Watched because I picked up similar chair for $15 at a barn sale! But way more than I can do by myself! But I think I now understand how it is built! Thank you, you are amazing and hard working!
Greetings from Southern America. Molasses mixed with water. Will let you wash away the rust in about 3. or 4 days. You can add a taste of vinegar to make it go faster. But don't let it go to many days. It will pit the metal Molasses, and water takes longer, but safer.
Okay, 1. Really impressed with the way you fixed the springs and restored the metal parts. 2. I have a chair like that and I have been afraid to repair until I saw this video. 3. Really surpirsed you used wax as a finish on something that old. I would have gone with a water based finish as a first instinct but your demo has made me think different. 4. I agree those old metal wheels are terrible but I never thought about getting rid of them. Well done Thank you.
It's allways scary to start with something like this. But you just have to go for it. If the basis is solid there is not much that can go wrong. Thanks for the feedback, really appreciate it! 😁
Very interesting video, You have mad skills. When I first read the title I thought this was the same company I worked for from 1984 to 1997, then I remembered that company was founded in 1947 so not the same place.
I got BL marble Rolling Desk Chair made 1895 to 1901. Half oak finish..serial 2724 chair no.11. was in the mine office that Butch Cassidy Robbed in April of 1897. I know the place well. Loved there till the towns demise. Anybody know the worth of this antique?
the dark for this chair is better. the light colour has swedish connotation I have used vinegar to metal parts of a sewing machine, now it is stuck it does not work anymore
I am working on a similar chair with a similar mechanism engaging with the vertical seat post; my understanding was that the round "bell" with internal threading can be spun to raise or lower the height of the seat, but it looks like you have fixed the position of the bell, allowing for height adjustment only by spinning the entire chair? Also, the keyway in the vertical post seems unused here, whereas I've found that a "thrust washer" is supposed to be inserted there. Does this ring a bell? The screw you replaced in the base is where mine has a set screw that only restrains vertical movement of the bell. for reference: ruclips.net/video/ON6BtEaQqnM/видео.html
I can’t be the only one who screamed when you started banging on that old wing-nut with a hammer... a little heat goes a long way bro. And I was crawling out of my skin when you took sandpaper that beautiful finish!! AAAGH!!! Next time you find one of these, give me the chance to buy it before you destroy it.
Badenhawk for starters, I would wire brush all the steel down to bare metal and shellac it, not paint it, paint will chip and end up looking like crap, especially on springs and it will just gum up the threads on anything adjustable. Paint is a good protectant from rust, but not on moving parts that touch. Second, you will never get a finish as hard as a factory finish, by sanding and waxing all he did was guarantee it won’t last another hundred years.
Yeah, I agree that painting the spring and the threads on that main part wasn't a good idea, bare metal with a rust protection lube or grease would have been far better on moving parts.
he killed the character - it's not "stain" like someone above said- look up Patina. it's caused by time and sunlight. he destroyed 100 years of rich dark patina that gives antiques their "charm" and why they have intrinsic value. @@zzzz3190
you did a great job specially in the metal parts, but the original color was way prettier, it showed its age, now you cant tell if its a real antique or a modern reproduction
I liked the darker finish better than the lighter one but nice effort into a great chair
Watched because I picked up similar chair for $15 at a barn sale! But way more than I can do by myself! But I think I now understand how it is built! Thank you, you are amazing and hard working!
Thanks, it's really not that much to it. Good luck with your project! 😁
Nice job, excellent! No cutting corners makes it so perfect.
Greetings from Southern America. Molasses mixed with water. Will let you wash away the rust in about 3. or 4 days. You can add a taste of vinegar to make it go faster. But don't let it go to many days. It will pit the metal Molasses, and water takes longer, but safer.
Hey Charles, great tip. I'll try it out next time I need to clean some rust. Thanks for watching
Nice work. Looks amazing!!!
Okay, 1. Really impressed with the way you fixed the springs and restored the metal parts. 2. I have a chair like that and I have been afraid to repair until I saw this video. 3. Really surpirsed you used wax as a finish on something that old. I would have gone with a water based finish as a first instinct but your demo has made me think different. 4. I agree those old metal wheels are terrible but I never thought about getting rid of them. Well done Thank you.
It's allways scary to start with something like this. But you just have to go for it. If the basis is solid there is not much that can go wrong. Thanks for the feedback, really appreciate it! 😁
I have a chair like this which is shaky and i really couldnt figure out why. I now realise i need to tighten the base like you did. Cheers!
Great resto. My wife aquired a bankers chair and I can't wait to use it in our home office.
I recently found a chair a lot like that one and man it's cool to someone else do a way better job than me.
Love the chair post work!
This chair looks absolutely amazing now!!! Thank you for sharing this. I have a chair just like this.... now I know what to do with it!!!
Thanks for this! I just found a similar chair out on the curb. Mine has wheels. I am loving it!
Very interesting video, You have mad skills.
When I first read the title I thought this was the same company I worked for from 1984 to 1997, then I remembered that company was founded in 1947 so not the same place.
Excellent job
You should put wheels on it. Great job!
I love your desk too, those pieces were meant for each other!
Awesome job done
Great job on that chair!
At this point it's no longer a restoration. You've refinished the piece.
Nice; my dad has a chair like that in his basement, perhaps I'll need to do the same.
Great job!
Nice! I want to find a chair like that now!
I would like to find out how I can replace metal parts on my chair. Don’t even know what the parts are, so how can I even look up parts?
That is a great build. I'm glad you brought that back to life. I hope you hand it down to your grandkids
Beautiful job but it's not done until it has the appropriate casters.
very beautiful job, and what is the name of such a chair and its mechanism???
Personally I think fixing it up so it worked smoothly but leaving the original patina and maintaining its history would have been better
Looks good! I’m have a similar chair but definitely not quite as old. Do you know if you can lower the seat?
Hi what stain did you use and what are the caps called that you used, where can I find them?
I wish you'd put links for all the stuff you used Great job !!!!!!!!!!!!!
such a beautiful chair
Nice job, classic restoration. Keep it up. May be a small tour of the work shop.
I got BL marble Rolling Desk Chair made 1895 to 1901. Half oak finish..serial 2724 chair no.11. was in the mine office that Butch Cassidy Robbed in April of 1897. I know the place well. Loved there till the towns demise. Anybody know the worth of this antique?
the dark for this chair is better. the light colour has swedish connotation I have used vinegar to metal parts of a sewing machine, now it is stuck it does not work anymore
what kind of alcohol did you use with the vinegar? Regular rubbing alcohol?
Looks so nice ! 😊
Good job.
Continue
very good job!
I am working on a similar chair with a similar mechanism engaging with the vertical seat post; my understanding was that the round "bell" with internal threading can be spun to raise or lower the height of the seat, but it looks like you have fixed the position of the bell, allowing for height adjustment only by spinning the entire chair? Also, the keyway in the vertical post seems unused here, whereas I've found that a "thrust washer" is supposed to be inserted there. Does this ring a bell? The screw you replaced in the base is where mine has a set screw that only restrains vertical movement of the bell. for reference: ruclips.net/video/ON6BtEaQqnM/видео.html
Really nice! Good job!
Beeswax! Perfect!
**Insert old Wikipedia chair article here.**
I can’t be the only one who screamed when you started banging on that old wing-nut with a hammer... a little heat goes a long way bro.
And I was crawling out of my skin when you took sandpaper that beautiful finish!! AAAGH!!! Next time you find one of these, give me the chance to buy it before you destroy it.
Out of curiosity, what would you have done differently?
Badenhawk for starters, I would wire brush all the steel down to bare metal and shellac it, not paint it, paint will chip and end up looking like crap, especially on springs and it will just gum up the threads on anything adjustable. Paint is a good protectant from rust, but not on moving parts that touch. Second, you will never get a finish as hard as a factory finish, by sanding and waxing all he did was guarantee it won’t last another hundred years.
Yeah, I agree that painting the spring and the threads on that main part wasn't a good idea, bare metal with a rust protection lube or grease would have been far better on moving parts.
R2 G Before I read your comment I just finished telling to my wife lol 😂
Unnecessary nastiness. Perhaps you would be more persuasive if not so rude and insulting.
fucking crime what you did to that original finish. look up 'patina' sometime. smh
There is so much unnecessary effort into doing such a harsh restoration. It came out nicely but lost almost all of it's charm. Good technique though.
way to power tool your way through an aged patina formed from 100 years of darkening sunlight. Now it looks like IKEA
Oh what have you done? I much prefer old furniture with patina..... :/
you literally took all of its character and value away. its things like this that ruin good furniture.
WHAT?
UHm,.....he put the character back IN I'm pretty sure it didn't originally come with that dark stain.
LookatmyBig Geoduck sorry you can’t see how much better this is than the dump!
he killed the character - it's not "stain" like someone above said- look up Patina. it's caused by time and sunlight. he destroyed 100 years of rich dark patina that gives antiques their "charm" and why they have intrinsic value. @@zzzz3190
you did a great job specially in the metal parts, but the original color was way prettier, it showed its age, now you cant tell if its a real antique or a modern reproduction
Why don't you disassemble it completely? You can never do something really good if you don't do the whole job.