ok, i'm kinda obsessed w the repair shop. this episode, tho-

[mopinko]

not sure where else u can find it, but i watch it on yt.
this episode features a painting from a tiny ukrainian church that was smuggled out in ww2. it was rolled up and hidden in a coat. it shows. like many restorations, she does a great job of bringing it back w/o erasing the history.
the owner says she hopes to see it returned to the church, which, at time of filming, was still standing. i sure hope she can do that, but it’s probably smart to wait for peace.

[mitch96]

1. Wow, what a great program!!! also a great resource for neat repairs.. Thanks!!

As for the kayak it reminds me of a little sign in a wooden boat shop I saw many moons ago..

" there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."

[mopinko]

2. i've learned a lot.

i can see y it's lasted.

[BobTheSubgenius]

3. The Repair Shop is a hit in our little townhouse "village."

Some of their work is beyond extraordinary!

[mopinko]

4. i love it when they get something they've never worked on b4.

watching them work it out, just amazing. i think the most amazing thing i’ve seen was- a guy brought in his dad’s telescope. he was a harbor master. it was what used to b called a spy glass. it was beat up and dented. to get the dent out of the tube, the guy used a big steel marble and a strong magnet. put the marble in the tube, and pulled it back and forth w the magnet til it worked the dent out. how clever is that?

i love the stories, too. i’ve cried more than once.

[BobTheSubgenius]

5. That is truly ingenious!

I have neither the manual dexterity nor the patience to do that kind of work. It's not that I'm inordinately clumsy - just not super dexterous, I played classical piano for a number of years, at least.

[mopinko]

6. i'm good at fixing stuff, and i love to do it.

i kinda wanted to b a painting conservator. i dont have as much patience as i used to, but i did used to. i cd nail that color match stuff tho. my color vision is sometimes annoyingly accurate.

[BobTheSubgenius]

8. I do like to fix stuff that I can.

My main area of interest is home repair and reno. My wife and I used to refinish furniture, but we now have all we need and then some. Our best score was a DR set that came out beautifully, IMO. The finish started off as a red gel stain, but it was WAY too red, so I got the paint guy at our building supply place to put in a couple of squirts of black, and it came out a nice, deep black cherry colour.

The set turned out to be solid teak, which was a huge bonus. I checked online for the maker, and lo and behold, the company was still in business, and still makes an almost identical set. I must admit, I liked the new design for the chair backs better, but otherwise it's the same. Our set came with a buffet, and the newer one didn't....and retailed for $9600. All in, we were into the project for around $350, and that included a "mouse" sander which we thought was needed, and did do a fine job.

My wife is very meticulous, and really gets into this kind of project. She is also a brush-and-canvas artist, and is very good at it. Her latest project is a "cityscape" of buildings made of cut and painted reclaimed.cedar fence boards. We're hanging it on the chain link fence at the outer edge one side of our plot, that keeps you from falling into the creek just beyond it. It's about a 30-foot drop, although you would tumble down, not plummet.

[mopinko]

7. and doesnt it look like a fun place to work?

i mean, who knows what it’s like when the cameras r off, but…