Fixing a broken chair leg

[woodenchair]

thanks man, my legs feels a lot better now

[boatingman]

I did repairs for a large middle-man furniture for over 20 years. This method works well but leaves too much color work after the glue sets. I made a jig to bore a slightly oversized hole (the depth of the holes depended on how far the bad grain extends) on both broken pieces. I sometimes had to use 12" bits to get the depth I needed. I would use a 1/2" bit for a 7/16" dowel, 5/8" bit for a 9/16" dowel, etc. I would cut my dowel to the needed length and insert it into the break with enough epoxy to fill the hole and clamp it together. The squeeze-out glued the broken area. After it set, a little clean-up, a little wood marker of the appropriate color, and a generous application of spray lacquer finished the job. Great video. Keep up your fine work.

[mikedelam]

Free is very cost effective. I believe $500 each is a lot for a chair like that.

[sssiod]

"As good as new but unfortunately, not good enough" LOL

[bucketmouth]

A very nice repair young man, a well thought out repair, there’s good money In furniture repair. That spline you made was ideal. I’m glad you realized, that a face to face gluing was not enough. You should look into finishing products like clear spray lacquer, toners, ground pigment, and how to use padding lacquer. You would never be without work.

[gekizai]

"This is now good as new... which, unfortunately, isn't good enough." :D Loved that part.

[headknocker]

Half of $500 is FREE??
Nice repair, reminds me of a few Gibson headstock repairs I've done..
Adding the spline makes the repair 10X stronger..
Way to go!! Most repairs are FREE for friends & family..
Hell it gave you something to do anyhow. And I know it takes longer to film & edit these videos than to do the work.. ROCK ON! Gary/Hk

[corypride]

It actually made me wince when you used that table saw. So glad you're a big time YouTuber now.

[BackyardWoodworking]

Very nice repair on that chair. Matching the finish is the hardest part of the job for me.

[BloodMaster]

500$ in my country is a full paycheck... And to give all that money for one chair, lol... 6 years ago we bought very good and comfortable chairs for 50€ each... Never broke...

[xdavis]

Excellent video. Used this technique to repair a chair back. Used a flush trim bit to clean-up excess.
Thanks for posting.

[TheBushcraftBrothers]

I knew that you weren't done after simply gluing the leg back together haha

[Woodentoolcompany]

Nice. Most of the time you can get away with just glueing. Nice to see you went that extra bit to make it right.

[BahBahTheSheep]

watching more and more of your videos, and seeing constant reference to grain patterns it would be awesome if you did a full on video on grain, and strength. a fun strength test video like how you played around with the box joints and dovetails with the car jack.

[fuzzydk]

Is it stronger to put the inserts on the sides of the legs where it will push and pull instead of one the sides where the insert would "bend" pushing against the sides of the slots?  when leaning

[jackdehaan]

Such practical projects and super fine work.

[athiker]

In the past, I've passed up on furniture, even when it was free.  After watching this video, I may have to re-evaluate my thinking when given the next offer.

[eavesstreet]

you definitely have a gift. i am blown away.

[shamong]

Nice job,  on the chair repair. I was wondering why you did not use dowels. Matching the leg of the chair is real challenge.

[ramidawood]

Big fan of your work, very nicely done