On 7/16/2026 at 6:37 AM, MrRick said:

Heating the part at connection point with a hot air gun will soften a joint held with hide glue but not PVA. It does take some patience and care not to actually burn the wood.

I've found that heat does soften PVA.

That's interesting Pete. Didn't think you could. Good to know.

On 7/18/2026 at 6:16 PM, MrRick said:

That's interesting Pete. Didn't think you could. Good to know.

I googled it too. I google everything. I don't necessarily trust all the answers, but they usually get the wind direction right.

13 hours ago, PeteM said:

but they usually get the wind direction right.

As long as we understand that, Google and AI has gotten pretty good with this stuff. Just gotta know how to ask the question and read it with scrutiny, like you Pete, I use it and most the time the answers and information is pretty reasonable!

I have quite a few progress photos, I'll share later, but for now I wanted to call it, DONE! 😁

WOW!!!!!!!! That look spectacular!

3 minutes ago, lew said:

WOW!!!!!!!! That look spectacular!

Thanks Lew!

Great work John, wouldn't have known it was damaged.

Just now, DuckSoup said:

Great work John, wouldn't have known it was damaged.

Best compliment I could get thanks Bob!

That looks really great, can’t tell it was repaired, looks original! Hats off to ya.

Edited July 24Jul 24 by Zack

Great job. Now tell us which one in the picture got the repair? I will guess the one in front in the 3rd pic, only because it looks shinier .

My hats off to you, that is one amazing repair. Well done sir

WOW indeed. You made a great repair. Danl

17 hours ago, Zack said:

That looks really great, can’t tell it was repaired, looks original! Hats off to ya.

Appreciate it Zack! Even if you get up close it's hard to tell 😀

14 hours ago, Gerald said:

Great job. Now tell us which one in the picture got the repair? I will guess the one in front in the 3rd pic, only because it looks shinier .

Thanks Gerald! In white squares are the repaired ones.

4 hours ago, Rusty S said:

My hats off to you, that is one amazing repair. Well done sir

Appreciate the compliment Rusty, sometimes I even surprise myself.

2 hours ago, Danl said:

WOW indeed. You made a great repair. Danl

Thank you Dan! I may have to hang out a shingle for furniture repair once we get to where we are going. 🙂