Chair tenons and dowels

[larry in cinci]

My son and DIL have an inexpensive dining table set, one of the chairs has two strechers that have broken off at the tenon where the it meets the leg. I am thinking of cutting the tenon off and drilling a hole for a new smaller tenon to be made from a dowel and filling the leg with a larger dowel and drilling a new hole to fit the new dowel. Is this a workable idea? Or am I just asking for trouble? If anybody has any other, or better ideas I would love to hear them. larry in Cinci

[Charles Spitzer]

loose tenons

[John]

Replacing with a SMALLER dowel is asking for it to fail again SOON

John

[larry in cinci]

Charlie I don't understand what you are trying to tell me. Please explain some more about what your idea is. Thanks Larry

[nospambob]

[Bill Thomas]

Greetings,

Better people than I in this group can give you a better answer, so wait for their advice before you follow mine.

Use a dowel at least as large as the existing tenon. Drill a hole in the existing tenon to remove as much of it as you can. Use a small chisel or screw driver to remove the remaining wood. Soaking the joint in water may loosen the glue and make removal easier.

Also, consider drilling a hole just big enough for a wood screw and using it as a handle to pull the stub out after soaking the joint with water to loosen the existing glue.

Before you invest time and money in this, check the price of a replacement chair from a second hand store, discount store, and Home Depot and Lowe's.

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