Music stool repair
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1 March 2019 at 12:27 pm #555438
Hi folks
I have a music stool that was given to us that we wanted to save. It’s not made very well and the legs have separated from the post a few times. It’s made as a single turned post with 3 legs that are spaced 120° each around it like the fins on a model rocket. They are just dueled into the post and this joint isnt strong enough as all the force is just one the glue it’s been re glued so many times I dont tjonk doinfnitnagain would make a diference. What would you folks do to fix this?
There is enough meat on there to maybe put 3 dovetails but I’m wondering about other suggestions
1 March 2019 at 1:52 pm #555443Hate my phone..
been re glued so many times I dont think doing it again would make a diference. What would you folks do to fix this?
1 March 2019 at 4:54 pm #555447There might be room for something like that. The post extends below the bottom of the legs but I may be able to chisel a recess on the post and on the leg and put a 90° bracket in there and it wouldn’t be seen. The legs, of course tend to splay and that opens the joint at the bottom first and then the rest fails. Thanks good idea
16 April 2019 at 5:24 pm #556045What I found with these kinds of legs is that the actual floor is an integral part of the design. These were made to be on carpet so there was a lot of friction where it touched the floor and that keeps the legs from splaying. If it’s being used on slippery floor the force is all on the joint which can’t hold up. Little rubber foot pads actually were what solved this problem. The joints work even without glue if it can rely on the floor contact. Waited a while to see if it held up and its been fine.
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