4:20 I have re-glued chairs before, the best clamp to use is a ratchet strap (like you use to secure something in the back of a pickup truck). The nylon web will conform to the contours of the chair and hold tight until the glue dries.
creating a new one would be much more fun. Repairing takes a lot of time especially if it was not made properly by the previous woodworker. great work Matthias as always :P
Dry fitting would have been easier, but then I would still have to disassemble it all again and glue it all at once, and then still have the possibility of forgetting a piece.
Matthias, these videos are really great! Clear, concise and nice quality! I found your work because I have a dining set with a couple busted chairs. Nice to know you are out there. :)
Yes, but the corded ones you can always count on. A cordless drill that's been in the closet is junk because the batteries self-discharged to the point of destruction. I'll leave you with a non-functioning cordless, while I power on with my corded one.
love your videos, keep churning them out. and i'm pretty sure it was one of your videos that gave me a good idea on how to level things like chairs and tables if they got or were wobbly. it's been a while though.
I agree. Somebody dropped my milwaukee impact out of a 20 foot lift next to a wall and it fell all the way down bouncing on studs and scissor lift supports like a game of plinko. I was mad, we got down and the only thing that broke was a bent 1/4" driver shank and the led. Drill still works great to this day. 3 years old.
So happy yo know I am not the only one who puts something together and leaves a piece out along the way. Having to do something twice is such a pain. SO thats why they say DONT rush, and do things right the FIRST time.
Mr. Wandel, there's a difference between a bolt and a screw. A screws secures itself in the material it's being planted in to. A bolt requires a nut to be held in with.
wood glue is amazing. an underated low tech glue. i've found that it works also on painted wood sufaces when banging together a quick jig. interestingly, when i took the plunge to get into woodworking, i thought i would b building custom furniture for my home. like mattias here, i tend to find myself in repair and restore projects. with this piece repaired his friend wont feel the need to buy a new kitchen set, just 5 more chairs to go. thanks made in china
Bob Flexner, foremost finishing & restoring author, glues/wraps shavings from a hand plane around the dowel ends to make each one fit tightly. Works great.
I enjoy watching a person with huge brain power make the same mistakes as me during assembly. Makes him one of us. Also, I've done these chair repairs numerous times, but I still enjoyed this video. Matthias must be interesting.
I worked as an industrial electrician for 7 years, this is just a tool of my preference. Having a conversation about drills is the point of my comment...........
For areas that don't have electricity like a salvage yard, yes they are very handy. However, in the shop corded drills are priceless. I had a friend that had a dill and 5 batteries, guess how far I got with them, Ten screws in total. I then spent 2 days charging all those batteries. When charged go for another round and repeat. I got so mad at that cordless that I went and bought a corded drill. With my new drill I completed my whole project in the same time it took to charge 2 batteries.
I have noticed that on many of your videos people are pointing out things that you did wrong. So as a refreshing change (maybe) I want to tell you that you did everything just as I was taught when I was training to be an upholsterer.
Way to go! Corded drills have more grunt and don't suddenly stop with a flat battery. Outside away from power (unless you have a loooooong cord or a genny) cordless reign.
Exactly. The difference is that a screw is fastened with an internally engaging tool, while a bolt is fastened with something that engages the head externally. The type of thread is irrelevant.
Yes, I've grown up working on cars with fractional inch tools, I really wish America would just bite the bullet and switch to the metric system. Trying to imagine something like 23/64" is nearly impossible. My kids will grow up knowing and understanding the metric system. I wish I had. It took me years to become comfortable with metric wrenches, I used to hold a metric wrench next to a "standard' wrench to find the right one. ridiculous.
I own mostly German cars, and I like using metric tools on them. But I would never want the US to switch to Metric. Canada "switched" The UK "switched", Australia "Switched" But all that has done is create varying levels of mixed units. The US already has some metric saturation, just leave us alone. Half of fondness is closeness. If you're close with using Imperial measurements for things, you grow fond of it. When I'm working on my Jeep I like using standard sockets. When I'm working on my Porsche I like using Metric sockets. When I'm working on something newer, and there's a mix of standards is when I'm unhappy. And when working with any sort of construction material I prefer standard, even with all the nominal units. And that's shown to be true even in countries that have adopted the metric system. And with Immigration to the United States. Even colloquialisms work better in standard than metric. No one says "I'll get there centimeter by centimeter" Fighting on about trying to force people to adopt your measuring system is stupid, and I am Glad that the US is the only major country that has stood in the way of Globalism on this front. English has proven to be the language of science and engineering, yet we don't go around trying to force people to adopt English, even when a simple language like Chinese causes huge problems in advanced fields. The Chinese will use English, or any other language, to better get their thoughts out if they need to. There is no reason to Standardize here. The reason there is still an argument about it is because there are clear advantages to both systems, one doesn't clearly take the win.
>English has proven to be the language of science and engineering just like metric in science and engineering most important things are calculated in metric. it's just easier.
As a chemist, I find this blasphemous. In Standard units, there is very little "built-in" relationship between the units. Simple example: 1 CC = 1mL (water and similar liquids). Now give me the exact standard measurements for both those things. The reality is, while closeness is some of it, the majority is that the metric system is just a lot saner. Mixed units is due to companies not adopting, or older models. If you go to countries that industrialized very quickly, this is not an issue at all. Everything is metric.
About to do this to some pretty old chairs from the dinette set my wife got from her great aunt. Although it looks like an old dinette set, the surface of the table is a laminate that looks like real wood. The rest of the set including the legs of the table and the entire construction of the chairs is solid wood. The chair seats are butcher block and some are separating. On that part, should I lightly sand or clean between the pieces of butcher block before gluing it back up?
Quality is everything. Try Milwaukee 26-1124. Best drill you will find. Many reviews on here im sure.. All cordless drills are not created equal. A ryobi corded drill compared to that milwaukee is like comparing a ryobi table saw to a Delta industrial...
sorry man, i use machine screws all the time building computers, they do secure themselves in the material i am "planting" them into without a nut. when on occasion i have to use a nut to secure something the other half regardless of it being compatible or not with threaded holes in the case is referred to as a bolt, not a screw.
If you notice, he's using a lithium drill in the beginning. Another issue that he might have ran into, which I have as well, is that cordless drills in high gear drilling like that have a much higher amount of "bog down". Definitely not the best way to put it, but that's how it comes to me. Anyway. Drilling the way he was is easiest to me with high speed. Corded drills can deliver that high speed with a lot more torque than a cordless drill at the same RPM.
Curious: could you have just wiped off the excess glue with some warm water instead of painting over it, or was there not enough time while gluing the whole thing together? I prefer white Lepage glue in the same scenario because anything I miss wiping off is clear and doesn't require painting. But I think we've had our glue discussion before...
when doing any task in the shop their is always that one step that u could've done differently. remember, norm abrams built a prototype before every show.
I would love to get top of the line equipment but my budget is tiny, and for a on and off again hobbyist high end stuff is not for people like me. I do understand the point of your reply, My Sears TS is junk but after many modifications it is decent. I am hoping to upgrade to a table saw brand that does have a lifetime warranty.
Great Fix Mattias! , But when chairs were made years ago in wood bare form ,were they not soaked in water an dried so they swell ? They make junk today..Rope is a way to go as well besides buying a fortune in clamps.JD
"but this being Canada the selection of metric screws is limited" - I'm glad I'm not the only one that finds this odd about our country. I want to get a metric (only) steel rule for my engineer's square and it's a specialty order. Canada... almost metric since the '70s!
KaletheQuick with metric, the smallest measurement is millimetres and you don't need to use fractions or decimals to find the length of something (eg 180 mm = 7.08 inches). Metric system just feels so much simpler and cleaner. But i get what you mean, a centimetre or metre cannot be divided into 3 without recurring digits.But dividing a cm or m into three doesn't pop up very often in life. (excuse how i spell metre, I am Australian)
Anthony Volpe I know the metric system :) I just like sharing the logic behind the weird old archaic systems. How it was 12 smaller units so it could be divided evenly by a larger array of numbers. And of course exited before the idea of decimals. Numberphile has a good video on the dozenal system :)
Where do you get all your metric drill bits? I can never find many, and when I do, they are way out of the price range of a 16 year old guitar builder.
I've gone from corded, to cordless, to cordless, to cordless, to "F-it, I'm goin' corded." Extension cords are cheap and I own a generator on the off chance I ever need to drill something out in the woods.
Here's the problem with the Imperial System: it forces you to work with fractions. Think of it as an algorithm. To compare three fractions you do the following operations (or any number of fractions): 1 Check for the highest common denominator 2 Find the multiplying factor FOR EACH fraction that reaches that common denominator 3 Multiply the numerator by that fraction 4 Use logical "greater than" or "smaller than" to compare the numerators. To use the metric system you only need to perform that last operation. That's why engineers find stupid to work with imperial units, because it is. And so is the same for on the site calculations, you are more likely to make an error. Compare 7/32 and 13/64. Which is greater? Compare 5 and 6. Which is greater? Be honest, admit which you take longer, admit you have to equalize the denominators before you can even start comparing, that's NOT intuitive. Don't get me wrong, there is a place for base 2, on binary systems, but the imperial system isn't even that, it's the stupid fractions. And above all, don't be a f*cking dick, or Internet troll, or real life deformed brain, that advocates the imperial system.
wouldn't it have been easier to not glue then entire back end in one go but just dry fitting the rest to ensure alignment. less chance of forgetting the lower cross members that way
I agree that many batteries suck. Milwaukee is the best. The new batteries have a 5 year warranty, as well as all their tools. Lithium Ion will run much longer especially the 18V XC batteries, and have much better recharge and lifespan vs NimH batteries, which after left uncharged for a few weeks are basically useless. I dont like corded drills because they usually have no variable speed built within the trigger, the cord always gets caught and If I bet I could outwork youbefore mybatteriesdie
i dislike storing corded tools. those cords have a mind of their own. unplugging and plugging. the cordless will neatley stand on it's own ready to go, just quickly swap the battery on the charger. these days the bargain brands make nice cordlesses.
I got it from a friend. I accepted this definition based on authority, because he taught at the mechanical engineering department of my university and he said it as if citing a definition. Of course, that doesn't help you much. Boltscience doesn't agree either.
Ugh. I've had to repair dozens of similar failed (made in China) chairs. Then people wonder why it's so expensive to repair them (because it takes hours!)
Unfortunately that’s what passes for a chair theses days. They ship 2 in a flat box. They’re made from rubber tree wood, it’s ridiculous. Rule number one in fixing chairs, mark the pieces. I’ve done many of them.
if you think a bolt is a screw and a screw is a nail and nail is a bolt and wrench are pliers and a hammer is a screwdriver thats cool, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
