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<p>[QUOTE="LizardDan, post: 282114, member: 5557"]My previous job before selling antiques was as a furniture builder for a custom shop. Some would say, "Oh that makes it easy!" but seeing what I've seen.... It's not gonna be fun with this water damage and buckling. There seems to be some shoddy repairs already done to it, too. Almost feel like they should have given ME $10 to haul it off their property!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I heat gunned, rolled and hide glue'd a few sections.... But it looks like I'm not the first one to repair this veneer. I'm thinking I'll take out the hardware and sell that, rip off the veneer, and use this piece as a slave to my other projects. </p><p><br /></p><p>This nice burl veneer will really come in handy in the near future. It's THICK too! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I can't see myself selling something with this shoddy worksmanship to a customer and I don't think the time it'd take is worth it. Oh well! Now onto the secretary desk I scored for free! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LizardDan, post: 282114, member: 5557"]My previous job before selling antiques was as a furniture builder for a custom shop. Some would say, "Oh that makes it easy!" but seeing what I've seen.... It's not gonna be fun with this water damage and buckling. There seems to be some shoddy repairs already done to it, too. Almost feel like they should have given ME $10 to haul it off their property! I heat gunned, rolled and hide glue'd a few sections.... But it looks like I'm not the first one to repair this veneer. I'm thinking I'll take out the hardware and sell that, rip off the veneer, and use this piece as a slave to my other projects. This nice burl veneer will really come in handy in the near future. It's THICK too! I can't see myself selling something with this shoddy worksmanship to a customer and I don't think the time it'd take is worth it. Oh well! Now onto the secretary desk I scored for free! :) :) :)[/QUOTE]
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