Subject: Q: How to Repair Broken Chair Seat?

From: bandrew <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 10:14:08 -0800

I am not sure if this is the proper newsgroup (if not, can someone
direct me the right way?), but my next project is to reglue the chairs
of our dining roo0m table.

The chairs are about 30 years old, never been repaired (I inheritied the
dinig room set from mom and dad).  A good portion of the joints on the
legs are loose and in need of cleanup and re-gluing.  That part I can
handle, where I am running into problems is with one of the armed
chairs: the seat is cracked thru the joint where the front, verticle,
arm support meets the chair seat.  The seat is ablut 1 1/2 inches thick
and made of pine (Ethan Allen).  The edges of the cracked wood are
rough.  The chair is still intacked, but I need to fix it before it
falls completely apart.  How do I do it?

bb
Britt
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (David Meiland)
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 13:42:05 GMT

Disassemble the chair, get the seat off of it, break it apart at the
already-starting-to-break line, and reglue it. If there is a tight fit
where the crack is developing you can probably get away with epoxy for
glueup. Don't buy the shitty kind in a syringe at the hardware store.
It would be wise to find someone with a biscuit cutter or dowelling
jig to cut a little joinery for you (and give you the dowels/biscuits)
before gluing up, if at all possible.

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 01:46:12 GMT

>falls completely apart.  How do I do it?
You'll have to take the chair apart. If they are really old, they are
probably glued with hide glue. You can get this apart with hot water
or steam. If the have been glued with a yellow or white glue, we in
our shop have had good luck with a syring full of rubbing alcohol into
the joint. Then clean the cracked joint, reglue and reassemble the
chair. Good luck. We fight this problem 6 or 8 time a month ( getting
chairs apart that is) Charlie of CNL Woodworks