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

[Jim Franklin]

Hopefully you get more experienced responses but from my little knowledge of woodworking, you may have opened up the joints too much by that roughing up and groove cutting. The glue won't be strong enough to fill gaps, it only bonds surfaces. So the joints need to be tight to start with. 

Titebond or Gorilla wood glue will be more than strong enough. 
 
jim

> On Jan 19, 2023, at 9:54 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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