When word gets out about our "hobby" there are certain events that will take place. The most fearful so far in my experience is the; "Can you repair my great-great-grandwossname's whatever?". I have become quite leery of these innocent requests due to the fact that most of these pieces have usually had one or more attempts at home repair already. This stool had an obvious broken leg that was an interesting undertaking. Previous repairs had included drilling a hole in each leg and weaving a wire through all three to hold them in place after the multiple attempts with glue had failed. Quite an assortment of adhesives had been tried with the old never being removed before the next was applied. It reminded me of some archeological dig as I removed layer after layer. The good news is that the leg repair went very well, even the copied finial matched decently. The final glue up (and I mean final) was done with epoxy this time. While I have shellac in the shop the (re) finish I'll leave to the owner.
Some of my most creative moments have been when I've had to cover up an error in my woodworking.
