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Faux Beams: A Step by Step Guide on the Latest Interior Decorating Trend
All Images Credit to E&K Vintage Wood Bored of your current style and looking for a way to change up your space without the price tag of a complete and total remodel? Would you believe me when I say that you can have this one piece of installation put in that...
Meet Robert Kundel Jr | Inventor & CEO
We had the good fortune of connecting with Robert Kundel Jr and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Robert, what was your thought process behind starting your own business? My goal was to raise funds to start a non-profit to help people using the proceeds...
A Tool for the Ages: The Perfect Christmas Gift
It’s that time of year again. The holidays are drawing nearer and I don’t know about you, but I always have a few guys on my list that are incredibly hard to shop for, namely my husband and dad. I spend so much time thinking about and searching for the perfect gift,...
Restorer Tool Accessories
What is the Restorer tool? The Restorer is a handheld drum sander with over 20 different interchangeable heads for applications ranging from grinding to polishing and everywhere in between aka multi surface corded restoration tool. What can the Restorer tool...
How to Make NEW Wood Look OLD
How to make new wood look old: The Restorer comes with a huge range of heads that you can put in it for cleaning up old wood or adding texture to new wood look like old wood. Keep in mind the heads range in aggressiveness from the WRTS01 twisted steel wire...
Reclaimed Wood | What is it and How Do You Clean it?
What is reclaimed wood and how do you clean it is the riddle that we are trying to solve and somehow preserve some of or enough of the character of the reclaimed wood and still be able to make beautiful furniture with it. Essentially the challenge is to get down into...
How to Clean Whiskey Barrel Staves
Whiskey Barrel Stave Cleaning Process Whiskey Barrel Stave | When I received my first barrel almost 10 years ago I had no idea how hard it was going to be to prep and cleaning barrel staves and heads into usable wood so I could create the wild ideas rattling around in...
Live Edge Wood Slabs | How-To Finish
What is Live Edge Wood? What is live edge wood? When a tree is cut down and cut into long sections or logs it is then inserted into a horizontal band saw or portable saw mill. It is then cut horizontally along the length of the log into 1.5"-3" thick sections or...
Reclaimed Wood: What To Know Before You Buy
Save the forests and add rustic charm to your home by buying reclaimed wood. Here are some tips to help you find what you need. Builders began using and buying reclaimed wood in the early 20th century because it offered better quality than fresh wood....
A power tool for reclaimed wood
The Restorer is a versatile abrasive tool for reclaimed wood. It comes with a variety of easily-changed 3-inch drum attachments, a dust collection port, and a canvas carry bag. The popularity of live-edge and resin-filled tabletops, along with increasing use of...
With the Restorer, surfaces come clean
JENNIFER HICKS - OCT 28, 2021 The Restorer is a multi-purpose tool with attachments to buff, sand, grind, polish or clean just about any surface, according to inventor Robert Kundel Jr. The Restorer features a 3.5-amp, 120-volt motor with a variable speed range of...
The Restorer by Make48
The Restorer by Make48 | One of the best things about our City Series is getting to meet independent, hard-working business owners like Robert Kundel Jr. Robert is the brains behind The Restorer, a patented handheld and benchtop tool that can be used to buff, sand,...
From Prototype to Patent
Rust Removal Tool | By Grace Tatigian Rust Removal Tool | With lumber prices in such a wild flux in recent months, interest in reclaimed wood has become a popular trend that makes tools for treating this kind of wood essential. Robert Kundel Jr., Originally developed...
Restorer Debuts on Netflix’s Baking Impossible
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2021 The bakineers' mission: Create an edible robot capable of navigating a candy-covered obstacle course while carrying an ooey-gooey dessert inside. Watch the Restorer sculpt food creations designed to entertain and function to win...
DIY Brushing sanding burned wood and which is right for me
Burnt Wood Finish | Create a unique shou sugi ban finish with the Restorer tool and the 80 grit and 180 grit nylon brushes.Creating the DIY Shou Sugi Ban technique or burnt wood finish on wood can be a daunting and dirty undertaking for the experienced and novice DIY...
Shou Sugi Ban | How-To Technique
What is Shou Sugi Ban? Burnt wood finish, burned wood finish or charred wood for the purposes of design and function is typically called Shou Sugi or Shou Sugi Ban in western cultures. The Shou Sugi Ban japanese burning wood technique, "Ban" meaning plank, is the...
Comparing Restorer to Makita 9741 Brush Machine
Brush Sander Machine Showdown Brush Sander Machine | As a reclaimed timber woodworker I use wire brush sander machines to clean up barn wood before it goes into processing. I need them to get down into the grooves and cracks, removing the years of gunk built up from...
How I use the RESTORER to age new wood
How To Age Wood How To Age Wood | When it comes to aging and weathering new wood, mother nature is really hard to compete with which is why I almost exclusively work with REAL old barn wood. However there are times when I need to use new wood, like when I’m making...