Elephants came to Town!

I thought that you might be just interested.

Well how about this Table something different for a change, as you can see that this has been very badly broken and looks like somebody has sat on it.

Various stages during the repairs:

Table Top removed for access

This broken trunk supports the Tabletop

  Support removed ready for glueing

    Here you  can see two trunks to repair

   Under surgery

   After surgery & Wood-finishing

All complete!

This is a very good example, of the wide, varied and for me interesting items to work on as this requires me to use my furniture repair skills that I have built up over the years and makes a change from the usual mundane workshop items.

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French polishing as a career!

French polishing as a career!

Well, this is something that I have asked myself many times over the years, was it financially worth the time and effort spending four and half years as an apprentice to learn the basics and then have to spend more years to learn and increase my skills and knowledge.

yearsears to learn and increase my skillls nd then have to spend years Or would I have been better off choosing another career?  With a steady income with holiday & sick pay included. 

I can never know the answer to my own question, but one thing that I am sure about, and that is for work satisfaction for me French polishing is second to none as I have a finished item that looks good for years and is treasured by its owners.

How many jobs can boast that?  Many people when they have finished their working day have only a paper trail left on their desk ready for the next day etc.

I have to say that if you are looking for a career that will give you good job satisfaction, but not always a steady income unless you choose to work for an employer however, if like me you choose to work for yourself then you are probably going to struggle to make a good living all year round why?  It seems that with the economic climate and the way things are people are not choosing to spend their hard-earned money on having their furniture restored.

Also, it will take time to build up a good reputation and have customers that come back as and when they are in need of your French polishing services.

My thoughts are that the Schools have a great deal to play in the training of the young skilled trades people of the future however, now the emphasis is on getting the highest Grades in School and to reach the best University this is all well and good, if you are lucky enough to be academic and or rich enough to pay the extortionate costs incurred and only to find as many Graduates do upon leaving that it is very hard to gain employment in their chosen fields of work.

Therefore, you must consider your options very carefully, as this decision will be one of the most important that you will ever make for your future.

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