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Another small step ahead. Just glued the back panel to the chest structure, will need some trimming and sanding but it is taking shape. Also I decided the try to brush the hardware, as you can see fro the picture it is getting nice and I like the patina, I am thinking to keep its original one...

Awesome, how did you date the model?

I am not so familiar on Leatherette recovering, so for this time I choose to Use Rabbit leather glue that is same as the recommended one. The animal glue let me feel a bit more confident and relaxed in case I will do some mistakes.

Awesome work! Thanks for the advices.

Guys, one question, you can see in the wood there are the marks of the lines decorating the Leatherette, how can I do, once covered, to apply those lines? Are these done with some kind of hot metal?

Another step, I rebuilt the edge with the Kwikwood, It came extremely nice, Now I need to concentrate in the drawers until I do not get the hardware from Gerstner. No Rush, it is a long term project but I am happy of the progresses.

Progressing. The Back panel was completely delaminated and very humid, I soaked it and regaled the layers, surprisingly it recover the original stiffness and rigidity. I will rebuild the lower edge, that is completely missing in the external layer, with the propoxy wood paste, then sand it and...

Today I cleaned the back panel, the front lid and the cover. The top Cover has still the Hardware as the rivets were probably reused, the way they are holding in the wood require me to remove those from the head to preserve the wood. tomorrow I will use the drill. Old Leatherette has been...

Thank you! I was thinking about something like that, would the pattern match the Gersner one? Second question, which weight should I go for? Medium or light?

Guys, I new here and I am exited ti post for the first time. I found few months ago a nice Gerstner Toolchest on eBay, it need some restoration but case and structure is quite in good shape. I removed the leatherette as it was covered by some non original one. Now I have a big problem, I am in...