Category Restore

Record No. 5½ Restoration

Was a $5 Record # 05 1/2 restoration project possibly a step too far. It turns out it wasn't.

Restoration carried out on a rough, dirty, well-used Sargent No.53 Floor Scraper

A snapshot of a tradesman’s kit from another era - toolbox & 49 wooden planes.

As I head off on some travel, I'm leaving behind lots of work restoring wooden planes.

The restoration is finally complete - all that is left now is for the grand-daughters to test ride it.

Painting of the body of the rocking horse is complete with subtle grey shading and dappled pattern on the neck and flanks.

An over 30 year old, neglected whirligig gets a makeover to prepare it for a new life.

This is probably the boring part - restoration of the frame. It was structurally sound but still required a fair bit of work.

Up until now, I had never really done anything to look after my files, and storage meant throwing them into a drawer in my workbench.

Part 2 of the restoration involved stripping down the rocking horse, patching the paintwork and preparing it for final painting.

!st Part of a series covering the restoration of a pre-1972 wooden rocking horse.

Repairing a toy basinet when plastic fittings break requires a bit of thought on how to use the materials at hand.