Some guest leaned back in these fairly new dining chairs and we realized they were made of some type of pine when we started taking them apart. The paint was covering all the wood so inspecting them was probably impossible when shopping for them in the stores. The builders used wide, almost 1/2" tenon's every where but the slots they chiseled in to the wood was closer to 3/4" wide. Glue is not made as a gap filling material. Very bad construction but just looking at the chairs with the cushions on I/m sure caught the eyes of the buyers...but once the joints gets a little loose, they are useless as chairs to sit in. Well, she told me she got a bargain so maybe chalk that up to experience. Being harsh on your own kids if they did the leaning back might or might not be the thing to do, but guest, wow. 

  T, I think the first chair we glued up yesterday with you guys help was greatly appreciated and might stay together a little longer but this chair has more problems so be careful and keep all four legs on the floor all the times. 

  When you guys come to pick these up if you can find some 1/2" Baltic Birch plywood pick me up two pieces...It only comes in 5' x 5' sizes so it might not fit in your suv and will only lay slanted in the newer pickups and that means it has to be tied down or else it might go sailing in to someone else's windshield.

 And no don't have it cut in two to transport better. The spice display cabinet will be almost 5 foot tall.

Judging from what you said, looks like all of the chairs will need fixed sooner or later 

Too bad they weren't done right new.  They look to be built quite sturdy. 

 

Jess, I know you pretend to be a bit backwards but you aren't fooling anyone with the sign hung that way either.

Cheap rarely translates into good. 
 

dump them, learn a lesson. 

Dan its facing the door. What else should I do. My neighbor moved down here from my old town, Lubbock and he had his daughter build me this name thingy out of stainless steel. I put a frame around it and was gonna hang it outside. I never got it done before he died. Shame on me.  It was his way of telling me his daughter runs and owns all his stuff up there and this was a practice run on their new punch press cnc machine. He did tell me he had a son also but must be a homeless person and dad just wasn't too happy how he turned out...Just goes to show not every one ends up like mom and dad.

Edited February 15, 20224 yr by Smallpatch

21 hours ago, DAB said:

Cheap rarely translates into good. 
 

dump them, learn a lesson. 

The old adage, " Cheap, fast or, good. Pick one or, two. But ya can't have all three." may apply, here.

As the only one in the family with glue and clamps, I've been volunteered to repair Dad's kitchen chairs. For decades.

 

If I had a buck for every time he said, Can't you just put a nail in it?!? . . .