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Repairing crappy furniture
I was given a bedroom set that's beautiful but made like junk; like the
bottom or drawers almost seems like reinforced cardboard put together with an office stapler or something. It needs some repairs and it's like it's so junky you can't really fix it with what's already there. There was a little warping and the bottom wouldn't stay in the groove; I managed to fix it with a strip of real wood across the bottom with wood glue, and some small nails from the back . Anyway, a foot came off the dresser; it's attached to a triangle of wood(one side attached to foot and other to bottom of dresser. The food is sort of like a block of wood with ridges for decoration; also had some sort of long narrow staples and a couple of dowels going from the dresser into the foot. There was some slight water damage. Anyway I'm trying to nail this triangle of wood to the foot with finishing nails, and the nails keep bending before they get into the foot. So I'm constantly hammering and rebending the nails and getting nowhere. What is it I might be doing wrong or what could I do better with this. The other 2 feet seem to be secure and ok. At the moment, I glued everything back into place with wood glue but it would need reinforcement. Should I drill holes? Is it unusual to have to drill a hole to put a nail in something, or is a finishing nail the wrong thing? ares |
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