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Default Repair/reinforcement of double pedestal desk

On Saturday, August 12, 2017 at 3:20:17 PM UTC-7, bob prohaska wrote:
Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:

Keep in mind also that if the joint is cleaned out beyond snug, you make
the tenon a touch smaller or the mortise a touch larger, you will want
to shim t...


The fit seems quite good; No material seems to have been lost, it was
a clean fracture through the glue, apparently. I'd be hard pressed to
improve it.


A local art supply shop offered to order a half pound of rabbit glue,


Yeah, that or hide glue is the best solution, because on this vintage of furniture,
it's gonna stick even if the original (also hide glue) adhesive isn't all cleaned out.

Beware, though, it's usually a kind of hot-melt glue, you'll need a
glue pot and hotplate and have to assemble before it hardens.

If one joint has gone brittle and failed, perhaps others are brittle but
have not yet failed.