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Default Best Adhesive And Filler For Fixing Old Dovetails?

On Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 8:48:11 AM UTC-5, dpb wrote:
On 2/23/2019 9:27 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I need to repair a couple of drawers that have dried out dovetail joints. 2
drawers, maybe 16 pins.

I don't need anything like a full West Systems kit of epoxy and filler, but
I need something other than straight wood glue to fill in the gaps.

I could try wood glue and sawdust, but I'm wondering if there is something
better/neater.


Make shims for the pins to fill if they've shrunk, don't just try to
fill. Pictures would help...


This is the worst of the 2 drawers. The other one can probably be fixed
with just glue.

https://i.imgur.com/6qk7GxW.jpg