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Looks great... waitin' for the next episode...

Wow You really do awesome work; the top came out beautiful.
Am looking forward to updates; this is unequivocally the restoration project of the century.

Wow it looks great. I am excited for the next update

Cheers
David

I admire the work you are doing and I highly respect the skills you have acquired in order to succeed to such a high standard. The lid looks fantastic and I'm sure the rest of the work will be equally beautiful. Please continue with updates.

Thank you all for the kind words and encouragement. It makes it more worthwhile to have such positive feedback.

The next task on the list was the four front doors. They seemed like they would be quite a challenge. The original veneer was still firmly attached, though a one inch band of plain walnut veneer had been added to the edges as a modification. In order to retain the original dimensions (thickness) of the doors, the outer layer of veneer had to be removed. It was decided to put the doors through a planer, to remove only the top layer of veneer. However, since the beading on the edges of the doors might be damaged by that process, the beading had to come off. That was not very difficult since the beading were actually separate pieces of walnut about ⅛ inch thick and as wide as the thickness of the doors, with a curved edge along each side. They were nailed in place so it was somewhat easy to remove them. They were repaired as needed, cleaned up, sanded and put aside.

After the planer had removed the top layer of original veneer, the doors were prepped for a new layer. Matching walnut sheets were laid up on the doors and book matched. Then, the iron on method again was used to apply the new veneer. Once sanded and smoothed, and the edges were sanded, the beaded pieces were placed back on.
Several other small areas of the front part of the cabinet were re-veneered with matching walnuts sheets, which included the area above the horn opening, the area inside the horn and the front of the drawer.

Continued next week.

Beautiful and very impressive work!

I really enjoy following this thread. Amazing work!!!

Great job....I like the face.. Tom

All I can say is - WOW...

Where did you order the fabulous veneer? There are many places on line, but don't see any
like yours. You are doing a fantastic job on the machine!

Congratulations David & Lerria in Dallas