Recently I made a couple of desks as a commission for a client, and when I was delivering those to his home, he mentioned he had some solid beech dining chairs that were in need of repair.  There were 6 in total but initially I just took 4 of them away, and in this video I'm going to be showing how I repaired and re-finished them.

The main problem with these chairs, as you can see is that joints are loose, so the chairs had quite a bit of movement in them.  

When I lifted the seat pad out, I found there was another problem - the corner brackets which sho

In this video I'll be working on two sign projects.

The first is a commission for one of my Patrons on Patreon.  He asked for a house sign named "The Redlands", and for that I'll be using a piece of what I first thought was a wood called utile, but after posting a picture of the sign on Instagram, a couple of people commented about it potentially being walnut.  I'm not sure, but whatever it is, it's  a really nice piece of wood - you can see here in the corner where I used my handplane to get a better look at the grain.  I bought this piece several months ago

In this video I’ll be demonstrating how I my own oil wax wood finishing product.

 

But first, I thought I'd explain why, as there were a few reasons

 

Firstly I’ve recently run out of Briwax which is a product that I use quite often as a finish, at least for items I make that don’t need a lot of protection from moisture.

 

Secondly, Briwax is great for adding a really smooth finish and a nice subtle sheen to wood, but it doesn’t really pop the grain, so what I usually do is apply boiled linseed oil to pop the grain

Welcome to part 2 of the desk build.