might work even then!
The one, dark tambour piece goes on top. It is the only dark piece, which was not lightened by the sun. It is the only straight piece; not bent through use lower down.
It's the same reason TV shows conceal brands. Our videos reach a large audience and that has value to tool companies and suppliers. We're looking to partner with quality companies to help fund our video production work. One day, you may see the brand of clamps we use in our workshop... those yellow clamps aren't from DeWalt, but that's a good guess. Scott
Lol, that's awesome! The best laugh I've had in weeks. If you're interested in a Wooden It Be Nice Furniture Repair sticker, I'm happy to mail you one! Scott
Excellent video. Watching as you planned out the sequence of work so that every step fitted perfectly into the next one was very enjoyable. You are a good teacher and you have a really engaging presentational style. Thank you for posting the video.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing that. Scott
Thanks for this video! Had the opportunity to restore a Sellars Hoosier and the tambour repair process was very easy to follow. The tambour door now works as good as new if not better! The piece is now being handed down to the next generation by one happy grandmother. Thanks again, Ken
Possibly the most certifiable "dad moment" at 41:11 on the delivery of "Wow. Nice and smooth 🙂".
Excellent video as always!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Even using the twill, cutting the fabric on the bias will help avoid splitting between the tambour slats.
I had to look up with "bias" means for fabric. Now I understand your comment and I've learned something new. Thank you for sharing that! Scott
Can't believe the good timing; two weeks ago I bought a vintage French filing cabinet with a broken tambour door.. And this video pops up in my YT feed!
That is awesome! Good luck with your restoration project. I hope this video answers all your questions. Scott
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! I found these videos very informative and even was able to share with my husband some tips you gave.
Glad to hear you’re finding the videos helpful. Thanks for sharing that! Scott
Very professionally done, with good clear instructions in a logical manner.
Thank you Scott.
You’re welcome!
Hi! My daughter and I are working on an old Sellers cupboard which has a tambour door. I also own two types of Hoosier cupboards. I love them! Thanks for the video.:) We live in Indiana. In Nappanee , IN there is a museum for Hoosier cupboards located in the building where they used to make the cupboards. Free entry and a free film telling about the history of Hoosier cupboards.
Not that I would ever attempt anything like this, I'm glued to watching you work, mesmerizing !
Glad you enjoyed it. We have many more videos on our channel for you too! Cheers. Scott
My grandmother had this type of cabinet in her West Virginia kitchen, back in the early 1950s. Hers was on a base, and had a pull out workspace, that when not in use, held the water bucket, dipper, and tin cup. Drinking water was carried from a covered artesian spring, located several hundred feet uphill in the woods.
Wow! That's so cool to hear about! Thank you for sharing that. Scott
Another great video, thanks, Scott! Well planned out and explained thoughtfully and in detail. Looking fwd to Part 2!
And you're still living my dream!
Sending love from South Africa!
Thanks again for your support! I have your last comment printed, on my bulletin board as it makes me smile. If you're interested in a Wooden It Be Nice Furniture Repair sticker, let me know. I'm happy to mail one to you! Scott
@@FixingFurniture Wow! That would be amazing! I'll be bragging with the sticker with "that channel I'm always telling you all about"!
But most of all it will be a keepsake of the honour of touching eachother's lives in such positive ways, so many miles apart. Just more proof of the positive impact of your channel!
You’re so kind! Please send me your mailing address using the Contact page on our website woodenitbenice.ca/pages/contact
GOOD WORK, MASTER
You are the expert & I certainly am not, but why didn't you steam and try to straighten those warped slats? I'm thinking as bent, they'll exert pressure later and pop off again. Thanks for the video, very informative.
Good question. The challenge with steam bending wood is that it has to be unfinished. Doing that with these tambours would then turn into refinishing work for the whole door to make it look consistent. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a dependable way to release tension in one section of wood so I can manipulate it in the direction I want.
Nicely done Scott! The work on the tambour door and on the video! Thank-you!
Glad you liked it!
Very nice.
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you! This is great! I have 2 Hoosiers that belonged to my Grandmothers. One lived in Connecticut, and one came from Vermont. I feel fortunate to have inherited both of them, as well as my Vermonter Grandmother's love of repairing and refinishing furniture. However, this is my first encounter with attempting to repair a tambour door. Your excellent instructions have me feeling confident.
I'm in Lancaster, PA, as are the 2 Hoosiers. 😊
Excellent video!
Thank you! Scott
Nice work, Scott. I have no intention of fixing a tambour door, but I always watch anyway since I learn something from all your videos.
Thanks for watching and being a subscriber!
It happens that I found Part 2 first! LOL This tambour repair was most interesting. My dad, who was really a machinist by trade and hobby, got into a bit of woodworking after he retired. When my kids were small, the place we lived had no closet in their bedroom, so dad built from his own imagination, a portable closet with a drawer at the bottom, and tambour doors to save space in the room as well as avoid heads banging into sharp corners. He did use cloth strips, but guess what? 50 years later, they're still in one piece, even though one is living outdoors (under the eaves) for garden supplies!
When we remodeled our kitchen, we had an "appliance garage" installed as a corner cabinet: it has a tambour door. However, it wants to spring up and stay open about 1/4" at the bottom, but I don't know how to fix that, because the instructions called for aligning that door prior to installing the cabinet. Now it's locked in with zero access to the backside, as that is the exterior wall of the house!
My mother had one. Our cool feature was that the floor bin had a glass window so you could see how much floor you had.
Oh, that's cool. I haven't seen one of those before. Thanks for sharing that! Scott
Great repair Scott. but FYI not all Hoosiers are created equal, I did mine over, andput new backing on my door also. but the only way to get it in and out was to open the side a lot more than you did with yours. I almost had to take it apart. but made it. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to part 2. ECF
Thanks for sharing that Ellis. I suspect this cabinet was made relatively recently as it has a plywood back on it and the solid wood is thinner than typical antiques. Part 2 filming starts soon! Cheers
Another great video. I watch to relax with the shop sounds, the great voice and presentation style. I see I'm not the only one whom appreciates these, by reading other comments. Maybe one day I'll need to use some of the ingenious skills shown but for now is the ASMR aspect. Thank you!
I was going to make a roll up desk several years ago but got sidetracked. If I ever get back to doing that desk this video will help me to do it right. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Glad you found it helpful Glen!
Informative and engaging as always, Scott. Many thanks!
Thank you for a great video!!! I have a hoosier with tambour doors that pull together from each side. Your slats are horizontal, mine are vertical. I've had to strip old white paint off and I plan to stain and polyurethane the entire unit. At what point do you suggest staining and putting the polyurethane on the tambour door? Before gluing on fabric or after?
I suggest finishing the slats before attaching the fabric - it's much easier that way. I hope that helps. Scott
Nice work Scott, I like the technique on the door repair, and look forward to part two!
Glad you liked it. Here's a link to part 2 th-cam.com/video/dlff0mQ7V34/w-d-xo.html
When I was in high school I took 2 years of woodshop. I love working with wood. One of the things I learned is building a door like this. in the book it said to use slats of uniform thickness and width. space them with spacers to keep it from binding and glue fabric to the back. It amazes me how often you have extra work to do just because someone who didn't know what they were doing made a bad repair job. Now I see you removing glue from duct tape. I would love to see how this turns out. You do good work.
Thanks for sharing that! Scott
Nice and smooth
Thanks. Glad you like the end result! Scott
Always enjoy your videos.
I appreciate that! Thanks. Scott
Confused on what type of glue you recommend?
It’s called “hide glue”, also known as protein glue, Hope that helps. We have downloadable reference sheets that can help you in our Fixing Furniture Community membership. See www.fixingfurniture.com
I bought a cabinet very similar for my wife many years ago. It needs the TLC covered in part 2. I can't wait! Please post where you get the door latches from. Outstanding work! I check every weekend for new videos. Thank you!!
there's at least one hoosier cabinet facebook group that covers all this
Hi Doug. Here's a link to the door latches I used. I hope that helps. Scott bit.ly/3x7YmWi
Q: would using a steamer on those warped tambours and then adding the clamps and wedges been helpful to straighten them? Or would using the steam on such thin strips would only damage them? Thanks for being such a great teacher! And greetings from St. Louis, Missouri 😊
¡Wonderful! Felicitaciones Mr. Scott un video del cual se aprende mucho, gracias por sus consejos para lograr un óptimo resultado. Lo que diferencia sus videos de muchos otros que sin desmerecerlos, es que nos aconseja qué hacer y qué no se debe hacer, una muestra de su humildad para compartir sus conocimientos. En realidad ese mueble no lo había visto antes (estoy en Perú) como Ud. dice posiblemente por Latinoamérica no llegaron. ¿Hubiera sido una opción enderezar esas tablitas con vapor de agua? Digo ¿no?. Saludos y bendiciones.
Great video as always.
I appreciate that. Thank you! Scott
I have my great grandmother's Hoosier cabinet out in a storage building. It is in rough shape: some drawers came apart, tambour is a bundle of loose slats, doors separating at the joining, just a mess. You are giving me hope that I may be able to repair it. It looks a lot like the one in this video, or it used to anyway...
Washing and machine drying fabric also takes out the fine lint and finishing chemicals that might interfere with glue adhesion, especially with such a thin coat of glue.
Thank you for sharing that! Scott
Hoosier cabinets are definitely known in Australia. I am currently restoring one.
Oh, that's interesting! Thank you for sharing that. Scott
Thanks for the video. I always learn from them very good teaching. This might be a little stupid question but how do you figure the price to charge for the job. I have fixed some things and they say I'm not charging enough. I love doing it but like to make a little money to.
Pricing out furniture repairs depends on a number of factors, including where you live (urban or rural community). I'm happy to consult with you to share my experience on an Advice Session. You can purchase one on our website. woodenitbenice.ca/collections/all/advice
I was surprised you didn’t try to straighten the bent strips, at least a little?
I haven't yet found a technique to release tension in part of the wood to manipulate it. If you know of a resource, I'd love to know. Thanks. Scott
I'm just getting this and there's 888 thumbs up already 😂 Good for you Scott!!
Thank you!
Great video. Have one to repair now. Where do you get the fabric? Thought it was hi glue but saw the reply it’s hide glue.
Love your videos, it is like you are teaching a class! Thanks for sharing and so glad I subscribed!
Awesome! Thank you for subscribing! Scott
Hi. From the UK, never seen anything like a Hoosier cabinet. I'm sure similar things did exist but never seen. Apart from the tambour, it looks to be in really good condition.
Thanks, master! Amazing fix. I love it.
Cheers
You're welcome! Thanks for the support! Scott
@FixingFurniture good job. I've certainly nested clamps. For a job that size I use a heavy-duty ratchet strap with protection between the strap hardware and the project. I normally work alone...I've lost count of how many times those suckers come in handy!
I plan on using tambour doors in some pieces. I've always been fascinated with roll-top desks. (I will certainly be checking your other videos out.) If you were to steam the slats, then clamp...would that remove the warp? I know full fabric is the answer. But that was severe warp. Would it devalue it more to replace the 2 warped or use the original with the warp. You did a good job but my concern is the warp over time will pull away from the fabric. Especially with heat and humidity. (I'm in Nova Scotia). I've yet to ask...does heat and humidity cause hide glue to fail?
I'm wondering where you got the linen fabric. Does it have a thread count?
I love this cabinet! Was it done for a client, or is it for sale?
This was done for a client. Here's the second part of the repair th-cam.com/video/dlff0mQ7V34/w-d-xo.html
I'm curious, as I'm not sure, but won't shrunk linen just stretch back out? I would assume you want stretched linen so it will not stretch. I seriously need to reproduce this repair.
Good question. No, once you wash it fabric in hot water and it shrinks, it won't stretch to the original side. When shopping, there are some sellers that sell pre-shrunk fabric. Scott
There was one in the house where I grew up in England in the 30's & 40's. It had a different layout an a pull-down flap with an enamel work surface. similar cabinets were quite common at the time. I am not sure where they were made but probably in England. I heard them referred to as "Mother Hubbards". I bought one similar to yours about twenty years ago (in Ontario). I did similar repairs. It was Canadian made but remains in the house that I renovated and sold a few years ago and I cannot remember the makers name
That's interesting. Thank you for sharing it! Scott
19:39 honestly, looks like someone just produces regular fabric, but rolls and sells it at the 45° angle. Wouldn't that work, with regular fabric dense enough?
It could work, but requires much more fabric as you need to cut off a lot of material. Cheers. Scott
I see you got your 100000-lbs subs. Good stuff.
Yes! Thank you! We were so exited to receive our TH-cam Creator award! Scott
Indiana is THE Hoosier state, there is only one of us.
The good old internet does not seem to agree on who made this sort of cabinet first , " It was originally designed and marketed by the Hoosier Manufacturing Company in Newcastle IN" OR "The first Hoosier-style cabinet was made by a furniture manufacturing company named Sellers in 1898 in Elwood, Indiana". Gotta love the accuracy of an internet search.
But between the state being the Hoosier state and many of these cabinets were made by the Hoosier Co, this style become known as a Hoosier cabinet or kitchen Hoosier even though it might have been made by Sellers or McDougall or Boone etc etc.
Mine, which was my grandparents, is a Sellers and originally had tambour doors that opened in the middle and slid sideways. That was totally missing when I got it and I decided not to replace it
because I wanted to use it for display. I did a lot of work to mine and love it.
How do we fix the lower tambour door mechanism?
I don't understand what you mean by "lower door mechanism". Please describe more. Thanks.
@@FixingFurniture my Hoosier cabinet has an upper and lower tambour door. The lower one is so hard to get working properly. It has a whole lot of hardware mechanism that we should be able to easily slide back and forth that makes the tambour door rise & fall effortlessly.
great video have you ever done veneer work
Thank you. I've done a bit but haven't made a video on that. It's not often something we get through our workshop. Scott
Never Seen one of These. I am from Germany.
Thank you for sharing that! Scott
How strong is the vinegar 5% or 7%?
It's regular household vinegar, not double strength. I hope that helps. Scott
you could probably also use a plain weave on the bias but make sure to let it hang out first so it doesnt warp and go lax after a while
The plain weave does work, but it will fail over time as the fabric easily tares in the same direction as the tambour slats.
@@FixingFurniture yes, but if you put the plain weave on the bias (align the weave so it doesnt run parallel to the slats and instead runs diagonal on a 45 degree angle), it won't tear across the weave because the directions wouldn't be the same
i think.
Many people may be more familiar with twill as the weave used in denim, which speaks to the strength of the weave. Also, all of our viewers who are US Navy veterans will be rather familiar with it.
Yes, it's very durable material. Thanks for sharing that. Scott
Heeey Mr. Tambour repairman, mend a cabinet for me 🎶
You should be able to extend your glue time with a shop steam iron. Hide glue will soften right up with the application of hot moisture, allowing you to reset a joint (or bir of fabric) easily. If done before the glue really cures, I've never had a problem with it curing properly. Of course, I've never TRIED reusing hide glue if I had to reset a joint after 24 hours... so as wonderful as hide glue is, it might work even then!
I have reversed PVA with a variable heat electric heat gun multiple times. One has to be careful not to damage the finish though.
The one, dark tambour piece goes on top. It is the only dark piece, which was not lightened by the sun. It is the only straight piece; not bent through use lower down.
Black tape on the Irwin and DeWalt clamps means a Bessey sponsorship is soon to be announced. 😉
It would be nice to have the support of Bessey Tools for our channel. Let’s see if this message gets their attention @besseytools
We know you are Canadian and that isn't hide glue it is maple syrup. (Teasing)
Why did you cover up the name on your Dewalt clamps?
It's the same reason TV shows conceal brands. Our videos reach a large audience and that has value to tool companies and suppliers. We're looking to partner with quality companies to help fund our video production work. One day, you may see the brand of clamps we use in our workshop... those yellow clamps aren't from DeWalt, but that's a good guess. Scott
why wouldn't you want to use heat & water to straighten the warped tambour slats?
You walked up to that broken tambour door and said, “Hoosier daddy?”
Lol, that's awesome! The best laugh I've had in weeks. If you're interested in a Wooden It Be Nice Furniture Repair sticker, I'm happy to mail you one! Scott
Looks like Scott is now! LOL
The Hoosier I inherited is missing the tambour door completely 😞
Oh, that’s too bad. There are companies that sell replacement parts for restoration.
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Thank you for being a subscriber! Scott
Music ughhh!