A work in Progress

A Diamond in the Rough

As usual, I forgot to take any pictures before I started taking it apart.  I don't know why I never can remember to grab my camera (or phone).  Anyway, this is almost a before pic, lol!  At this point, I've already removed the vintage sewing machine (set aside for another project) and all the other "guts", and started working on the top.  When I decided what I wanted to do with this piece, I had a choice to make.  The veneer was pulling away,  as you can see in these pictures:

I could try to re-glue it back down, or I could try to strip off the pealing veneer.  I chose to strip it off.  Everytime I do a project like this, I convince myself that the offending veneer will come off, in one or two large pieces, easy-peasy.  HAHAHAHA!!!!

This is a portion of the top after about 2 hours of peeling, and scraping:

And this picture shows the entire top.  The arrows show my customary blood splatters.  I kid you not, I manage to stab, slice, or nail myself on pretty much every project I work on!

I this instance, I stabbed my finger when the scraper slipped.  I've never been known to be graceful, or for that matter, particularly careful.  Thankfully, the cut is pretty small, and really, this picture shows how little it actually bled.  I must say though, 2 hours after cutting myself, my finger is really sore, and seems to want to keep bleeding.  I've cleaned it well, so I'm not worried about it. 

I guess my little accident came at about as good a time as possible today.  It was time for me to get my evening chores done, and the critters were letting me know it was time I got to work doing my "real" job, lol!  Here at the ranch, the critters come first, and all other projects line up behind.  Let me tell you, it's a REALLY long line, lol!

So, that's all I have on this project for today.  I'm hoping to have a reveal of the finished piece in a day or two.  It all really depends on how much veneer removal I'm going to have to do.  I think you'll like the "After" pics when I get this little beauty finished.

Here's one last look at the "Before"