On 6/11/2014 12:41 AM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
I wrote:

Properly done, the epoxy repaired joint will out last the wood.

Lew

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"Leon" wrote:

But often chairs are broken and not at a joint. Then what do you do
when you need a to replace a part and the ends in the joint are not
coming out.
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Getting involved with a hypothetical is a road to nowhere IMHO.

One could easily say the same thing about being prepared for the
unsuspected when sailing.

Actually it is quite likely that this chair in question will have a
broken part in the future. It is not much of a hypothetical stretch to
consider a chair that is used enough to loosen the joints will need to
be repaired again in the future in some other way. Assemble it with
epoxy and you essentially make future repairs much more difficult or
impossible. Part of this societies, throw away mentality vs. built to
be repaired, mentality I guess.

So the hood on my truck vibrates on the highway because the latch does
not hold it securely. If I epoxy it in place, problem solved?


Examination of the damage on a case by case event when it has
happened is another matter.

It's amazing what kind of repairs can be made with a little glass,
some resin, a little filler and some imagination.

Lew



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