I'm guessing @kmealy will have some opinions on this one, and if anyone else has some suggestions I'd greatly appreciate it. I've been involved in this project:

And it has scratches, dents, and a gash, the gash is through the mahogany veneer table top, one of the extensions, and of course there are scratches all over the edge of the table, and legs, and they had asked if I can take a stab at repairing them. I have watched a few videos, and I really like that burn in melted wax method, and colored markers, and a little painting with a fine tip brush to take care of all kinds of various surface damage and defects.

Can someone suggest an over all furniture repair kit that I could purchase?

Repairing surface damage has always been intimidating to me, but after seeing some pro folks perform the task on YouTube, I feel a tiny bit more comfortable tackling the job. Of course the pro's like Keith Mealy are going to make it look easy, but at least I have an idea now and I can attempt it.

So, any suggestions to a kit full of repair supplies, if one even exists?

Thanks!

By the way, the kit can be a little comprehensive, I'll definitely use it in the future for our own furniture, and perhaps I'll tackle a few more repair projects for folks.

I have no advice on finishing the repairs.

One thing I noticed in the picks is the block of wood that ties the legs and dowels together. It seems to me that when the table is standing on its legs & with downward pressure on the table the blocks would move outward putting side pressure on the dowels which may have caused the damage.

If it were me I would attach a small block in-between the two leg blocks to eliminate that movement. Just a thought.

3 minutes ago, DuckSoup said:

It seems to me that when the table is standing on its legs & with downward pressure on the table the blocks would move outward putting side pressure on the dowels which may have caused the damage.

If it were me I would attach a small block in-between the two leg blocks to eliminate that movement. Just a thought.

That's exactly what I thought too Bob. Here is what I think happened, the table was fully extended out, or even just a section or two, there are four total, and the table was used without the screw in middle legs to support the middle. And yep, the table bowed down in the middle, the legs splayed out and over time cracked. I do have the middle screw in legs that are used when the table is extended, I think that as long as they use those, it'll be ok. I did opt for @Gerald idea of replacing the cracked and destroyed pieces with a turned copy, but with dowels integral to the turnings, not separate as the table was built. I think this will take care of your observation, again as long as they use those middle support legs.