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      • Sharpening & Tuning Hand Tools
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      • SKILLS WEEK – Sharpening & Essential Cabinet Making Hand Skills
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      • DRAWER WEEKEND – Making and Fitting a Dovetailed Drawer
      • ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION TECHNIQUES
      • POLISHING WEEK – French Polishing & Modern Hand Finishes
      • VENEERING – Making a Games Board
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      • SHAPING A SEAT – Making a Bar Stool
      • FITTING LOCKS & HINGES – Making a Decorative Box
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      • Project – Making and Fitting a Dovetailed Drawer
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Furniture Restoration – a Professional at Work by John Lloyd


A collection of John’s monthly articles from Furniture and Cabinet making magazine.

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First published 2001 by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications

Signed copy available for £14.95 including post and packing – click here to order your copy

Review from Amazon:

John Lloyd is a highly respected furniture restorer and maker, with a loyal following among the readers of Furniture & Cabinet making magazine. In this compilation of his thoroughly informative articles, he entertainingly describes the diverse and challenging projects he encounters in his workshop and talks the reader through the restoration process.

His knowledge and enthusiasm shine through, whether describing the repair of cock-beading on drawer fronts, taking the kinks out of a card table, or restoring a table attacked by a tomcat.

  • Repairing a laminated splat on a Chippendale-style carver
  • Restoring a rosewood writing table
  • Making ingenious cramping devices
  • Copying period chairs
  • Repairing a longcase clock
  • Restoring a ‘dial’ barometer
  • Restoring a chest of drawers
  • Re-creating cabriole legs for a chest on a stand

Review from Amazon:

John Lloyd is a highly respected furniture restorer and maker, with a loyal following among the readers of Furniture & Cabinet making magazine. In this compilation of his thoroughly informative articles, he entertainingly describes the diverse and challenging projects he encounters in his workshop and talks the reader through the restoration process.

His knowledge and enthusiasm shine through, whether describing the repair of cock-beading on drawer fronts, taking the kinks out of a card table, or restoring a table attacked by a tomcat.

  • Repairing a laminated splat on a Chippendale-style carver
  • Restoring a rosewood writing table
  • Making ingenious cramping devices
  • Copying period chairs
  • Repairing a longcase clock
  • Restoring a ‘dial’ barometer
  • Restoring a chest of drawers
  • Re-creating cabriole legs for a chest on a stand

Review from Amazon:

John Lloyd is a highly respected furniture restorer and maker, with a loyal following among the readers of Furniture & Cabinet making magazine. In this compilation of his thoroughly informative articles, he entertainingly describes the diverse and challenging projects he encounters in his workshop and talks the reader through the restoration process.

His knowledge and enthusiasm shine through, whether describing the repair of cock-beading on drawer fronts, taking the kinks out of a card table, or restoring a table attacked by a tomcat.

  • Repairing a laminated splat on a Chippendale-style carver
  • Restoring a rosewood writing table
  • Making ingenious cramping devices
  • Copying period chairs
  • Repairing a longcase clock
  • Restoring a ‘dial’ barometer
  • Restoring a chest of drawers
  • Re-creating cabriole legs for a chest on a stand

Review from Amazon:

John Lloyd is a highly respected furniture restorer and maker, with a loyal following among the readers of Furniture & Cabinet making magazine. In this compilation of his thoroughly informative articles, he entertainingly describes the diverse and challenging projects he encounters in his workshop and talks the reader through the restoration process.

His knowledge and enthusiasm shine through, whether describing the repair of cock-beading on drawer fronts, taking the kinks out of a card table, or restoring a table attacked by a tomcat.

  • Repairing a laminated splat on a Chippendale-style carver
  • Restoring a rosewood writing table
  • Making ingenious cramping devices
  • Copying period chairs
  • Repairing a longcase clock
  • Restoring a ‘dial’ barometer
  • Restoring a chest of drawers
  • Re-creating cabriole legs for a chest on a stand

Review from Amazon:

John Lloyd is a highly respected furniture restorer and maker, with a loyal following among the readers of Furniture & Cabinet making magazine. In this compilation of his thoroughly informative articles, he entertainingly describes the diverse and challenging projects he encounters in his workshop and talks the reader through the restoration process.

His knowledge and enthusiasm shine through, whether describing the repair of cock-beading on drawer fronts, taking the kinks out of a card table, or restoring a table attacked by a tomcat.

  • Repairing a laminated splat on a Chippendale-style carver
  • Restoring a rosewood writing table
  • Making ingenious cramping devices
  • Copying period chairs
  • Repairing a longcase clock
  • Restoring a ‘dial’ barometer
  • Restoring a chest of drawers
  • Re-creating cabriole legs for a chest on a stand
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