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Originally posted by beamykitty
You do relise that if the table does break again ,,it will break where its weakest point is,where it was fixed....so the wood glue will be noticiable..or if a dowel rod is used they'll certainly see that...
Depends on how skilled he is. It can be fixed almost unnoticible, with glue, with a rod, whatever. But it extremely and highly depends on various things. eg: depending on the type of wood, depending on the surface area, etc, you need to choose your special type of glue or even choose your special type of method to fix. With using rods this is just the same. Using wood rods is a skill, not some quick-fix. If you all do it correctly, it could even be stronger as before, but ONLY when you do it absolutely perfectly, and if you are patient and put enough time in it.
There is no "quick-fix". Don't attempt to use super-glues or that kind of stuff...
All this is like "don't try this at home, let the
pro's carpenters handle this".
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so whats worse being caught for breaking a table leg..or being caught later not only for breaking something ,,but trying to cover it up as well?
Exactly...
SonicSam, unless you are a carpenter, do not try to fix the table youself, it WILL be noticible and you'll do only MORE damage to the table...
Just say that it was an accident. It might be that you need to pay a small amount for it, but you'll pay much more if they found out about it (and they WILL) and you didn't say a thing...
Please take this advise from us "grownups"
(and my advise as "been there-done that" dude
(don't ask), and as hobby, but very experienced, carpenter
(I've been making sceneries for theater plays for years in my free time) )
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