Sometimes it's better to learn from someone else's mistakes. This broken rocking chair was perviously repaired, but the repair failed. Why? It wasn't repaired properly. Scott shows a pattern of failed furniture repairs using dowels. He explains why they failed and shows how to repair this rocking chair properly to share the knowledge and understanding of furniture repair.

We believe the craft of furniture repair is disappearing so we're sharing these skills for more people to learn, be successful in their projects, and perhaps even start their own business to provide a service for their community.

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VIDEO TOPICS:
00:00 Dowels Don't Repair Furniture!
01:47 Broken chair stretcher
02:50 Disassemble the rocking chair
09:06 Making the new stretcher on the lathe
15:59 Fitting the new stretcher into the rocking chair
20:17 Prepare the chair back for wedges in the through mortise joint
21:03 Glue up the rocking chair
28:27 Other examples showing why not to use dowels for furniture repair
31:34 Staining the new replacement stretcher
34:07 Applying shellac to the stretcher
34:48 How to apply burn-in wood filler

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Fixing Furniture is hosted by Scott Bennett, Co-owner of Wooden It Be Nice Inc. - Furniture Repair in Brooklin, Ontario, Canada. https://WoodenItBeNice.ca

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