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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 81379, member: 360"]The new frontpiece...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/t31.0-8/11234858_1650080511917095_5418613925157459286_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Carving it out with a hammer and chisel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Checking the fit...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/12034481_1650080588583754_2384997518996584738_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/11887559_1650080615250418_8046599734697495477_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Once we've finalised the front bit, we can rebuild the baseboard, which desperately needs replacing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dad wouldn't let me work the chisels on account of the accuracy required (and my eyesight being far less than perfect). But I did sharpen the chisels for him, which he said was a passable job. So...yay!</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously our DIY fixup won't be as good as what the boys at the Singer cabinet-making department did back in the 40s, but it'll hold the blasted thing together, at least!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 81379, member: 360"]The new frontpiece... [IMG]https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/t31.0-8/11234858_1650080511917095_5418613925157459286_o.jpg[/IMG] Carving it out with a hammer and chisel. Checking the fit... [IMG]https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/12034481_1650080588583754_2384997518996584738_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/11887559_1650080615250418_8046599734697495477_o.jpg[/IMG] Once we've finalised the front bit, we can rebuild the baseboard, which desperately needs replacing. Dad wouldn't let me work the chisels on account of the accuracy required (and my eyesight being far less than perfect). But I did sharpen the chisels for him, which he said was a passable job. So...yay! Obviously our DIY fixup won't be as good as what the boys at the Singer cabinet-making department did back in the 40s, but it'll hold the blasted thing together, at least!![/QUOTE]
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