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JJEH
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Cool find!
OP
Thanks. My wife and I are arguing as to where it's going to go in our house. I want it in our gun room. She wants to get a plastic piece to cover the top and put it in the living room for a coffee table.
JJEH
Member
Living room is fine, it should definitive be on display. But not as a in plastic covered coffee table...
OP
Jorge
How would you protect the top? I was afraid to clean the 1/2 inch of dust on the top. The paint is almost gone.
How would you protect the top? I was afraid to clean the 1/2 inch of dust on the top. The paint is almost gone.
JJEH
Member
Not exactly sure, but I would look for an antique wood treatment oil or something.
If it's too much I'd just leave it alone.
Aussie Collector
Member
What a great pick up, if I brought it home my wife would demand it go in my room. I'm sure garage sales in the US are a collector's delight, with much gun related junk, I mean treasures, to be found.
How about getting a piece of 6mm glass a few inches larger that the chest, glue 4 rubber pads on the corners to rest on the top. The other thing I would look at is somehow sealing, setting, fixing (or what ever they call it) so the artwork dosen't fade anymore.
How about getting a piece of 6mm glass a few inches larger that the chest, glue 4 rubber pads on the corners to rest on the top. The other thing I would look at is somehow sealing, setting, fixing (or what ever they call it) so the artwork dosen't fade anymore.
italiansport
Member
Word to the wise:
ANY time your wife is in favor of putting a firearm related object in the living room GO ALONG WITH IT!
Jim
ANY time your wife is in favor of putting a firearm related object in the living room GO ALONG WITH IT!
Jim
I wouldn't touch the finish. I'd build a box around it with recessed panels on the sides. Rabbet the top edges and get a glass panel to fit.
I'd probably use furniture grade pine and just give it a clear finish. The top'd sit about a quarter inch or so above the box.
Oh wait, leather panels dyed saddle tan on the sides.
I'd probably use furniture grade pine and just give it a clear finish. The top'd sit about a quarter inch or so above the box.
Oh wait, leather panels dyed saddle tan on the sides.
OP
You don't understand, my wife collects Savage and Stevens, so gun related items aren't a problem. We have Smith & Wesson, Savage and Stevens posters, Flyers, calendars and envelopes framed and hanging in every room in our house.
I like the idea of a box built around the top.
fat tom
Absent Comrade
Excellent find! I just realized that it's sitting on a wheelbarrow! I didn't realize it was that big 'til y'all started talking about using it for a coffee table.
f.t.
f.t.
OP
f. t.
Sorry for the confusion. I should have given the dimensions in my first post. 21 inches high x 20 inches wide x 44 inches long. I like the idea of a box top.
Sorry for the confusion. I should have given the dimensions in my first post. 21 inches high x 20 inches wide x 44 inches long. I like the idea of a box top.
OP
Why don't all of you send me your J Frame stocks. I'll let you all know how many it holds. I'm willing to try, how about you?
alaskavett
US Veteran
Don, cool find for sure! Contact your local museum and speak with a preservation specialist as to how to protect the box and the writing on it. Some glass can actually hasten the deterioration of the wood and of the writing that is on it. Kyle
Is this something that Renaissance Wax can protect?
OP
I'll try it on a small section. Right now it is in my garage on the top shelf.
Don: we made an end table out of a beautiful antique egg incubator. I got 4 wooded spools from Hobby Lobby (look like oversized thread spools). I put felt pads on the ends and used them as spacers to hold a glass top a couple inches above the wood. This allowed air to flow between the glass and the wood/paint. Has worked very well. Great find!
OP
Randy
Another great idea! Thanks.
Another great idea! Thanks.
Call a major museum in your area, or a state history commission. They should be able to point you to "best practices" websites or perhaps offer advice directly.
Just heading out to clean / protect without some research can make for a good-looking box with no collector value because it was cleaned. True for any older item. Sometimes the dirt goes with the story.
Just heading out to clean / protect without some research can make for a good-looking box with no collector value because it was cleaned. True for any older item. Sometimes the dirt goes with the story.
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