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Silky Oak Sideboard Restored with Classic Hand Tools

By letter2self on August 6, 2023



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For this old Sideboard restoration, I have tried to use only hand tools (though one power tool may have slipped in). I make a new drawer from scratch as well as strip back the darkened finish to expose the amazing grain of the Silky Oak underneath. I hope you enjoy my process and maybe learn something new, as this isn’t some normal furniture flip! Let me know in the comments what you like or dislike about it.
Thanks for watching,
R.E

The paste wax I use all the time (https://amzn.to/3HhXCk7)
Diamond Sharpening stones (https://amzn.to/3XMVaYk)
For tapping the door locks (https://amzn.to/3kyzvET)
My fancy woodworking apron (https://amzn.to/3iN4FYN)
Similar Card Scrapers and a burnishing tool (https://amzn.to/3QXfEv7)
Basic Shellac Flakes (https://amzn.to/3XsJieg)
My glue of choice for woodworking (https://amzn.to/3H05SDU)

(Photo of the Grevillea Robusta)
John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons

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