Broken wood table repair-HELP!

1/8/07, 3:04 PM #1

Lisa L
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Broken wood table repair-HELP!

Lisa L

>My wood table was broken by our moving company and I need to know if it can be repaired, no one in our area knows what to do with it. It is one of the table legs and it looks like a stress break at the screw towards the bottom, the dowel on the top is fine. Is it possible to glue and nail it back together or since I have been told it is the weight bearing part of the leg it will not hold? Please help! I miss my table!

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1/8/07, 3:30 PM #2

Bill Tindall, E.TN.
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bill tindall, E. TN.

>A picture would be worth a thousand words. Clean breaks are easy repair. Anything can be repaired. Never-the-less you are going to have to find someone to fix it. Ask at a cabinet shop or better still a refinishing shop. If you can't find these places ask at an antique store and they will know places that repair.

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1/8/07, 8:58 PM #3

David Yoho
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David Yoho

>Lisa, unfortunately, this happens too often with movers. I've done work for a few movers that broke or damaged furniture in the past. Did you file a claim or complaint with the moving company? That would be the first avenue to take if it's not too late.

David

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I live in Mechanicsville, VA (not far from Richmond) and I've been building furniture and cabinetry for well over 20 years now. It all started with my frustration of not being able to cut a straight line with a hand saw. About this same time, a guy named Norm appeared on my local PBS station. The more I watched, the more I learned. I also started thinking, "Hey, I can do that"! And so, I began with small projects and soon found myself moving up to increasingly advanced work. Word of mouth started the ball rolling and before I knew it, I was building all kinds of things for people. While this is not what I do to pay the bills, it has provided me with a means of equipping my shop over the years. The main downside to all of this is when my wife looks at a finished project and says, "I want one of those" and I know I don't have the time to make that happen right then. I take advantage of any slack time between commissions to work on things we want and this seems to keep her "on my side". She even surprised me one day with a new Tormek sharpening system. Sometimes it pays to leave that tool catalog lying around open! For me, woodworking is a type of therapy. I can go out to the shop and totally forget about the world outside. There have been days when I get out there early and before I know it, it's dark outside and I have no idea where the time went! I also enjoy challenging my skills and learning new things. Most of the time, since the majority of my work tends to be custom pieces, I'm working on projects I�ve never built before. While this takes me longer than if I were doing production work, I find it more appealing because there's always something new to learn. I haven't had any formal training in woodworking. My teachers have been experience, the many books and magazines I've read, WoodCentral, and of course, a guy named Norm.

Broken wood table repair-HELP!

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