personally I would choose drilling through, up to 1/2 inch then glue it in. It will be heavier, if the frame will permit. But your idea, better, will give potential shelf usage to the rack as well.
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Lenny McHugh wrote: > Hi Listers, > My daughter has a sweater drying rack that one of the dowel rods broke. This > unit is collapsible and has a total of 11 20 inch dowel rods for it's drying > racks. > One of the 3/8 inch rods broke in the middle. This particular rod is the main > one that holds the unit together when erected. > I first was going to try and replace the rod but the one in place is glued > and brad nailed. I think I would do more damage to the unit trying to remove > it. > Right now I see only two choices for repairing this thing. The first would be > to drill through the end of the rod and the nail to remove . This would have > to be done at each end. The new rod would have to thread completely through > one side. there is not enough play to insert one end at a time. > Now my other choice would be to take a short piece of oak about 1/2 inch > square. Round over the corners and drill a 7/16 inch hole through the length. > Then slide it over the broken dowel rod glue the rod together and add more > glue and slide the oak sleeve over the break. > Any suggestions? > > Lenny http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
