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

[Pat Horne]

Tom, my initial response was going to be Titebond II or III but decided to see if there was anything newer since it’s been about 15 years since I repaired chairs. Turns out there are a fair number of folks recommending Gorilla Glue but I haven’t tried it for this application. I found an article that seems like a good start for research, https://woodhappen.com/furniture-gluing-how-to/

Please let me know what you use, I’m not far from needing some myself. 

High five to the Boss!

Peace,
Pat

Pat Horne 
We support Habitat for Humanity


On Jan 19, 2023, at 10:37 PM, Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff at outlook.com> wrote:


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 project 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, 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. 

I semi restored (reglued to tighten up) three of the chairs shortly after buying the set. Two totally need to be redone and the third was getting there. 

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 together 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.

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

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

again, sorry for the yadda yadda blah blah
cheers
tims




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