Excellent hand tool work! And much more challenging to fix and improve a poor design than to start over. So many “hand made” works are just run through a bevy of machines (table saws, routers, band saws, etc.), and they call it hand made! I do the same but prefer Japanese tools. I feel this kind of work is true craftsmanship, and I hope it doesn’t die out in this disposable world.
Thanks Mad Max, I'm using Ados Builders two pot epoxy which works very well. I used the 2 pot epoxy because of the strength it gives and the gap filling ability. Being old chairs the joints are not perfect fits and the epoxy helps with this as well as giving a stronger bond than standard wood glue.
In the background can be heard angry screeching noises from furniture restorers seeing you using that hot waxing spatula for a epoxy spreader. Quick question though why did you not use a bent grain for the floating tenon?
Thanks for the feedback Patrick, I used the Oak because of the very matted grain it had, so it maintained most of it's strength when it was cut into an angle and it was the best option I had at the time. We use the spatula for mixing ink in the industry I'm in, but it works great for spreading glue.
Thanks for the feedback Rahul, being the tenon is very small the expansion would be marginal so I don't see any future problem with any stress cracking.
