Old Children's Folding Chair Restoration - E∞J Woodhouse Restorations
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 เม.ย. 2022
- (NOTE) I apologise for the audible breathing in some sections of the video, I'm wearing a heavy-duty respirator. I appreciate all the help in the comments :)
This item was a high school woodworking project that had been left outside in a shed for over 30 years. My client wanted me to try and restore it to what it had originally looked like when it was first made. He requested no stain and the removal of the water-damaged layers. I couldn't remove all of the sun and water damage but I manage to restore most of its original lustre.
Thanks for watching. Please let me know what you think or if you have any questions. I'm always happy to respond.
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This is so sweet! It is almost exactly the same design as a little seat made for me (and another for my twin sister) by my beloved uncle in Sydney, in the early 70s. The only difference really is that instead of solid panels, my seat has slats, and the whole thing is brighly painted. It can be either a step, or a chair.
Wow that is very cool! I would love to see some pictures. It’s a pretty nifty design, I reckon the slat version would look great as well. Thank for watching and your comment! 👍🙂
I had one like you've described. On the first step was painted "stand up to be tall". When it was a chair, the seat back said "sit down to be small".
@@elickes What a cute saying! 🥰
Iya benar2 keren itu desainya klasik
A simple piece, but beautiful wood and restoration!
Thank you Nora! Pine does indeed have nice grain 👍🙂
Interesting solutions! Ingenious!
Thank you very much Kay! Had to use the old noggin for this one😀👍
Beautiful
Very much appreciated Martha 🙂👍
Amazing 😊
Thank you Killy 👍☺️
Very very nice
Cheers Danny 👍🙂
Nice... Very nice. 🙂
Thank you Clara 👍🙂😺
Very interesting to see finish removal done with a plane. It looks so easy and fast when viewed, but I think it must take a great deal of strength and skill to make it look so easy. Good job!
Very much appreciated Joan! It is quite fast compared to sanding. Once you get sharpening and blade depth down it’s a breeze. It’s definitely a great workout! Cheers 👍🙂
I was thinking the same thing watching him plane those boards. Fascinating to know it’s easier than sanding. My original thought was …… My goodness, why doesn’t he just sand them! It look would be so much easier … 😃
Sweet 👍🏻 👍🏻
Cheers mate, thanks for the watch and comment!😀👍
Ficou lindo.😍
Thank you Rosa, 😉😺
Very nice work!
Very much appreciated IDK 👍🙂
Beautifull.
Thank you Viky ☺️👍😺
I really liked this. I had one when I was little back in the 1960s. I used it to reach the bathroom sink and to also play tea party in my room. Love the trip down memory lane.
Wow that’s fantastic, I’m super glad it’s brought back some warm memories. Sounds like your chair was a pretty nifty thing to have. Had no idea these were so popular. Thank you for sharing 👍🙂
How clever and super adorable! Thanks for no annoying music, I don't mind the breathing. Great job!
Thanks Janet! It is quite a nifty chair. Not a problem at all, I’m glad to hear my breathing was not bothersome to everyone! Cheers 👍🙂
I have actually built one of these! I used an older one as a pattern, and built a new one for a customer. Great job!
Nice one Don 👍 I would love to see it and share everyone’s work. Cheers buddy 🙂👍
Wow!
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Very good. I like the no talking part. This shows what can be done with few tools.
Cheers buddy! I never liked the sound of my own voice anyway haha. Thank you for the feedback and watch 👍🙂
Fantastic job on restoring that
Thank you Michael, I appreciate the support!🙂👍
This is indeed a brilliant child's chair or a step stool. Nice job.
It’s a very cute little thing, wish they were more common. Cheers 👍🙂
I remember these. I had one as a kid, just about every kid did.😃
Very interesting, I had no idea they were this common. Thank you for the info! 😀👍
What a beautiful piece
Thank you Mary, the patina gave it a nice amber finish. 👍🙂
Ottimo lavoro, complimenti anche per lo splendido gatto, ciao.
Hello my friend! Very much appreciated Manuel. haha your the first person to have noticed him :). His name is Hans and he is an extremely lazy cat. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@ejwoodhouserestorations2796 🐱❤🐈😻
Nice looking wee stool. Been a really nice finish to have counterbored and plugged those visible screws, I might actually make one of these.
It is quite cute, the customer wanted to keep it screws so he could take it apart in the future, however, I think it would be a great look and I should have recommended it. I would love to see it when it's finished! Let us know and id love to share everyones work. Cheers buddy😀👍
Great work!!
Cheers buddy 👍🙂😺
Good job. Love the chair/step stool.
Cheers Geneva, it is quite a cute little thing 👍🙂 I appreciate the support!
It's awesome! Great job! Thanks for sharing this!
Thank you Brenda! I’ll keep them coming 👍🙂
Sweet! Looks so nice.
Thanks for watching and commenting Olga! :)
Nice, clean and so cute
It is quite a cute piece 👍 wish I could have kept this one 🙂 thanks for watching and commenting.
Buen trabajo, ha quedado precioso! 😍
Thank you Jone! 🙂👍☺️
Me habria gustado que rellenaras el orificio de un nudo de la misma madera esta en el respaldo. fuera de eso te quedo muy bien!!
That’s a great idea, I never thought of it. I’ve seen knot holes being filled with wax and epoxy but I think your idea would look great too 👍🙂
Looks very nice. I would only have used time correct screws.
No one seems to like the zinc screws 🥲😅 I understand your viewpoint though, I think some caps would have looked nicer as well. Thank you for watching and commenting 👍🙂
I had a stool like that when I was young, back in the early 60's. It was painted red.
Wow seems like it's a popular design, I'm sure you have fond memories of it. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂👍
Nice little seat/stool. You took your time scraping the boards and making the dutchman patch. Why did you use those horrid screws to attach the seat and back?
Thank you Mitch, haha what’s a Dutchman’s patch? The original screws were zinc coated as well, they just tarnished over time. I talked to the owner and he wanted it to be similar. I could have recommended putting plugs over them but I didn’t think of it at the time which is my bad 👍😥😺
I would love if you made a template of the pieces so your subscribers could make one for themselves
Not a bad idea! I never thought of it. Seems like a great video idea though, you might just see it! 👍🙂😺
I couldn't for the life of me figure out how that was all going to fit together, until the very end! 😝
Haha it was a pit of a puzzle, thank your for watching and commenting! 🙂👍
Sweet!
Thank you Colleen!😃
muy buen trabajo, me agradan tus videos, saludos desde Chile!
Thank you Redrigo! I really appreciate the feedback. Hello from Sydney my friend! 🇦🇺
Belo trabalho!!!
Thank you Marlon!😀👍
Yay for bonus kitty content!
There is always time for kitties! His name is Hans by the way, a very lazy cat 😅
@@ejwoodhouserestorations2796 He's doing his job--supervising!😹😹😹
@@mozu517 hahaha 😂 that’s true, all builds must pass the Hans test.
Very nice work, I hope you reach this creativity
Thank you! I appreciate the watch and comment😀🤓
Only criticism I have is, not enough scenes for the cat …cute kitty! Lovely restoration
Haha noted, I will add more kitty action shots in upcoming videos 🙂👍
As a melanoma survivor, I think you should maybe ask a dermatologist to check that mole on your left hand, even if it’s been there “forever.”
Thank you for the heads up! Will do. I hope everything is okay with your skin as well 👍🙂
@@ejwoodhouserestorations2796 Yeah, me, so far, so good. Thanks. But have that mole looked at -AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE SHAPE AND COLOR !!!
I have one of these
Cool 😎 where did you get yours?
Who's house is burning down in the background and no one seems to care?? That smoke detector was very annoying. Nice job btw the chair is adorable. 😊 I love your kitty!!❤🐈
Haha no need to worry that’s just a dump truck, they are renovating a house next door. Drives me nuts as well I apologise for the noise. Thanks Jean! I will send your regards to Hans, aka the lazy kitty. 🙂👍
Excellent job. The repairs were done flawlessly.
Cheers Michael! That patch have me a lot of trouble. Thanks for watching and commenting😀👍
Nice job. I can tell you keep your plane blade nicely sharpened. I think the Philips screws spoil it a bit though. Would have been nice to sink them deeper and put some wooden caps on top? 👍 Are you wearing a mask? Your breathing sounds rough
You know your planes, my 8000 grit water stone does the trick. That’s a great idea 👍 wish I would have tried it while I had the chance. Yes, I’m wearing a pretty heavy duty respirator, lots of dust in the workshop, I need to install a dust extractor so I don’t have to wear it for hours on end haha, I didn’t realise the camera would pick it up, I apologise if it’s off putting. Thanks for watching and your feedback 🤓
@@ejwoodhouserestorations2796 Your breathing wasn't off putting. I was worried about your health 👍
@@opticaltrace4382 That makes me feel a lot better haha, I felt pretty bad about the heavy breathing 😅 cheers buddy 👍
Make a filtering fan - buy a furnace filter and put on the back of a box fan/install a extractor fan, I assume you had the shutter/door open as we could [more pleasantly] hear birds singing, traffic and a smoke alarm in the back ground = adequately ventilating the workshop. Still we appreciate the original audio recording, in comparison to more “dumber” channels that put music on the audio track so we can’t hear what they are doing/think we don’t want to hear it
@@samuelfellows6923 sounds like a plan! Definitely going to try something like that or similar. Yup that door was wide open hahah. I agree, the sounds of woodworking are a pleasure to listen to, the music would ruin it. Thanks for the tips buddy! 🤓👍
Nice video, and a sweet restoration. I didn't really even notice the breathing (good on you for looking after your lungs), but it's really amazing what they can do with algae wafers nowadays. ;)
Thank you Evelyn, That makes me feel a lot better! Your feedback really helps me out 👍🙂 haha I know right? Who knew wafers could be so versatile 😉
@@ejwoodhouserestorations2796 Just curious, do you have a guess as to what the wood in this chair might be? Something from Australia, maybe, since it doesn't strike me as one of the classic North American furniture woods?
@@evelyngorfram9306 I believe it is radiata pine. It’s a very commonly used wood in Australia, sold just about everywhere. I could be wrong though haha my eyes aren’t good with identifying woods 😅
@@ejwoodhouserestorations2796 Thanks (& I promise not to hold you to it)
@@evelyngorfram9306 hahaha 👍🤓
Mantab ya kerjanya rapi alatnya serba manual g pakai listrik
Thank you again my friend. Can’t beat the finish of a good sharp hand plane. 👍🙂
Thank you for this beautiful restoration. I have two questions about this piece. Is this a step stool as well as a child's seat? Is the beautiful patina in the wood caused by the age of the piece and also because it was cut from very old trees?
Not a problem Zoe, I appreciate your watch and comment. Yes, it functions as both a step stool / little table with chair, and a dedicated chair. Yes the sun and water damage actually added to the patina, it was quite surprising and looks really beautiful. The wood is quite common here in Australia. I believe it would have been from a recently cut tree at the time it was made. Cheers 👍🙂
@@ejwoodhouserestorations2796 I don't think I phrased my last question very well. I understand that a lot of the older, antique furniture was made from mature, very old, trees. I've heard that trees don't have a chance to become very mature these days before they cut them down and make furniture from them. And therefore their wood is not as beautiful as from wood from a mature tree.
@@zoe1972 ahhhh I understand now. You know I think your right, I haven’t seen that much figure in a nowadays common piece of pine. All of the plantation pine looks very similar and has little in the way of knots or interesting grain patterns. A very good observation! 👍
@@ejwoodhouserestorations2796 Thank you. 🌳🌲🪚👍
That is cute as hell. Where did you find it if you don't mind my asking?❤
Not at all Kathy, was given to me by a older gentleman who had made it in high school as his year 9 woodworking project. It’s quite nifty and cute I definitely agree. Thanks for watching and commenting 😀👍
Excelsior 👏👏👏🇧🇷
Cheers again buddy!🙃👍
Is that your smoke alarm?
No, not a smoke alarm. I know it sounds like one though haha. It’s actually the sound of a truck as they are building a new house down the street. 👍
you certainly made a good job considering you only used hand tools. p.s. you need a new sander.
Cheers Suhayl, yea my orbital sander has taken quite a beating over the years, any chance to buy a new tool ill take it haha. Thanks for watching and commenting😀
Nice but the screws head could have been hidden ,for a really.good job ?!
Thanks Pierre, that’s a great suggestion 👍 the owner wanted to leave it as screws so it could be taken apart in the future. I didn’t think of recommending it though, I wish I had. 👍🙂
天板はビスじゃなく、ほぞの方が良かったんじゃないかな
Sugerencia: baja la sensibilidad del micrófono, tu respiración se escucha un poco fuerte. Te pega un estilo Diresta con cámara rápida. Al menos no estás hablando todo el rato, que es un agobio. Gracias por tus vídeos.
That’s a great suggestion I will certainly try it. I’m going to get a better video editing program as well to see if I can tweak the sound some more after filming. I appreciate the feedback and thanks for watching 👍😀
That was the valves in his respirator 😷 = as he was concerned with the dust he was inadvertently making
Хорошая работа. Одно замечание - сидение надо было закрепить деревянными шкантами.
Thanks buddy, that suggestion has come up a lot and I think it's a good one. I will definitely recommend that to the clients in the future. Thank you for watching and your feedback😀👍
Love the video. Can't stand the persistent electronic beeping noise in the background throughout the entire video.
Thank you 🙂 I do apologise about the beeping it was actually a dump truck from the neighbours. I’m trying to improve the sound quality every video it’s quite tricky haha. 👍
😟 - a bit concerning, hearing the faint sound of a smoke alarm in your video = the house it is in is possibly burning?
They are currently building a house just down the street from my house. It’s actually the sound of a truck. It beeps all day from 8am to 4pm haha. Drives you a little nuts sometimes. Can’t wait till they finish!
@@ejwoodhouserestorations2796 - 😣😠, would complain to the builders, contractor - particularly that it sounds like a smoke alarm
@@samuelfellows6923 that’s a good idea and a good point. I’ll have a stroll over there today. You guys really help me out. 👍🙂
How about some background…music maybe. It’s a bit unsettling to hear your breathing as the only background.
Hahaha I do apologise for the breathing, darn respirator was very loud. 😅
The beeping sound in the background...