When unpacking tens of the boxes it’s almost impossible to
go without any damage. And here we are, few days before Christmas with very
wobbly table leg. When we removed the leg, it turned out that the holes for the
nuts were worn out. The bolts were loose and the leg wasn’t stable anymore.
The leg isn’t made of real wood but composite wood material
made from mixed recycled items cut into small pieces. They are mixed with
sawdust or other wood products and blended with certain fillers and
stabilizers.
Adding to the problem, we had small crack going
between both nut holes which we discovered before and tried to make it stronger by screwing two small screws. So we couldn’t fix it by using bigger screws as the crack could
cause the leg to split into two parts.
Our befriended carpenter advised us to use one of the traditional
methods, which apparently has been used for
centuries J
This’s how we done it:
1-
Prepare small pieces of cloth or some fabrics
2-
Wrap the nut of the screw with that cloth to
fill the gap in the hole
3-
Put a lot of wood adhesive into the hole and on the clothing wrapped around the nut
4-
Place it into the hole and screw it in
5-
Clean excess of the glue with wet clean cloth
6-
Wait until the glue is set
So far so good!! We had our Christmas dinner by the very stable table J
