From cabinets to furniture - some advice needed

[Mark R]

Nice job John!

cheers Mark

[Geaney]

Thanks chaps,

I put a couple of clips up on YouTube for the curious - first one is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ2FGfOrK0w

Col, I did consider dismantling the chair completely but there are so many 'bodge' repairs on it that I figured it would take forever to finish it and I'm getting anxious to get back to my PYE P53 cab restore. I will however discuss with the owner and if she doesn't mind waiting a 'long' time to get it back I may go the whole hog as they say and dismantle, strip it and then re-finish, etc. While it's an interesting project I'd prefer to get back to the radio stuff.

Cheers, John

[Skywave]

Many years ago I was given a piece of good advice from a very perceptive friend: "Always practice your skills on someone else's kit prior to tackling your own!"
Perhaps that philosophy applies here . . . .

Al.

[Geaney]

I'm starting to get back to he workshop (short visits so far) so I've finally finished the antique chair. I'm reasonably happy with the result given I did not expand the scope of the project beyond the back and the cracks in the seat. The owner dropped by last week and saw it before the final touches and she seemed impressed (a little polish goes a long way )

Luckily, there were no major lacquer problems so the final result looks OK.

Now, back to the important stuff!

Cheers, John

[AlanBeckett]

John,

It'll do for the Pit
Are you going to make it a cushion?

Alan

[Wage Slave]

Regarding that marking on the base. I saw it and thought it looked North East Asian. Then looked back in the thread and saw it was a Chinese chair. Anyway, the ideogram (京) means capital (as in city). This is pronounced "jing" in Chinese hence Beijing (north capital).

In Japanese, 京, is pronounced "kyo" as in Tokyo (east capital) and Kyoto (capital city and prefecture in its own right).

So now you know . I suppose the chair must have been either made or traded in Peking at some point.

[AlanBeckett]

Ah, so
Alan

[Geaney]

Regarding that marking on the base. I saw it and thought it looked North East Asian. Then looked back in the thread and saw it was a Chinese chair. Anyway, the ideogram (京) means capital (as in city). This is pronounced "jing" in Chinese hence Beijing (north capital).

In Japanese, 京, is pronounced "kyo" as in Tokyo (east capital) and Kyoto (capital city and prefecture in its own right).

So now you know . I suppose the chair must have been either made or traded in Peking at some point.

Thanks Wage Slave, I'll check with the owner. Her late husband was Chinese so I'd say it's a safe bet that the chair's origins are in China rather than Japan. I've started dabbling with the Chinese language - not sure I'll ever get the hang of it though

I have to say the amount of knowledge on this forum never ceases to amaze me

Cheers, John

[Geaney]

John,

It'll do for the Pit
Are you going to make it a cushion?

Alan

Hi Alan, without wishing to be unduly sexist, I'll leave the question of cushions to the owner - seems like the female of the species are generally better at that sort of thing. At least I know I'm no good at it!

Cheers, John

[AlanBeckett]

Well said Sir.
Alan