Restoring and Transforming a 1920s Lapidary Bench into a 2020s Lapidary Bench
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2024
- I love restoration videos so I wanted to try my hand at making one. This week I had the perfect project for it, which was this 1920s lapidary bench that I recently acquired in the French Jura. Over the course of a week I took off 100 years of paint, dirt, and grime and restored it to its former glory.
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Looks great. I have refinished a TON of antiques. My parent bought out two Quebec Antique Dealers in the 1970's with intent of opening their own business selling antiques. Almost all the furniture was Pine but there was a bit of mixed hardwood, especially with chairs. Our entire home was furnished with antiques right down to our beds and dressers. That still left a garage attic and a large building right full of unfinished antiques. I learned a few formulas for stripping wood and for finishes and techniques. It was all a great experience and one definitely has a sense of satisfaction after refinishing an old antique and giving it new life.
Nicely done Justin.
Thanks. It was a fun first experience. Any idea what kind of wood this is, based on color and grain pattern? I know nothing about wood or much about antiques but I’m learning.
Table looks awesome. I recently built my own table and necessary tools for faceting gem material. I live in Connecticut and we have a LOT of abandoned mines and quarries pre -WW2 that still have a lot of gem material in the piles such as Aqua, Green Beryl, Garnet and many others .... sothe natural progression was to learn how to find it the n cut it, then set it into a jewelry piece. The best part is I have accomplished all of those without buying anything, I made it all from scrap material and stuff I had collected as an aspiring alchemist which by doing so allowed me to learn the process...albeit the harder route but after watching every episode of the world of faceting machines 20 times each, I said Game ON...I was able to build a hand piece, a mast, a jambpeg, two lap machines, a table with lap built in, a jewelers bench and a host of other tools that I needed. So now I go look, I find, I cut and I set...It has been very fun, hard but well rewarding and I THANK YOU for a good part of that inspiration. Be well, Godspeed brother.
Wow that’s extremely impressive. Keep it up!!
So exciting and absolutely powerful. Working at your magnificent bench will bring in 100 years of creativity. So fitting for "The Gemcutters Craft". You have created a family heirloom. Magnificent job Justin.
Thank you. I hadn’t thought of it as a family heirloom but yes you’re correct! This one is forever now.
in addition to lead for the white pigment there could be arsenic for the green, glad you used ppe.
Perfect! I love it.
Well done!
Thanks
Nice work! Dressing the interior with mosaic tiles in mahogany colour would relieve you from moisture , grime , diamond slurry and doping wax, permanently.
Good idea, but I love the look of the wood.
Hi,very good
I like the black legs :)
Great work on that restauration! What did you use to plug the left hole?
Currently it’s just a piece of rubber but I have a brass on the way to cover it properly.
@@JustinKPrim oh great! You could get it laser engraved with your logo as well
@@arthgrel ooh that’s a good idea
It has many original parts, it could be returned to original working condition with the axle and disc that I have not seen. I don't think it's a problem to make the missing parts. I'm a little sorry that it's just an ordinary table for a jambpeg machine...Black paint never went well with wood, at least in my opinion it only works with iron... If temporarily it is OK, but please try to make it as it used to be, I would like it totally restored and not a repurposed table.👍
Yeah I have the laps and most of the parts for a total restore but for now I don’t need it completely restored. I chose to keep it in a way that it will be an option for the future. As for stripping down the legs, it’s just too much work. There are so many tight corners and spaces down there that the black paint was the best compromise I could achieve.