Subject: [Shop-talk] Restoring 100 year old oak dining room chairs

From: "Tim ." <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 02:54:42 +0000

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Skip to the bottom for the question to avoid my ramble.....

Sorry for the long arse chat here but this is a perfect basement shop proje=
ct now that winter might actually be here in southern WI.

We have a dining room set that I bought over 20 years ago; six chairs, tabl=
e with five leaves and a matching buffet. It is a beautiful set that I boug=
ht the boss after finishing her undergrad. Best part is it matches perfectl=
y the now 120 year old craftsman we bought when she finished her masters 15=
 years ago. Sorry, I digress being proud of the boss.

I semi restored (reglued to tighten up) three of the chairs shortly after b=
uying the set. Two totally need to be redone and the third was getting ther=
e.

When I did these three back then I got them as far apart as needed without =
pulling apart joints that were still tight, cleaned out old glue, replaced =
pins (dowels?) as necessary and used big proper clamps to keep them togethe=
r whilst the glue cured. I used what I thought was a high-quality wood glue=
 on surfaces were clean of old glue and somewhat roughed up to grab the glu=
e better. I even cut groves in the new pins/dowels to have more glue surfac=
e.

So, now all six need to be done. I will be able to take each one all the wa=
y apart, they are all that loose.

Question: What glue should I use assuming that I will replace pins/dowels a=
s needed.

again, sorry for the yadda yadda blah blah
cheers
tims

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Sorry for the long arse chat here but this is a perfect basement shop proje=
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a, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(=
255, 255, 255);">We have a dining room set that I bought over 20 years ago;=
 six chairs, table with five leaves
 and a matching buffet. It is a beautiful set that I bought the boss after =
finishing her undergrad. Best part is it matches perfectly the now 120 year=
 old craftsman we bought when she finished her masters 15 years ago. Sorry,=
 I digress being proud of the boss.&nbsp;</span></div>
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I semi restored (reglued to tighten up) three of the chairs shortly after b=
uying the set. Two totally need to be redone and the third was getting ther=
e.&nbsp;</div>
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When I did these three back then I got them as far apart as needed without =
pulling apart joints that were still tight, cleaned out old glue, replaced =
pins (dowels?) as necessary and used big proper clamps to keep them togethe=
r whilst the glue cured. I used
 what I thought was a high-quality wood glue on surfaces were clean of old =
glue and somewhat roughed up to grab the glue better. I even cut groves in =
the new pins/dowels to have more glue surface.</div>
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So, now all six need to be done. I will be able to take each one all the wa=
y apart, they are all that loose.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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Question: What glue should I use assuming that I will replace pins/dowels a=
s needed.&nbsp;</div>
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