Restoring my antique & vintage hat blocks 🪓🔨👒 | Hat block care | Millinery Hat Making DIY

Caring for wooden hat blocks is an integral part of the millinery hat making process. Have you ever wondered how to care for such precious items? 👒🪓🔨

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A big thank you to Sarah Marshall for selling me the old John Boyd Hat Blocks @johnboydhats

→ Tools & Materials ←
Wood glue + paintbrush + pot of water
G clamps (various sizes)
Table Vice
Chisels + hammer
Sureshape plane (aka. wood cheese grater)
Sand paper (medium 80P, fine 120P) + cork sanding block
Steel wool + rags + tub of water
Metal files (various shapes)
Pliers
Staple gun + thick rope (or thick electrical wire)
Fibre glass adhesive scrim tape
Wood filler (colours to match hat block wood) + spatula
Hydrogen Peroxide 3% (for getting rid of mould spores)
Mineral chopping board oil + rags
Paraffin wax (for puzzle blocks only)

→ Chapters ←
00:00 - Introduction
01:36 - Assess damage
06:20 - Tools & Materials
10:08 - Remove pins & debris
10:39 - Wood glue
14:46 - Chisel
16:20 - Sureshape wood grater
17:24 - Preliminary sanding
18:24 - Stapler & rope fix
19:25 - Wood filler
20:50 - Final sand
21:08 - Oil
21:32 - Paraffin wax
21:56 - Sparterie Beret
23:18 - Final make-overs

→ Music ←
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