Wednesday
came around again and the enthusiastic team of Furniture Reuse and
Restore students assembled at the Redfern workshop to continue our
projects and learning. Once again it was a 2 team approach, but with
lots of swapping over of personnel between the woodworking and
upholstering teams so that most got some hands on experience with
both.
A
lovely old Oak Armchair is coming along very nicely with the
re-springing completed, and the timber arms sanded back ready for
varnishing.
At
the upholstery bench a team was eagerly continuing work on a set of
Romanian chairs that are being converted to more modern looking
stools. Extra attention was required to day due to the tricky
re-assembly of 8 chairs into 6, and some parts requiring a little
hand work to get things together.
At
the timber work bench a set of children's size bench seat and table
was being continued with a lot of drilling and screwing work required
to get them all together. In previous weeks the timbers had been
bevelled, sanded, and oiled in preparation for this assembly, and
today was the day.
All
the team took a hand in the work and gained first hand experience in
the use of power drills to drill, countersink, and install
woodscrews. Thing wet very smoothly and before long the benches
started to take shape
Mention
must be made of the spectacular ‘bring a plate’ lunch. Once again
people broght along an amazing assortment for our buffet style lunch,
and it was an culinary success. Special thanks must go to Maaike for
preparing not just one, but several delicious dishes. There was no
shortage of dessert either with cakes, strawberries etc galore.
Somehow
we managed to push on after all this into the afternoon with our
projects getting further keen attention, and many getting very close
to completed. Some of the converted stools were even able to get
the first coat of brilliant red paint
And
the Oak armchair was oiled with linseed oil. You’d never believe it had once
been discarded.
We
all look forward to continuing next week…..
-Glen
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