Restoring a pipe stand

[BLESKOP]

I felt sorry for this pipe stand when I saw it online and with some access pipes I thought this could be restored to almost new providing a good stowage place for some of my pipes.
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[BLESKOP]

Some more photos...
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I think it will be quite an easy restoration project and after removing the old felt on the base I could see some screws which will make the project even easier once disassembled.
I already removed the lid and noticed one of the lips on the inside is broken. I will glue it first with wood glue and if that doesn’t work I will replace the one side.
Progress will be following soon.

[Haebar]

It looks like a fun and challenging project. Can't wait to see how it comes along!

[allusred]

Some more photos...
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I think it will be quite an easy restoration project and after removing the old felt on the base I could see some screws which will make the project even easier once disassembled.
I already removed the lid and noticed one of the lips on the inside is broken. I will glue it first with wood glue and if that doesn’t work I will replace the one side.
Progress will be following soon.

Just curious, what is the white material lining the box?

[Bruck]

Nice rack!

[BLESKOP]

Just curious, what is the white material lining the box?

At first I thought it was ceramic tiles but once I carefully removed the one situated in the lid I realised it is actually a piece of acrylic Perspex sheet. –Poly (methyl methacrylate).

[GWBowman]

looking forward to seeing the final out come

[allusred]

At first I thought it was ceramic tiles but once I carefully removed the one situated in the lid I realised it is actually a piece of acrylic Perspex sheet. –Poly (methyl methacrylate).

At first I thought it was ceramic tiles but once I carefully removed the one situated in the lid I realised it is actually a piece of acrylic Perspex sheet. –Poly (methyl methacrylate).

Thanks Rick,
It reminded me of a Humidor my Grandfather had[wish I had it now]that stored His pipe tobacco and Havanas along with pre World War II green tins of Lucky Strike Cigarettes in.
Remember it looked and felt like Porcelain,His pipes were kept in a rack on another table.
Looking forwards to pix of your pipe rack when you've completed the restoration.

[BLESKOP]

Thanks Rick,
It reminded me of a Humidor my Grandfather had[wish I had it now]that stored His pipe tobacco and Havanas along with pre World War II green tins of Lucky Strike Cigarettes in.
Remember it looked and felt like Porcelain,His pipes were kept in a rack on another table.
Looking forwards to pix of your pipe rack when you've completed the restoration.

Thanks for sharing the story of your Grandfather’s humidor Bob. Do you perhaps know what happened to it over the years? Those pre WWII Lucky Strike tins sounds interesting.

[BLESKOP]

I haven’t had any bench time since posting these photos. Hopefully over the week-end I’ll get some time to put in some elbow grease. I’ll keep you guys updated with the progress photos as I prolong. Thanks for watching.

[BLESKOP]

I had some bench time last night. After removing most of the felt cloth I discovered the base was screwed on with 10 screws. That’s a lot of screws for a small box like this….
Anyway, I unscrewed all of them…

Once opened it was time to remove the white inlay. I was actually wrong yesterday stating that is was a type of Perspex. These white inlays are nothing else than white glass. I carefully removed it and was quite impressed by how they were originally installed to protect the glass from breaking.
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[BLESKOP]

Removing the inside...
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[BLESKOP]

Out of curiosity I started to sand it down beginning with 60 grit sanding paper.
Some before and after...
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[Bruck]

At first I thought it was ceramic tiles but once I carefully removed the one situated in the lid I realised it is actually a piece of acrylic Perspex sheet. –Poly (methyl methacrylate).

Did you check that with your mass spectometer? :)

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Once opened it was time to remove the white inlay. I was actually wrong yesterday stating that is was a type of Perspex. These white inlays are nothing else than white glass.

Just plain old silicon dioxide then? :)

[TCBSmokes]

I felt sorry for this pipe stand when I saw it online and with some access pipes I thought this could be restored to almost new providing a good stowage place for some of my pipes.
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Great acquisition! That stand has nice lines and "good bones". Any pics of the completed restoration?