well, sometimes we all get so caught up in making new stuff that we can forget the pleasure and learning opportunities that can be gleaned from repairing old stuff. recently, some of my favorite clients emailed to tell me that the 20 pound weight that drives the 1840’s works of their aaron willard clock had fallen through the floor of their clock and completely smashed it’s base … fortunately, the husband was winding it at the time and they were able to wrestle it safely to the ground. when i picked it up, we carried the bottomless case out like a corpse and he handed me a deli container with about 15 shattered pieces in it … slowly, over the course of a week, i cleaned the old glue from the previously badly repaired base parts and reassembled the pieces … it was a creative and rewarding experience to take something from ‘not so good’ to ‘good for another 50 years or so … the local clock doctor ray bates, will be coming ‘sometime in the next six months’ to replace the weight cable and service the works … all in all a worthy piece of work that was equal in satisfaction to creating something completely original and new … repairs like these can make you something of a hero with the clients too, and they pay well … more pictures and process descriptions on my dorset custom furniture blog …. you can also check out our new dorset custom furniture page on facebook where you can see a couple hundred photos of our work completed over the last 3 years … ‘like’ us if you like us … thanks …

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