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I have a LazyBoy recliner chair that needs a fix.
I will try to describe the chair, and its problem.

The chair has wooden arms with wooden supports three vertical, round
'rods' (my word) each about 10" long and about 2" diameter. The
'rods' go thru round holes in the chair arms. When originally built,
the 'rods' look like they were made to stay in the arms by having a
small wooden wedge forced into the 'rods' so as to make them stay in
place in the arms. Wouldn't you know - the arms have begun to pull
off the 'rods'. Put it another way - the 'rods' now portrude thru the
arm holes and stick up about an inch.

There - I hope I have described the problem well enough that someone
can advise me how to fix this. I think the proper way to fix the rods
would be to remove the wooden wedge from each rod, and replace it with
another slightly bigger wedge to basically make the rod stay in the
arm's hole. Plus maybe a little glue?

I am not a carpenter, so I can't really do this. But I am wondering -
is there a glue or some other substance that I could coat onto the
part of the rod that is sticking up (about 1/2") that would hold the
rod in place - maybe even swell the rod to make it a tight fit again?

Thanks
JW

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I have a LazyBoy recliner chair that needs a fix.
I will try to describe the chair, and its problem.

The chair has wooden arms with wooden supports three vertical, round
'rods' (my word) each about 10" long and about 2" diameter. The
'rods' go thru round holes in the chair arms. When originally built,
the 'rods' look like they were made to stay in the arms by having a
small wooden wedge forced into the 'rods' so as to make them stay in
place in the arms. Wouldn't you know - the arms have begun to pull
off the 'rods'. Put it another way - the 'rods' now portrude thru the
arm holes and stick up about an inch.

There - I hope I have described the problem well enough that someone
can advise me how to fix this. I think the proper way to fix the rods
would be to remove the wooden wedge from each rod, and replace it with
another slightly bigger wedge to basically make the rod stay in the
arm's hole. Plus maybe a little glue?

I am not a carpenter, so I can't really do this. But I am wondering -
is there a glue or some other substance that I could coat onto the
part of the rod that is sticking up (about 1/2") that would hold the
rod in place - maybe even swell the rod to make it a tight fit again?

Thanks
JW


Gorilla Glue is one option. Please do some
internet research on the product. Works fine
in many situations. This might be one such.

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I have a LazyBoy recliner chair that needs a fix.
I will try to describe the chair, and its problem.

The chair has wooden arms with wooden supports three vertical, round
'rods' (my word) each about 10" long and about 2" diameter. The
'rods' go thru round holes in the chair arms. When originally built,
the 'rods' look like they were made to stay in the arms by having a
small wooden wedge forced into the 'rods' so as to make them stay in
place in the arms. Wouldn't you know - the arms have begun to pull
off the 'rods'. Put it another way - the 'rods' now portrude thru the
arm holes and stick up about an inch.

There - I hope I have described the problem well enough that someone
can advise me how to fix this. I think the proper way to fix the rods
would be to remove the wooden wedge from each rod, and replace it with
another slightly bigger wedge to basically make the rod stay in the
arm's hole. Plus maybe a little glue?

I am not a carpenter, so I can't really do this. But I am wondering -
is there a glue or some other substance that I could coat onto the
part of the rod that is sticking up (about 1/2") that would hold the
rod in place - maybe even swell the rod to make it a tight fit again?

Thanks
JW


Gorilla Glue is one option. Please do some
internet research on the product. Works fine
in many situations. This might be one such.

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One word - WONDERLOK 'EM.

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One word - WONDERLOK (1) 'EM(2) .




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One word - WONDERLOK (1) 'EM(2) .


Anything intelligent to say, Stormy???


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One word - WONDERLOK 'EM.

Ace Hardware.. It'll cost you a "Hamilton"


We have a ACE nearby - I'll ask.

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I have a LazyBoy recliner chair that needs a fix.
I will try to describe the chair, and its problem.

The chair has wooden arms with wooden supports three vertical, round
'rods' (my word) each about 10" long and about 2" diameter. The
'rods' go thru round holes in the chair arms. When originally built,
the 'rods' look like they were made to stay in the arms by having a
small wooden wedge forced into the 'rods' so as to make them stay in
place in the arms. Wouldn't you know - the arms have begun to pull
off the 'rods'. Put it another way - the 'rods' now portrude thru the
arm holes and stick up about an inch.

There - I hope I have described the problem well enough that someone
can advise me how to fix this. I think the proper way to fix the rods
would be to remove the wooden wedge from each rod, and replace it with
another slightly bigger wedge to basically make the rod stay in the
arm's hole. Plus maybe a little glue?


That could work, depending upon your skill and how much the hole and "rod"
differ in size. And yes, use glue. The _best_ glue for the purpose would
be thickened epoxy but it sounds as if that might be beyond your skill
level; plain old yellow glue would work if hole/"rod" are not too far off
in diameter..

A more sure way of accomplishing the fix would to be to drill a hole
horizontally through one side of the arm, through the "rod" and part way
through he other side of the arm. Insert - with glue - a dowel of the
same size as the hole.


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I have a LazyBoy recliner chair that needs a fix.
I will try to describe the chair, and its problem.

The chair has wooden arms with wooden supports three vertical, round
'rods' (my word) each about 10" long and about 2" diameter. The
'rods' go thru round holes in the chair arms. When originally built,
the 'rods' look like they were made to stay in the arms by having a
small wooden wedge forced into the 'rods' so as to make them stay in
place in the arms. Wouldn't you know - the arms have begun to pull
off the 'rods'. Put it another way - the 'rods' now portrude thru the
arm holes and stick up about an inch.

There - I hope I have described the problem well enough that someone
can advise me how to fix this. I think the proper way to fix the rods
would be to remove the wooden wedge from each rod, and replace it with
another slightly bigger wedge to basically make the rod stay in the
arm's hole. Plus maybe a little glue?


That could work, depending upon your skill and how much the hole and "rod"
differ in size. And yes, use glue. The _best_ glue for the purpose would
be thickened epoxy but it sounds as if that might be beyond your skill
level; plain old yellow glue would work if hole/"rod" are not too far off
in diameter..

A more sure way of accomplishing the fix would to be to drill a hole
horizontally through one side of the arm, through the "rod" and part way
through he other side of the arm. Insert - with glue - a dowel of the
same size as the hole.


--

dadiOH


From what's described, the plan to wedge and glue sounds right.
He plans on removing the wedge that's there, putting in a new
wooden one. IDK how easy they are to get out, but if they won't
easily come out, might another option be to get some small steel
wedges and just drive them in without taking old ones out? Do
they make such a thing?
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On Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 9:55:24 AM UTC-5, dadiOH wrote:
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I have a LazyBoy recliner chair that needs a fix.
I will try to describe the chair, and its problem.

The chair has wooden arms with wooden supports three vertical, round
'rods' (my word) each about 10" long and about 2" diameter. The
'rods' go thru round holes in the chair arms. When originally
built, the 'rods' look like they were made to stay in the arms by
having a small wooden wedge forced into the 'rods' so as to make
them stay in place in the arms. Wouldn't you know - the arms have
begun to pull off the 'rods'. Put it another way - the 'rods' now
portrude thru the arm holes and stick up about an inch.

There - I hope I have described the problem well enough that someone
can advise me how to fix this. I think the proper way to fix the
rods would be to remove the wooden wedge from each rod, and replace
it with another slightly bigger wedge to basically make the rod
stay in the arm's hole. Plus maybe a little glue?


From what's described, the plan to wedge and glue sounds right.
He plans on removing the wedge that's there, putting in a new
wooden one. IDK how easy they are to get out, but if they won't
easily come out, might another option be to get some small steel
wedges and just drive them in without taking old ones out? Do
they make such a thing?


There are small metal wedges that are used to repair loose wooden hammer
handles.

I just did a Google search for "hammer repair wedge" and saw a lot of links.
Then I clicked on Google Images for the same search and saw a lot of images
and examples there too.

Apparently, they sell these at hardware stores and maybe Home Depot, Lowes,
etc.


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On Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 9:55:24 AM UTC-5, dadiOH wrote:
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I have a LazyBoy recliner chair that needs a fix.
I will try to describe the chair, and its problem.

The chair has wooden arms with wooden supports three vertical, round
'rods' (my word) each about 10" long and about 2" diameter. The
'rods' go thru round holes in the chair arms. When originally
built, the 'rods' look like they were made to stay in the arms by
having a small wooden wedge forced into the 'rods' so as to make
them stay in place in the arms. Wouldn't you know - the arms have
begun to pull off the 'rods'. Put it another way - the 'rods' now
portrude thru the arm holes and stick up about an inch.

There - I hope I have described the problem well enough that someone
can advise me how to fix this. I think the proper way to fix the
rods would be to remove the wooden wedge from each rod, and replace
it with another slightly bigger wedge to basically make the rod
stay in the arm's hole. Plus maybe a little glue?


From what's described, the plan to wedge and glue sounds right.
He plans on removing the wedge that's there, putting in a new
wooden one. IDK how easy they are to get out, but if they won't
easily come out, might another option be to get some small steel
wedges and just drive them in without taking old ones out? Do
they make such a thing?


There are small metal wedges that are used to repair loose wooden hammer
handles.


That's what I was thinking about, knew I saw them somewhere, but
couldn't think of an example.



I just did a Google search for "hammer repair wedge" and saw a lot of links.
Then I clicked on Google Images for the same search and saw a lot of images
and examples there too.

Apparently, they sell these at hardware stores and maybe Home Depot, Lowes,
etc.


Yes, sounds like it might be an option. Unless the old ones are falling
out, I'd try to find a suitable metal size one to drive in beside it.
Of course you don't want one that's too big....
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There are small metal wedges that are used to repair loose wooden hammer
handles.


I wonder if they are not too big and a nail or two of the right length
might be better. If he can't get the old wedge out, or doesn't want to
for some reason.

I just did a Google search for "hammer repair wedge" and saw a lot of links.
Then I clicked on Google Images for the same search and saw a lot of images
and examples there too.

Apparently, they sell these at hardware stores and maybe Home Depot, Lowes,
etc.


I think I bought one of these once, but I like wooden wedges for hammer
handles better. I think the metal one worked in one case but was too
thick for most cases.

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A more sure way of accomplishing the fix would to be to drill a hole
horizontally through one side of the arm, through the "rod" and part way
through he other side of the arm. Insert - with glue - a dowel of the
same size as the hole.


I had been thinking pilot hole, grease,
and wood or machine screw.

Small wedges. Apologies, delted the post
with the question. Yes, sold for tightening
hammer or axe handles.

For now, I think gorilla glue has a good
chance of success. I have repaired chairs
with gorilla glue. I've learned to glue,
and sit with the repair for several minutes.
The glue expands, and I had to use a razor
to trim off the glue that expanded out, before
it hardened.


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For now, I think gorilla glue has a good
chance of success. I have repaired chairs
with gorilla glue. I've learned to glue,
and sit with the repair for several minutes.
The glue expands, and I had to use a razor
to trim off the glue that expanded out, before
it hardened.


we must be tough on our chairs as i had to
redo all of them after first using GG.

and yes, i followed the directions...

the 2nd time i used epoxy with some flex in
it that was wood compatible. no failures since
then.


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the 2nd time i used epoxy with some flex in
it that was wood compatible. no failures since
then.


They make epoxy with flex in it??? Do you remember the brand?
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the 2nd time i used epoxy with some flex in
it that was wood compatible. no failures since
then.


They make epoxy with flex in it??? Do you remember the brand?


no, sorry, it was one of those off-the-shelf syringes
at the local hardware store so you might find something
similar.

i'm not talking about rubber cement type flexible, just
a type that has a little give to it so it doesn't shatter.

most work done was to get the surfaces cleaned up (both
times grr!) and then clamping while the glue set.


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That could work, depending upon your skill and how much the hole and "rod"
differ in size. And yes, use glue. The _best_ glue for the purpose would
be thickened epoxy but it sounds as if that might be beyond your skill
level; plain old yellow glue would work if hole/"rod" are not too far off
in diameter..

A more sure way of accomplishing the fix would to be to drill a hole
horizontally through one side of the arm, through the "rod" and part way
through he other side of the arm. Insert - with glue - a dowel of the
same size as the hole.



Thought of trying that. I may have to do it.
Thanks

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Just for info:

Pianos are tuned by twisting a steel pin that sits in a wood board.

Old pianos sometimes have the holes enlarged, or have small splits in the wood, and won't hold a tune, the pins will untwist under the tension of the string.

One cure is to remove the pins, redrill the holes, and install bigger pins. But that's expensive and many pianos aren't worth it, or the board isn't in good enough shape.

Another cure is to tip the piano over so the board is flat, and drip a bit of crazy glue into the base of each pin.

It has to be very thin glue.


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Just for info:

Pianos are tuned by twisting a steel pin that sits in a wood board.

Old pianos sometimes have the holes enlarged, or have small splits in the wood, and won't hold a tune, the pins will untwist under the tension of the string.

One cure is to remove the pins, redrill the holes, and install bigger pins.


Because of all the snipping and because I don't read Subject lines, only
now I see -- a little too late -- that pianos are not the topic of the
thread, but since I wrote this all, I'll post it for those of you with
pianos.

I'm 99% sure you don't always need to redrill the hole. I'm 99% sure
that in college, I replaced one pin with a larger one without any
drilling. Indeed the piano repairman at the Kimball Piano Company** who
gave me the peg didn't say anything about redrilling. I guess the new
pin was just a little bit bigger than the old. (I know I had no drill
and I didn't drill anything. The only other possibility is that I just
tapped the old pin in harder.) Whatever I did, it worked at least
until I left Chicago 5 years later.

**The repair department was on the 4th or 5th floor of their store on
State Street in downtown Chicago. Then I just called up to find out
where it was, took the eleveater up and asked a couple questions, and
the first guy sort of put me on a tour, to one guy who sent me to the
next guy to a total of about four guys, each of whom showed me what he
did and gave me parts to use.

Then maybe back to the first guy who gave me the address of the
wholesale piano parts store in Chcaog and his name to use so I could get
50% off the wholesale price.

I'm no poor college student anymore but this stuff might be easily
available on the web now, to anyone (at almost retail price, but still
cheap.

To put in a new peg YOU MUST SUPPORT THE SOUND BOARD ON THE PIANO BOARD
4 INCHES BENEATH IT (assuming it's a grand so the other board is
*beneath* it. Beside it for an upright.) Or the sound board will
crack and the piano will be worthless. Though the fraternity didn't
have much scrap wood, I was lucky enough tofind a block of wood 4x4" or
more just the right height that I had to push to get it in place. There
was no slack and no extra. And then I still tapped softly, getting
gradually a little harder until the pin went in.

You'll also probably need new wire for that string. Unless maybe you
wrapped the coil around the pin before putting the pin in. I know I
restrung one pair of keys but I'm not sure if it was t hat one or
another. (In a way it couldnt' have been that one, because if the
string were broken, as one was, I couldnt' have tried retightening it.)

To get the right wire you need to provide the key, B flat 2 octaves
above middle C, or something like that. And you need to provide THE
HARP SIZE. Pianos come in several sizes and the harp (I think it is
called) size is a letter from A? to E or F reverse-embossed** in the
harp, The same diameter string on a different size harp would give a
different pitch, so you need the harp size and the key. But some spare
too because piano wire is the strongest wire and it might come in handy.
Very hard to bend, however.

**What's the word for reverse-embossed, where the letter sticks out
*away* from the surface?

And you'll probably need a tuning wrench. The pegs are square but
they're in a crowd and hard to get any other wrench on them.

And someone wth a good enough ear to tune them. With multi-string keys,
first you dampen all but one string, and tune it, then you tune the
other strings to match that oner, listening until the beat frequency
disappears. I'm sure more about how to do that is online, but it's
worth mentioning that it's impossible to perfectly tune a piano. If
you make every third an accurate third and every fifth an accurate
fifth, you won't get an accurate octave!!! So tuning is a compromise.
I guess that is one reason they came out with the well tempered clavier,
in which the frequency ratio between every pair of consecutive keys is
the same, iiuc. But the piano is a millon times more popular.


I also needed a few ivories and black keys (ebony). IIRC the phone
receptionist at Kimballs told me to call Lyon and Healy, and for sure
the phone receptionist at Lyon and Healy told me to call their repair
location in some industrial n'hood of Chicago. But I didnt have to go
there. As soon as I started in on what I wanted he interrupted with
What's your address. And he mailed me a big back of used ivories (many
with cigarette burns but plenty without too.) and plenty of black keys.

I don't know where the rest of the bag is or the rest of the piano wire.
I might have left the bag behind on purpose but I know I had the piano
wire for several years and I never would have given it away, since
before the web, once I left chicago, I had no idea where to buy more.
Oh well.


But that's expensive and many pianos aren't worth it, or the board isn't in good enough shape.

Another cure is to tip the piano over so the board is flat, and drip a bit of crazy glue into the base of each pin.

It has to be very thin glue.


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On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:32:38 -0800 (PST), TimR
wrote:

Just for info:

Pianos are tuned by twisting a steel pin that sits in a wood board.

Old pianos sometimes have the holes enlarged, or have small splits in the wood, and won't hold a tune, the pins will untwist under the tension of the string.

One cure is to remove the pins, redrill the holes, and install bigger pins.


Because of all the snipping and because I don't read Subject lines, only
now I see -- a little too late -- that pianos are not the topic of the
thread, but since I wrote this all, I'll post it for those of you with
pianos.

I'm 99% sure you don't always need to redrill the hole. I'm 99% sure
that in college, I replaced one pin with a larger one without any
drilling. Indeed the piano repairman at the Kimball Piano Company** who
gave me the peg didn't say anything about redrilling. I guess the new
pin was just a little bit bigger than the old. (I know I had no drill
and I didn't drill anything. The only other possibility is that I just
tapped the old pin in harder.) Whatever I did, it worked at least
until I left Chicago 5 years later.


The tuning pins come in 7 sizes, spanning a total of .030" from SH1 to
SH7, so you DEFINITELY do not drill the tuning block!!

**The repair department was on the 4th or 5th floor of their store on
State Street in downtown Chicago. Then I just called up to find out
where it was, took the eleveater up and asked a couple questions, and
the first guy sort of put me on a tour, to one guy who sent me to the
next guy to a total of about four guys, each of whom showed me what he
did and gave me parts to use.

Then maybe back to the first guy who gave me the address of the
wholesale piano parts store in Chcaog and his name to use so I could get
50% off the wholesale price.

I'm no poor college student anymore but this stuff might be easily
available on the web now, to anyone (at almost retail price, but still
cheap.

To put in a new peg YOU MUST SUPPORT THE SOUND BOARD ON THE PIANO BOARD
4 INCHES BENEATH IT (assuming it's a grand so the other board is
*beneath* it. Beside it for an upright.) Or the sound board will
crack and the piano will be worthless. Though the fraternity didn't
have much scrap wood, I was lucky enough tofind a block of wood 4x4" or
more just the right height that I had to push to get it in place. There
was no slack and no extra. And then I still tapped softly, getting
gradually a little harder until the pin went in.

You'll also probably need new wire for that string. Unless maybe you
wrapped the coil around the pin before putting the pin in. I know I
restrung one pair of keys but I'm not sure if it was t hat one or
another. (In a way it couldnt' have been that one, because if the
string were broken, as one was, I couldnt' have tried retightening it.)

To get the right wire you need to provide the key, B flat 2 octaves
above middle C, or something like that. And you need to provide THE
HARP SIZE. Pianos come in several sizes and the harp (I think it is
called) size is a letter from A? to E or F reverse-embossed** in the
harp, The same diameter string on a different size harp would give a
different pitch, so you need the harp size and the key. But some spare
too because piano wire is the strongest wire and it might come in handy.
Very hard to bend, however.

**What's the word for reverse-embossed, where the letter sticks out
*away* from the surface?

And you'll probably need a tuning wrench. The pegs are square but
they're in a crowd and hard to get any other wrench on them.


Never attempt to turn a tuning pin with anythong other than a tuning
key, or you will end up replacing tuning pins.

And someone wth a good enough ear to tune them. With multi-string keys,
first you dampen all but one string, and tune it, then you tune the
other strings to match that oner, listening until the beat frequency
disappears. I'm sure more about how to do that is online, but it's
worth mentioning that it's impossible to perfectly tune a piano. If
you make every third an accurate third and every fifth an accurate
fifth, you won't get an accurate octave!!! So tuning is a compromise.
I guess that is one reason they came out with the well tempered clavier,
in which the frequency ratio between every pair of consecutive keys is
the same, iiuc. But the piano is a millon times more popular.


You can accurately tune a piano with an application on your smart
phone - but an "accurately tuned" piano does not sound right. There is
a "flavour" I think they call it, to a piano that requires at least
some of the strings to be slightly off theoretical tune to sound
right.


I also needed a few ivories and black keys (ebony). IIRC the phone
receptionist at Kimballs told me to call Lyon and Healy, and for sure
the phone receptionist at Lyon and Healy told me to call their repair
location in some industrial n'hood of Chicago. But I didnt have to go
there. As soon as I started in on what I wanted he interrupted with
What's your address. And he mailed me a big back of used ivories (many
with cigarette burns but plenty without too.) and plenty of black keys.

I don't know where the rest of the bag is or the rest of the piano wire.
I might have left the bag behind on purpose but I know I had the piano
wire for several years and I never would have given it away, since
before the web, once I left chicago, I had no idea where to buy more.
Oh well.


But that's expensive and many pianos aren't worth it, or the board isn't in good enough shape.

Another cure is to tip the piano over so the board is flat, and drip a bit of crazy glue into the base of each pin.

It has to be very thin glue.


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I have a LazyBoy recliner chair that needs a fix.
I will try to describe the chair, and its problem.

The chair has wooden arms with wooden supports three vertical, round
'rods' (my word) each about 10" long and about 2" diameter. The
'rods' go thru round holes in the chair arms. When originally built,
the 'rods' look like they were made to stay in the arms by having a
small wooden wedge forced into the 'rods' so as to make them stay in
place in the arms. Wouldn't you know - the arms have begun to pull
off the 'rods'. Put it another way - the 'rods' now portrude thru the
arm holes and stick up about an inch.

There - I hope I have described the problem well enough that someone
can advise me how to fix this. I think the proper way to fix the rods
would be to remove the wooden wedge from each rod, and replace it with
another slightly bigger wedge to basically make the rod stay in the
arm's hole. Plus maybe a little glue?

I am not a carpenter, so I can't really do this. But I am wondering -
is there a glue or some other substance that I could coat onto the
part of the rod that is sticking up (about 1/2") that would hold the
rod in place - maybe even swell the rod to make it a tight fit again?

Thanks
JW





Though the others indeed have given you the proper advice I tend to do
things differently.

I have had similar problems here and simply pounded everything back in
place then from below (where it does not show) drilled small pilot holes
and "permanently" attached the dowels with drywall screws.


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I have a LazyBoy recliner chair that needs a fix.
I will try to describe the chair, and its problem.


Doesn't LazyBoy have a very good reputation (or is it that the
advertising has fooled me?)

Anyhow, I'd try their customer service and see what they say.

I myself could not understand what and where the rods were, but they
know more about their chairs than I do.

The chair has wooden arms with wooden supports three vertical, round
'rods' (my word) each about 10" long and about 2" diameter. The
'rods' go thru round holes in the chair arms. When originally built,
the 'rods' look like they were made to stay in the arms by having a
small wooden wedge forced into the 'rods' so as to make them stay in
place in the arms. Wouldn't you know - the arms have begun to pull
off the 'rods'. Put it another way - the 'rods' now portrude thru the
arm holes and stick up about an inch.

There - I hope I have described the problem well enough that someone
can advise me how to fix this. I think the proper way to fix the rods
would be to remove the wooden wedge from each rod, and replace it with
another slightly bigger wedge to basically make the rod stay in the
arm's hole. Plus maybe a little glue?

I am not a carpenter, so I can't really do this. But I am wondering -
is there a glue or some other substance that I could coat onto the
part of the rod that is sticking up (about 1/2") that would hold the
rod in place - maybe even swell the rod to make it a tight fit again?

Thanks
JW




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On 1/25/2015 8:29 AM, wrote:
I have a LazyBoy recliner chair that needs a fix.
I will try to describe the chair, and its problem.

The chair has wooden arms with wooden supports three vertical, round
'rods' (my word) each about 10" long and about 2" diameter. The
'rods' go thru round holes in the chair arms. When originally built,
the 'rods' look like they were made to stay in the arms by having a
small wooden wedge forced into the 'rods' so as to make them stay in
place in the arms. Wouldn't you know - the arms have begun to pull
off the 'rods'. Put it another way - the 'rods' now portrude thru the
arm holes and stick up about an inch.

There - I hope I have described the problem well enough that someone
can advise me how to fix this. I think the proper way to fix the rods
would be to remove the wooden wedge from each rod, and replace it with
another slightly bigger wedge to basically make the rod stay in the
arm's hole. Plus maybe a little glue?

I am not a carpenter, so I can't really do this. But I am wondering -
is there a glue or some other substance that I could coat onto the
part of the rod that is sticking up (about 1/2") that would hold the
rod in place - maybe even swell the rod to make it a tight fit again?

Thanks
JW


If you have a mallet, some toothpicks and Gorilla wood glue, you may
have a chance ) I would even split a couple of toothpicks, soak them
in water for a few minutes to soften them. Apply a couple of pieces of
toothpick to the top of the supports and then glue (follow instructions
on the glue carefully) and push them into the hole in the arm. Smack
the arm down carefully until top of rod is flush with arm. Watch for
glue oozing and wipe it carefully. Would also help if there is crusty
old glue on the support to scrape that off before beginning the repair.
Good luck, and let us know.
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If you have a mallet, some toothpicks and Gorilla wood glue, you may


Round or flat? The wood seems entirely different.

have a chance ) I would even split a couple of toothpicks, soak them
in water for a few minutes to soften them. Apply a couple of pieces of
toothpick to the top of the supports and then glue (follow instructions
on the glue carefully) and push them into the hole in the arm. Smack
the arm down carefully until top of rod is flush with arm. Watch for
glue oozing and wipe it carefully. Would also help if there is crusty
old glue on the support to scrape that off before beginning the repair.
Good luck, and let us know.


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On 1/26/2015 3:50 PM, micky wrote:
On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:39:04 -0500, Norminn
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If you have a mallet, some toothpicks and Gorilla wood glue, you may


Round or flat? The wood seems entirely different.


I don't think it matters....I would start small so you don't risk
splitting the arm of the chair....just need to fill a little space left
by wood aging and shrinking. The glue will bond it all together and in
my experience Gorilla Wood Glue is very strong. It also foams, helping
to fill space. Gotta be ready to wipe off the little bit that oozes as
it cures.

have a chance ) I would even split a couple of toothpicks, soak them
in water for a few minutes to soften them. Apply a couple of pieces of
toothpick to the top of the supports and then glue (follow instructions
on the glue carefully) and push them into the hole in the arm. Smack
the arm down carefully until top of rod is flush with arm. Watch for
glue oozing and wipe it carefully. Would also help if there is crusty
old glue on the support to scrape that off before beginning the repair.
Good luck, and let us know.



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