My wife bought this dresser last year for $80. It isn't a fine furniture piece but it deserved better than the repair it had been given. When we got it one back leg was broken off and In a drawer. The other was loose. Since that time it has served as our bedroom dresser with a gallon of paint (out of sight) serving as a back leg.
Here is the story of what happened to it today. It only took about five hours and it is certainly not "restoration quality" but I feel that I have given the piece a little better shake than the last repairer.
The captions tell the story.
..... lots of pictures ....
https://goo.gl/photos/1EcuWeifD9Y9Cbbb6
A little (ShopSmith) repair story in pictures
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A little (ShopSmith) repair story in pictures
Paul M ........ The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese
Re: A little (ShopSmith) repair story in pictures
Nice work, as usual, Paul!
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Re: A little (ShopSmith) repair story in pictures
Sweet repair. Better than new.
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RobertTaylor
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Re: A little (ShopSmith) repair story in pictures
Yeap, great work! A good repair pulls in many skills.
Chris
Chris
Re: A little (ShopSmith) repair story in pictures
Nice job.
Great way to preserve history ,this adds a little more to the story of the dresser for those in the future.
Hard to do that with the plastic stuff ya buy now!!
Great way to preserve history ,this adds a little more to the story of the dresser for those in the future.
Hard to do that with the plastic stuff ya buy now!!
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