11-25-2014, 12:08 PM
A while back my wife and I visited Phlogiston and his museum and she fell in love with Russ' Kiel Table with an Atwater Kent 60. I started looking for one to work on and found a 55C in a Kiel Table up in New York. We took a drive up, managed to just get it into the SUV and brought it home. At some point a previous owner had started to strip the table but had only partially done the job; so there was still plenty of work to do. Here are some as received photos.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a014kbfhuz4jzs....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kt80yyu9mnkjau....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/use9j1y0jgs69p....jpg?raw=1]
The cabinet was in pretty good shape although there were some drink glass rings; someone had previously sanded one edge through the veneer, and the table top had some issues.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wwu1ztflpz5a0d....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6rp4jxbufymb1y....jpg?raw=1]
The stripping and sanding began:
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ylydrtzqu47o6m....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p7ovc6b80fexl4....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rv96vs3tgxc03k....jpg?raw=1]
Then toners and lacquers. This is my makeshift spray arrangement so I could get at all the legs, corners etc. by just walking around the table.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/f309jt3jo1uf22....jpg?raw=1]
Someone surely polished the cabinet with some type of silicone polish in the past as fish eye was a bit of a problem.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/syf7u8uhs33gu8....jpg?raw=1]
It all finally came together. No claim that it is as nicely done as Russ would do but my wife likes it and I think it came out well.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a92xhfxysczo5b....jpg?raw=1]
Now its time to work on the radio....
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a014kbfhuz4jzs....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kt80yyu9mnkjau....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/use9j1y0jgs69p....jpg?raw=1]
The cabinet was in pretty good shape although there were some drink glass rings; someone had previously sanded one edge through the veneer, and the table top had some issues.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wwu1ztflpz5a0d....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6rp4jxbufymb1y....jpg?raw=1]
The stripping and sanding began:
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ylydrtzqu47o6m....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p7ovc6b80fexl4....jpg?raw=1][Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rv96vs3tgxc03k....jpg?raw=1]
Then toners and lacquers. This is my makeshift spray arrangement so I could get at all the legs, corners etc. by just walking around the table.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/f309jt3jo1uf22....jpg?raw=1]
Someone surely polished the cabinet with some type of silicone polish in the past as fish eye was a bit of a problem.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/syf7u8uhs33gu8....jpg?raw=1]
It all finally came together. No claim that it is as nicely done as Russ would do but my wife likes it and I think it came out well.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a92xhfxysczo5b....jpg?raw=1]
Now its time to work on the radio....
