Here is a pic of the base of the stand. The environment at the cabin is pretty damp, especially over the winter when everything is shut down. As you can see, the base is deteriorating and I’m afraid that if I don’t do something, it will rot away and just disintegrate completely. I’m all for leaving things original but in this case I think doing so might lead to the demise of the piece so I need to find some way of halting the disintegration or at least slowing it down as much as possible.
