Upcycle Furniture - Israeli Vintage Office Drawer

This project started when I found an old vintage office drawer Dumped next to the garbage can.

I decided to pick it up and turn it into something special.

For a long time, I wondered what to do with it and then suddenly I remembered a wooden vintage legs I had found a few months earlier.

I thought it might be an interesting combination, Metal & Wood furniture.

Hope you'll enjoy reading and find it helpful.

With a hammer In one hand and a thick iron block in In the other hand i aligned the iron in all the places that were crooked.

I disassemble all the pieces that can be separated.

then i sand all the rust with a orbit sander, and prepared the drawer for painting.

The table legs weren't in perfect condition, at first I've sand everything with a orbit sander.

I temporarily connect the legs All together with a clamps and two planks.

So I can see what the final result is going to be.

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After I realized I was going in a good direction.

I started drawing all the measurements for the structure on a wooden surface, Checking myself all the time with the drawer dimensions and the legs measurements.

I cut all the wood I need, then I put them all in their place on the sketch, then locked them up (with screws into the surface) on both sides with small pieces of wood.

In order to prevent the legs from falling while it is being glued, I've connect two small pieces of wood with a clamps on both sides of each leg - that would support the legs until the glue was dry.

I let the glue dry up in this position for 24 hours.

I was afraid the glue alone could not hold the weight so I decided to add wood sticks ,Two on every corner connection.

I drilled hole with an 8 mm wood drill as deep as I could, I filled the hole with glue and put in the wooden rod.

then I've cut the excess extra material.

Because the legs were probably out in the sun and in the rain cracks were created over time - so I've filled the cracks with glue.

It worked really well !!!

With an angle grinder I sand and smooth all the corners.

then I've smoothed everything with an orbit sander.

After everything was smooth I've removed all the dust with air pressure, then I applied wood Oil with A piece of cloth.

I hammer a furniture Legs protector at the bottom of every leg.

I used 3M super fine sanding sponge to smooth and bring back the shine to those parts.

it worked really well !

Then I've pinned nails in cardboard and laid the parts and paint it all with clear coat spray.

First I've spray primer paint and then for final coat my wife chose a funky yellow color :)

Here in the picture you can see my folding paint tent.

in the near future I will publish the full construction project for that one, subscribe to my YouTube channel to see it !

I remove all masking tape and start put everything back together.

I bought a new lock and installed it.

I've drill four holes at the bottom of the drawer and four holes in the leg structure.

I bought a new screws and Nyloc nuts to connect the drawer to the legs.

A new piece was born !

Tools:

Orbit Sander
Angle grinder

Circular saw

L-Square

Rubber hammer

Pencil

Tape meter

8 mm drill

3M super fine sanding sponge

Protective glasses

Gloves

Breathing mask

Ear protectors

spray gun

Compressor

Materials:
Wood glue

Wooden stick 8 mm

Wood

Wood oil

Primer paint for metal

Paint for metal

Clear coat spray

Nails

Furniture Legs protector

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