That's what I intended to describe, the pull of the cane pressing the wedge shaped blocks into there sockets. Yes, it sounds a lot of work, there is probably a simpler/better way.
Tom On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 06:42:00PM -0500, Dale Leavens wrote: > I would be inclined to cut wedges thicker toward the wood side so they would > key in like a dove tail. The tightening cane would then act to lock them more > firmly into place. > > That sort of repair would be quite extensive and require some pretty careful > preparation of the remaining material. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Fowle > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 11:27 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] caning repairing holes > > > Assuming these are holes going through the rails of the chair from top to > bottom, and the cane > is fed through them as it makes a vertical 180 degree bend, I'd think you'd > have to use a tiny saw to enlarge the broken out area of the hole and get a > clean edge. > I'd want to make the cuts so as to create a V shaped slot with the small end > of the v towards the inside of the chair. Then you'd find wood that is a > match for hardness and grain, and cut > little V shaped blocks that would fit in the holes. You could make them a > bit large on the wide end of the v that will end up inside the hole. > Then arrange to hold them in the V shaped slots maybe using some of those > pegs we've been talking about while the glue dries. > > then you could gently reshape the holes with a round file. > I think, if my image is correct, the new blocks would be covered by the > cane, so color matching might not be important, but it might be an idea to > put some kind of wood sealer on the new wood to reduce expansion due to > absorbtion of moisture. > > I'd also assume you'd have to charge more to fix broken holes than your > $1.25, since doing the little blocks and making the slots to fit would take > some time. > > Just some more speculative off the hat thinking from ignorance. > > When i was at the Cal school for the blind, they were opposed to all those > stereotyped occupations for us, thus they taught us almost nothing of any > use at all! > > tom Fowle > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
