I haz a ‘new’ coffee table. It was given to the Men’s Shed group with a heat-damaged varnished top and one leg almost off & the other three quite loose. The donor didn’t want it fixed, just felt we could use the timber.
Investigatrion revealled a bolt missing & all other seven bolts were loose. Replacing/tightening the bolts where needed fixed that part of the problem.
Whatever timber the tabletop was made from, it certainly wasn’t rubbish. When sanded back to bare timber it was really magnificent & worth salvaging.
Two coats of a satin-finish medium dark stain/varnish wiped on with a rag followed by a final coat of dark mahogany stain/varnish applied with a roller finished it off beautifully. Gave a coat of the same to the base & legs of the table.
Once dry, I reassembled it & now it's in my loungeroom.
Super shiny.