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A different restoration project

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:04 pm
by Tubajug
My wife and I found this student school desk at a garage sale for $7.00. I'm pretty sure it's made of steel, cuz it's really heavy! Anyway, I thought I'd share a bit of the process!

Here it was at the beginning (I already removed the desk part and the seat).
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Another view (it also has a drawer that we need to rebuild to go under the seat).
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Here's the metal frame after a whole lot of scraping, sanding and bead-blasting then repainting.
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Here are the wooden parts after stripping and sanding (the desk and seat were the same red as the back slat)
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Here it is put together (not screwed in or anything, just sitting there)
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Re: A different restoration project

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:38 pm
by Dan Schultz
Cool!

Well... can you fit into it? Last time I tried to sit in something that size, it took four folks to pry the damned thing off me!

Re: A different restoration project

Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:13 pm
by Tubajug
Haha, I guess I forgot to mention in the original post that this is for my daughters and will be going in the playroom of our new house when we move in. Although I probably could still fit in it (something for which my wife hates me....). :D