Using TREES and TRASH to Save an Antique CROQUET Set | Restoration

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In this week's restoration video, I revisit a project I posted to the channel a few years ago. I remastered the video and sound to provide a better experience for the viewer.

I found this incomplete croquet set in the basement of a relative and discovered that it dates somewhere in the early 1900s. It was manufactured by the South Bend Toy Company and was probably made for the Sears Roebuck Company.

Before repairing, repainting, and reassembling the stand, I used a lathe to construct two new mallets and a new stake using branches from trees and trash found on my neighbor's curb. This ended up being one of my favorite projects on the channel and I hope you enjoy it as well.

Time stamps:

00:00 Intro and disassembly
01:00 Fabricating new mallets
04:31 Fabricating a new stake
07:05 Cleaning and repairing the stand
10:23 Painting
11:18 Repairing other parts
13:53 Wickets
14:43 Final reveal

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Thanks for watching and I will see you in the next one!