{"id":28730,"date":"2025-10-20T22:28:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=28730"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:00:32","slug":"workshop-diy-restoring-aulde-portable-writing-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=28730","title":{"rendered":"WORKSHOP\/DiY: Restoring Aulde Portable Writing Desk, Pt. I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Note damaged veneer and missing brass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Took the writing desk I rescued from the local dump into S&F today. For a second time. First time I was just sizing her up. This time I set to work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Removing veneer and cleaning up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There was no brass sheet, as such. So Karl suggested I use a bit of brass from a door latch plate. Cutting g the latter with a fret-saw was raking aeons. Transitioning to a (?) saw cut down my work time (boom boom!) dramatically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Diamond stone, thinning brass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Walter has said he has Walnut veneer, and will bring it in. Fab! Hope that\u2019ll match? No idea what wood it is\u2026 Asked Clem, he thought poss\u2019 walnut? I also think it might be teak, or mahogany. who knows!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had a pleasant time at S&F, despite my own work there being rather disappointing. once home I revisited what I\u2019d failed to do at S&F, which was the two missing bits of brass \u2018piping\u2019. These prices a damn sight harder to make and place than I\u2019d anticipated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superglue failed to do the job (as usual!). So I had to resort to Araldite epoxy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mucho rusteramix!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I added some wood-filler, where I\u2019d wound up carving out a deeper flatter, squarer channel, for the brass piping. This will support a strip of veneer, in due course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After separating the lid – see the above gallery – which, again, proved really hard work (old screws rusted in situ), I really cleaned up where the green velvet and material hinges had been. Once again, really hard work going. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carnage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Veneer damage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marking out\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cut out\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The new brass plate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wood filler repairs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And the final job this evening? Making a brass plate to replace all the damaged wood, where there was a slot for locking one of the writing surface boards in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This involved making a brass plate with screw (mounting) holes, and a slot. And cleaning up and repairing the very damaged area where this will sit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Took the writing desk I rescued from the local dump into S&F today. For a second time. First time I was just sizing her up. This time I set to work. There was no brass sheet, as such. So Karl suggested I use a bit of brass from a door latch plate. Cutting g the … <\/p>\n

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