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About Greg Scholl
Expertise
Questions on Woodworking, wood finishing and refinishing of all kinds, repairing furniture and wooden objects, Architectural details, Woodturning, carving, tool usage, product usage, some chemistry as it applies to woodworking and related interests,cabinet making and furniture construction/design, etc. I have experience with all manners of colorants, finishes, paints, stains, dyes, glazes, and coatings, wood species recognition and usage,tool recommendations, blade types and recommendation,techniques and methods for many Woodworking related issues, etc.
Experience
Fine furniture restorer and cabinet maker for over 30 years,serving high end Antique dealers, Interior designers, Collectors in the CT area. Consulting for area Painting/Decorating and Building contractors on non painting issues..(staining, wood prep.,clear finishing, floor restoration and architectural detail restoration and repair, etc.) Sold, built, serviced, setup Home, Industrial, and Commercial stationary woodworking tools for a major tool retailer in CT. for three years, sold hand and power tools , provided knowledge, parts replacement, service, and on site service, Trade show Demo, and training as well.
Publications
Published in Fine Woodworking Magazine (12/97), included on Fine Woodworkings first "Best of Fine Woodworking" CD-ROM (2002) ...("27 year compilation of expert know-how")
Education/Credentials
Art School at Silvermine Guild in Norwalk, CT., 9 year apprenticeship in a European run Cabinet and Restoration shop in CT., various classes on subjects having to do with the field. Seminars from major Tool manufacturers, Skil/Bosch, Delta, Powermatic, Ritter, Porter cable, Milwaukee, Dewalt/B&Decker, Performax.
Past/Present Clients
Many varied clients including work on Martha Stewarts' Westport, CT. show house, many fine Antique dealers and private collectors in and around Fairfield County and in Woodbury, CT. (the Antiques capital of CT.), Golden Age of Trucking Museum, Wilton Historical Society.
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Expert: Greg Scholl - 11/1/2009
Question
The built-in entertainment center in my house was built by the previous owner. For some reason, he used some common nails to affix the center stile in the upper portion. These nails have the gray ~1/4" head that is now flush with the wood surface. How can i easily remove these and then refinish the stile so that the remaining indention is more or less hidden? I am considering drilling out the center of each nail just deep enough to allow the head to fall off and then fill in with stainable wood putty or saw dust mixture. The stile is oak and is finished with what appears to be a minwax type stain with a polyurethane finish. Thanks!
Answer
Hey Jeremy, that's a good solution if you can drill dead center which will be tricky,or you could use a Dremel tool to grind the head off using a reinforced cut off blade (#426 I believe). You can cut an "X" through the nail head, and thereby removing the metal right above the nail shaft, and then when you punch the nail through with a pin punch or nail set, the pieces will just pop off as the nail get's countersunk. Both methods would be tricky, and require a steady hand, but if the drilling method fails, you could always bring in the Dremel tool. He may have thought this looked "antique" to have an exposed nail head there...the other option would be to try to pry the "stile" out from behind far enough to get the nail to move, and then pop the stile back into position leaving the nail sticking out enough to pull out, but that may not be possible depending on the construction...post back if need be- regards- Greg
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