The legs on my dining room chairs keep falling off.
The cross pieces between the legs won't stay they are usually laying on the
floor.
Then the legs do the "bambi on ice" when you sit on the chair.
It seems like when you sit in a chair, the legs move away from each other
allowing the cross pieces to
fall out, then the next time someone sits in it the whole thing will
collapse.
I have glued the chairs, I have put screws in them, I tried cleaning out
the old glue and trying a different
brand of glue. I hate to give up on the set. It is a beautiful table and
really nice chairs if the stupid legs
would stay where they belong.
What am I doing wrong?
Is there a better glue?
Should I just throw them out?
I hate to give up on anything, but this has been going on since I bought the
set.
I have used weldwood glue, a yellow woodworker's glue, elmers, and a
rubber cement type glue.
TIA for any help you can give me.
Vikki in WA State
Possibly referring to Chair Doctor made by Lee Valley.
On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:20:17 -0700, "Vikki in WA State"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>Go to rockler's web site, they have some chair repair glue which works
>>great.
snippage of snide and uncalled for remark
Silvan wrote:
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You don't know the lady so if you can't say something nice....
If the furniture was the quality of the stuff we get here in the
Washington DC area from a bunch called something like merlo, it was
poorly made and the joints didn't fit. It doesn't take much to work a
joint that really isn't one. No amount of glue can fill that kind of a
hole unless it has good filling properties, as Gorrilla and Elmers
polyurethane glues do. It's been recommend repeatedly, I did so off
line.
Play nice Mike,
Dave in Fairfax
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Vikki in WA State wrote:
> Thanks for the input, I will try your reccomendations,
> My sister thinks they werent made right.
> we are just normal size people and have no children so that leaves that
> out.
"normal size people" probably means you and she are both lugging around a
substantial spare tire. :)
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"Vikki in WA State" writes:
> The legs on my dining room chairs keep falling off.
> The cross pieces between the legs won't stay they are usually laying on
the
> floor.
<snip>
Time for the heavy duty stuff, EPOXY filled with some micro-balloons.
You will need to take the chair apart, clean out all the old glue, then
reassemble using the filled epoxy.
Plan ahead. You will also need some type of band clamping to keep everything
in place while the epoxy cures.
Get a copy of "Gougeon Bros on Boat Building" from the library. It describes
a lot of epoxy techniques including making the filled epoxy putty.
Have fun.
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 23:51:15 -0700, "Vikki in WA State"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>The legs on my dining room chairs keep falling off.
>The cross pieces between the legs won't stay they are usually laying on the
>floor.
>Then the legs do the "bambi on ice" when you sit on the chair.
>It seems like when you sit in a chair, the legs move away from each other
>allowing the cross pieces to
>fall out, then the next time someone sits in it the whole thing will
>collapse.
>I have glued the chairs, I have put screws in them, I tried cleaning out
>the old glue and trying a different
>brand of glue. I hate to give up on the set. It is a beautiful table and
>really nice chairs if the stupid legs
>would stay where they belong.
>
>What am I doing wrong?
>Is there a better glue?
>Should I just throw them out?
>I hate to give up on anything, but this has been going on since I bought the
>set.
>
>I have used weldwood glue, a yellow woodworker's glue, elmers, and a
>rubber cement type glue.
>
>TIA for any help you can give me.
>
>Vikki in WA State
>
Hate to say, but the chairs are being abused (children rough housing,
500-lb people using them, water damage, etc.) they were not made
properly in the first place.
clean them up well and try gorilla glue. your either not using enough glue
to get a good bond, arent prepping it good enough, or your one heavy dude.
Are the chairs missing a support piece perhaps? I would take the entire
chair apart and reglue it. I am doing this with my set now
"Vikki in WA State" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The legs on my dining room chairs keep falling off.
> The cross pieces between the legs won't stay they are usually laying on
the
> floor.
> Then the legs do the "bambi on ice" when you sit on the chair.
> It seems like when you sit in a chair, the legs move away from each other
> allowing the cross pieces to
> fall out, then the next time someone sits in it the whole thing will
> collapse.
> I have glued the chairs, I have put screws in them, I tried cleaning out
> the old glue and trying a different
> brand of glue. I hate to give up on the set. It is a beautiful table and
> really nice chairs if the stupid legs
> would stay where they belong.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
> Is there a better glue?
> Should I just throw them out?
> I hate to give up on anything, but this has been going on since I bought
the
> set.
>
> I have used weldwood glue, a yellow woodworker's glue, elmers, and a
> rubber cement type glue.
>
> TIA for any help you can give me.
>
> Vikki in WA State
>
>
Go to rockler's web site, they have some chair repair glue which works
great. Our chair were doing the same thing. I used this stuff and the chair
are like new. This is not actually a glue, it is a liquid which caused hte
wood to expand and makes the joint tight as can be. Plus the cleanup is a
snap, gorilla glue would work but this stuff is a bear to cleanup, plus this
would require clamping.
Thanks for the input, I will try your reccomendations,
My sister thinks they werent made right.
we are just normal size people and have no children so that leaves that out.
again thanks for the input.
vikki
Ruster wrote in message ...
>Go to rockler's web site, they have some chair repair glue which works
>great. Our chair were doing the same thing. I used this stuff and the chair
>are like new. This is not actually a glue, it is a liquid which caused hte
>wood to expand and makes the joint tight as can be. Plus the cleanup is a
>snap, gorilla glue would work but this stuff is a bear to cleanup, plus
this
>would require clamping.
>
>