Restoring Vintage Stairs: Secrets of Repair and Renovation. Restoration.

How did you find out that the pieces had to slide off the screws so you could take the spindles loose?

That carving section at the end was just... WOW! Great job.

Excellent work!! The item you found is a thimble (used in sewing to protect your finger). Again, great work.

The thing that you found looks like the cap on a tire where you put air in the tire. Your work is beautiful I can just imagine what the rest of the place looks like.

Hi I would like my victtorian stairs repaired in Lancashire

It is a thimble .

Nice slotted screws joints on the cut string returns

Dont know about time management and pricing policy, but its shame you glued it together, because there is no way to restore it in future again, also varnish could be restored In disassembly stage much easier... anyway, nice job with the carving.

That's a thimble, probably included in the stairs for sentimental reasons. Maybe it belonged to the builder's sweetheart or a relative.

WOW! Beautiful job. Watching you was like watching a restorer restore a Rembrandt.

I wish you would use the correctly sized screwdriver.😬

Plus, using polyurethane glue to reassemble is going to make it impossible for any further restoration. Please rethink your approach next time you do something like this.

Enjoyed this.

Looks like a thimble

Yes, A sewing thimble :)

You are a magician! Excellent work!

Thimble.

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Great Works mean

Yes thimble . great work .

How much would all that 18mm temporary ply cost 🤦‍♂️

Nice

Did you repaint or stained the stairs?

Nice job and always hard to take the old stuff apart without damaging more than it is.
I build and restore furniture , now for 38 years, restored pieces as far back as 1860's .
working in the furniture industry for 30 year's taught me a lot. USA. Michigan.

These clients are lucky to have you bringing this back to standard. Not many can do this.

Uh duh, it was sooooo professional! Bro such an amazing job. Makes me jealous of your job.

The way things were done back in the day compared to now... chalk and cheese. Nice restoration. Well done.

Oh man, I would love to work alongside you. I bought one old house just because of stairs like that, it took me months to repair, due to the house being a rental for years.

Amazing Job...I've done some railing and stair renovations, here in the philly area...Nothing as ornate as that though...Great job replicating those appliques.

Thimble

Great,no music! What a relief!

You are a true Craftsman

Excelente trabajo de restauración! Felicitaciones! Muchas técnicas fueron expuestas en este video. Gracias por compartirlo. Un abrazo!
Germán, Uruguay

how on earth did you figure out those trim pieces were held on with screws in notched holes? I would have had to break one before I realized what method they used.

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Beautiful restoration. Where was this house?

Good choice of project ,interesting continue like this

The piece that fell out looks like a sewing thimbal

What a fun project

What kind of light are you using?

that piece you found is definitely a thimble. thanks for sharing your talent and craftsmanship with us. Best of luck to you!

The object you found is a silver thimble. A thimble is used in sewing

It killed me to see it come so far apart and yet not refinished. Awesome work!

As the other comments have said, the object is a sewing thimble. From the looks of the oxidation I suspect it is probably sterling silver, and is a little bit rare. Your mother would know it instantly.
Be very careful if you clean it!

Awesome work I don't know if you could have dominoes the top of the spindles

We live in a very simple 1930s four-square home. I refinished the staircase. Somebody had painted the oak white. The staircase was built by hand and had the same dovetail joints at the bottom, hand carved, hidden by oak trim.