Roll top desk rescue / rehab

[Gasgt1]

I just finished this up.
My dad bought this roll top desk some 40 years ago............it was old then.
It has been out in the garden center ever since..

Time had taken it's toll as well as a couple of floods and a tornado
It had finally fallen apart and had to be fixed or burned.
It literally could not be moved without completely falling apart.

I took sections home to my shop and either fixed or replaced what needed attention.
I also added a band of white oak around the lower side of the cabinets to cover the degrading veneer.














After repairing the runners, a good coat of paste wax will smooth out the drawers.




Cleaning up the old wood.
I did have to darken the strip on the bottom after this pic






Back to the nursery for reassembly






Of course as soon as I started working with the top it had major issues.
Had to disassemble it and remove the tambour door.
Did have to reglue a few pieces but fortunately the canvas was still in good shape.




finally put it all back together.






Definitely not a museum piece but it should now serve faithfully for many more years

Thanks for looking..............

 

[jkherd]

Nice job. It's a shop desk, it needs to show it is used.

 

[Harley94]

Beautiful, what took you so long.

 

[Gasgt1]

Thanks guys.

The girls in the office had told me that it needed repair.
Since I am not the one usually in the office I had not realized that the desk had gotten so bad

 

[countryroad82]

Looks gorgeous! I have a desk very similar to it that was my Grandfathers. I will never part with it!!

 

[zkling]

Great job I love tambour doors.