An antique dealer I used to work for swore by using strips torn from
bandages. She disassembled the chair enough to get to the glue joints,
scraped off the old glue, then wrapped the end with the bandage pieces,
applied plenty of glue. OPnce it was all clamped back together, she used a
sharp knife to cut away the excess bandage material and let it all dry.

Worked for her. She said the key was to get all of the old glue out so the
new glue could bind it all together.
Anne

"sam" wrote in message
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I'm using a very standard old wooden chair for my
desk (it feels good, for some reason), but the dowels
that hold it together have come loose.