So my daughter has several chairs to repair.  I've done this before, so most of the joints have no mystery.  However the seat frame has these clever rib tenons that aren't going to come easy (on the non-broken side).  My current thought is to just cut the corner brace with my vibro-multitool, fill in the grooves with glue and inserts, maybe add a 1/8~1/4 plate over the inserts, then just use a metal corner bracket.  Any suggestions?

And if you say "rotate it 180, shame on you!!!  :-)

 

Edited March 20, 20233 yr by PeteM

If the corner braces would come out of the grooves, I guess you could make new corner braces using the table to cut new braces and dado the grooves. 

 

Your idea, I think, would be easier.

While I doff my hat to the purity of wood corner braces, it seems easier to use the metal ones.  The next guy to repair the chairs will thank me!!!

If the chairs aren't valuable classic historic antiques then I'd go with metal corner brackets.  

You could just add hanger bolts and screws to the original wood brackets.

Metal brackets are probably a better repair.

 

Would it be easier to work on if you didn't have to stand on the ceiling? Can't yell at me Pete, 'cause I didn't say "it."

 

Would applying heat with a heat gun soften the glue enough to remove corner braces? Is old glue hide glue? As mentioned, if not valuable antiques, then metal braces would be quick and easiest repair/fix.