Greg Parkes Handcrafted Furniture
I do a lot of repair and restoration work for some of the area's top refinishers as well as for individuals. I don't do any refinishing; that is a skill as arcane as cutting dovetails and I leave it to experts, however I often undertake the reconstruction of a piece and deliver it to a finishing shop when my stage of the project is complete. Most of the images that follow show the work without any finish applied. That's the way I usually leave it. I also make and install missing or broken parts.
My approach to a repair depends on the piece at hand. When dealing with true antiques, I take special care to do nothing to it that is not reversible. I use only traditional hide glues and carefully copy the original construction methods. If, on the other hand, I'm facing a recent chair in need of a new stretcher, I reach for the easier to use PVA glue, because that's what was used in the original construction.
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