I have to rebuild a table that has become loose at the joints/dowels. Not sure what sort of glue was used previously but suspect it may have been hot hide glue. What is the best way of treating the reassembly? Use hide glue again? Clean up all parts and use modern glue? should I remove the dowels that are NOT loose? It is not a masterpiece table, and has been used for holding an overhead projector which has been too much load for it and it has become 'wobbly. I am going to not only reglue, but also add some reinforcing at the corners etc. to make it better able to stand the load. Peter.
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18 years ago