https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/joe-outside-carving.jpgJoe-outside-carvinghttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/jkhoover-birch.webpJKHoover-Birch2026-08-16T17:24:12+00:00weekly0.6https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/furniture-repar-restoration-conservation-repurposing-insurance-condition-reports-reproductions-services-condition-reports-damage-estimates-insurance-architectural-millwork-design-consultation/2026-08-16T17:20:13+00:00weekly0.6https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/contact-furniture-restoration/https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jhoover-artswalk2017.jpgjhoover-artswalk20172026-01-21T22:15:30+00:00weekly0.6https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/work/2026-01-21T22:08:13+00:00weekly0.6https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/furniture-restoration-craft-teaching-experience/https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/tc7d9885-e1531083485477.jpgCarving2026-01-21T21:35:34+00:00weekly0.6https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2021/08/29/furniture-restoration-repair-rasps-files-scrapers-sandpaper-sanding-abrasives/2021-08-29T18:56:04+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2019/10/13/a-gentlemans-tool-chest-class-seminar-dovetail-mortise-tenon-locks-escutcheon/2021-07-22T12:52:22+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2019/12/30/workbench-vise-woodworking-cabinetmaker-carpenter/2021-07-22T12:40:44+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2020/12/17/the-furniture-restoration-tool-list-clamps/2021-04-23T02:55:46+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2018/08/02/furniture-restoration-hand-planes/2020-05-27T14:49:34+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2019/08/25/furniture-restoration-tool-storage-cabinetmakers-tool-chest-sliding-till-chisel-rack-dovetail-mortise-tenon-raised-panel-brass-handles-ring-pulls-chest-box-tote-saw-rack/2020-02-10T18:54:39+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2018/08/18/furniture-restoration-chisels-gouges-spokeshave/2020-02-10T18:50:10+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2019/11/02/restoring-an-1870s-oval-centre-table-part-2-the-base/https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/leg-3-foot-replace-carve-e1572223337844.pngleg 3 foot replace carveThe amount of patching on the left is wider than that on the right; remember the ragged broken area was rabbeted on the table saw? That creates a somewhat shelf-like area where the patch will be shorter on one side. 2024-10-09T05:45:42+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2019/05/07/cupola-uwsp-woodworking-woodwturning-nfac-wood-studio-powermatic-lathe-patterson-charlesworth-hoover-mckee-woodcarving/2019-12-29T18:08:36+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/mahogany-demi-lune-card-table-table-repair/2019-11-07T23:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2018/08/18/restoration-hammers-mallet-screwdrivers/2019-11-07T23:24:01+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/furniture-restoration-hand-saws/2019-11-07T14:59:55+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2019/10/26/1870s-oval-centre-walnut-table-damaged-restore/2019-11-06T17:58:22+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/walnu-dressing-mirror-threaded-lathe-marriage-mahogany-cheval/2019-11-01T15:03:36+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2018/03/03/woodworking-measuring-marking-retail-roy-norm-morash-tools-beginners/2019-10-06T19:35:17+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2018/05/15/woodworking-beginning-restoration-woodworker/2019-10-06T19:29:45+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2018/06/30/furniture-restoration-woodworkin-beginner-tool-list-mike-dunbar-andy-rae-markduginske-machines-planes-chisel-saws/https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/tool-list-chest-e1535041972247.pngTool CabinetThis over 100-year-old advertisement for a Stanley Tools No. 851, lists every item included with the dark oak cabinet. As I read through that list I realized it is essentially the the tools I'll be recommending here. I am ranging a little further into related tools, so that you may assemble a good core set. 2019-10-06T19:26:36+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2018/07/31/instruction-class-seminar-insructor-classmate-classroom-facility-machinery-learning/2019-10-06T19:21:04+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2019/03/28/furniture-restoration-repair-why-restore-embodied-energy-green-practices/https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1875-walnut-ceremonial-chair-done-e1552616644789.jpg1875 Walnut ceremonial chair deliveredReady for another 100 years of service, barring disaster. Jeff Weatherford found an excellent upholsterer to complete the task. This chair held many educational opportunities and I am happy that it has returned to its home. https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ca-1875-walnut-ceremonial-chair-disarticulation.jpgca 1875 Walnut ceremonial chair disarticulationThe initial breakage at a glance. Before the restoration was complete several more separations would occur here, some at original joints but many along the grain of the walnut. The upholstery must have taken a significant amount of the force from the falling beam or this chair would be in even more pieces. https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ceremonial-chair-ca-1875-e1552704199809.jpgCeremonial Chair ca 1875Looks pretty bad, right? The ceiling of the building that this chair sat in collapsed, a twelve-inch square oak beam split in half and swung downward damaging numerous wooden furnishings. This chair and its smaller companion were two of those casualties. 2019-10-06T19:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2019/05/08/the-furniture-restoration-tool-list-shaping-parts-lathe-turning-rasp-file-scraper-sanding/https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/rasps-and-files-e1551741789645.jpgRasps and FilesA selection of tools for the sculptural shaping of wood; a Microplane, a double-cut file, a small double ended rasp, A rat-tail rasp, a small rasp, a rat-tail file, a Nicholson Patternmaker's rasp and finally a set of files. While they are all useful, the Patternmaker's rasp is in my hands most often, and it is the most expensive tool pictured. It has more than payed for itself, long ago. 2019-10-06T19:11:42+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2019/08/08/epoxy-fill-repairs-non-structural-clamps-ebony-coromandel-anglo-indian-raj-pierced-carving-restoration-repair-two-part-epoxy-bisphenol-a-resin-diazaoctanethylenediamin-b-phenol-bombay-blackwood/2019-10-06T19:10:21+00:00monthlyhttps://josephhoover.wordpress.com/2019/09/30/boxes-queen-anne-chippendale-spice-chester-county-painted/https://josephhoover.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wp-onethird-size-chest-e1569865274592.jpgOneThird Size ChestWhen does a box become a chest? Is it a question of what goes inside? This is a scaled-down chest, 1/3 the normal size. Has it become a box? 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