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30 August 2018 at 6:39 pm #550781
Good job! It fits your needs, and you had the pleasure of making it yourself. That’s what matters.
Dave
5 March 2016 at 3:38 pm #135361Very nice! Of course, what really matters is what your wife thinks about it!
Dave
2 March 2016 at 8:45 pm #135237Wishing you the best, Lute. It appears that you have the good support system that you need to get this going.
Dave
12 February 2016 at 11:33 pm #134736You may need to replace the latch with a modern reproduction, but they are readily available from a variety of sources. The best fix IMO for the screw holes is to drill out the hole and fill it with a dowel of the same species. I have usually found 1/4 inch dowels to be sufficient. Allow the glue to dry for an hour, trim the dowel flush, make a small pilot hole, and re-attach the part.
As you found, the wood filler products are really not useful for structural purposes.
I’m not familiar with Sugru, but it appears to be a rubbery silicone-type of material. I would not use it in this instance. I’d first try to fiddle with the latch, and see what is preventing it from working properly. As this is a family heirloom, the price of new hardware, if required, should not be a factor.
Dave
20 November 2014 at 9:26 pm #121247Matt;
Zinsser makes a shellac primer-sealer that does a good job of concealing knots, sappy places, and even Magic Marker! Of course, now that Rust-O-Leum has them, who knows how long the product will be available. Look for the Bulls-Eye brand.
Dave
5 August 2014 at 11:36 pm #60141It certainly looks good from here! Making mistakes and learning from them is a bonus, though it may not seem that way at the time.
If you don’t point out mistakes, it’s likely that no one else will notice them.
Great job!!
3 August 2014 at 7:25 pm #60052You might take a straight board and notch it 5cm or thereabouts from each end. You then clamp from the notch to the outside edges of your project, so that you have clamp-board-clamp.
26 June 2014 at 1:29 am #58841If Sid’s suggestion doesn’t bring results, you might loosen the lever cap screw about one eighth of a turn and see if that may have gotten moved just a bit during disassembly and subsequent re-assembly.
Dave
20 June 2014 at 9:54 pm #58680I would also suspect a bit of a twist in your leg. This is stock that has had a prior “career”, so to speak, as outdoor deck parts.
My suggestion would be to form your tenons to fit your mortises properly at each end. Keep track of which tenon fits which mortise, fit both tenons into one leg, and carefully start the opposite ends into the mortises. See if you can force the twist out enough to bring your tenons through. Be patient and persistent. It appears that you are employing haunched tenons. This should help keep things square once you get them together and tight.
Good Luck,
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