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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 338281, member: 6444&quot;]I got this project over the weekend and had a holiday so got the chance to fix and put it back together. Usually my projects sit around for months or years so I feel good about putting this one together so quickly. This is an English serpentine dressing or toilet mirror, late 18th early 19th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one had an old finish in pretty good condition, which I always like to see, but considered a basket case because of some foot problems. One of the back feet was completely missing, and part of one of the front ones. I picked a 19th century mahogany leg from my parts bin that had enough usable wood to make the parts I needed, and tried my hand at carving mahogany for the first time. I used my band saw and several wood files to copy the feet on the other side. Mahogany is great stuff, I can see why it was so popular back before the trees had all been cut down. Gluing it together was pretty easy this time - three clamps and a rubber band.</p><p><br /></p><p>I applied some finish to the visible parts, but left the underside unfinished since I like to leave a sign that there has been work done. The final pictures show the replacement feet with finish applied. This mirror got claimed by my wife before I had to figure out what to do with it, which is always a huge relief!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]113535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]113536[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]113537[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]113538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]113539[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]113540[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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