On Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 7:48:15 AM UTC-5, Dr. Deb wrote:
On Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 12:15:36 PM UTC-6, Hawk wrote:
On 2/26/2020 6:02 PM, Hawk wrote:
I had a chance to look at the table leg and it was a clean break. I slid
the leg back into the base, fit right in and it looked great. It even
held in place. Therefore, my question is what anyone thinks of simply
gluing or epoxying the leg without trying to cut off the base or adding
a rod/dowel in the center? Do you think it'll be just as strong? If so,
what epoxy/glue do you recommend?

Thanks
Thank you all for the suggestions. I'm going with a permanent fix of
cutting off the part on table, gluing to leg, using a thick dowel in
center and reattaching to table with a wedged tenon.

The table was leaning up against a wall in the garage with misc all
around. I was unable to view it from all angles but it was about 3"
thick, I don't think it was all solid. I told him in order for me to do
it properly, he'll have to clean the area so I can take the table with
me. But from what I saw, the fix I described will most likely be the
proper method.


Hawk, have you watched the latest Thomas Johnson video on Youtube? He covers this exact thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M838pisIU1Y

Great video find!

I think one of the biggest issues was the size of the previous dowel. There wasn't much wood
left after drilling that huge hole. No wonder it shattered.

One tip that I like to offer related to working with epoxy - although it probably wasn't needed
with that repair - is to keep a jar of Vaseline with your epoxy supplies. Epoxy won't stick to
Vaseline. By putting a thin layer on the surrounding areas, you can often save some sanding,
scraping, etc.