Electric Comet wrote in news:ne8nt8$k54$3
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On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 07:12:52 -0700
Jon Danniken wrote:

What adhesive would you recommend?

hide glue mixed with some oak sawdust

or cut a groove in the end and then use a wedge and hide glue

if you plan on taking it to the antique roadshow talk to a restorer


Why Oak sawdust? Is that so that the brad you used "until the glue dries"
quickly rusts away so no one can tell that you used one?

Puckdropper

On 4/5/16 8:12 AM, Jon Danniken wrote:
I have been asked to re-glue a dowel pin (~3/4" diameter) on an old
(~100 year) oak chair (part of a dining room table set). The dowel pin
extends out of the lower support arm which connects a back leg to a
front leg (both on the same side).

When I say "less than snug", I mean that the dowel comes in and out of
the hole with no resistance. It doesn't really "wiggle" in the hole,
but it is certainly not a snug fit.

I was originally considering a regular wood glue, but given the lack of
a snug fit, I an reconsidering that.

What adhesive would you recommend?

Jon


Can you 'crimp' the sides of the dowel with a pair of slip-joint pliers?
This will make flutes on the sides of the dowel that effectively expand it.

-BR