Another non-cycling project again, I'm afraid.
My daughter acquired an old table for the garden, but it needed a little restoration. I forgot to take a photo until after I had dis-assembled it.
I started by sanding to see how much good wood remained (My big, F Off, Makita belt sander used first before the orbital sander shown here).
The centre section of the top had gone toooo far, so I built a replacement section.
A couple of the screws holding the hinges had 'rounded slots' - solution?...
...Tack weld a nut onto the head and use a spanner.
A couple of pinned mortice & tenon joints on the frame had to be taken apart, cleaned, glued and re-pinned (new iroko dowels made) but the rest of the joints were just re-glued in situ - gorrilla glue applied and heated with paint stripper until it liquifies and penetrates the timber & joint (then dampen).
For a finish, I used danish oil (2 coats), a coloured wax to disguise the slight timber mis-match and a final coat of white wax (heated to penetrate the wood).
I'm quite pleased with the result.
(a couple of bits of the old top placed on table for comparison)