Post by Chris_Sav on Jul 11, 2010 9:19:44 GMT
Minor Damage To Leg Threads on Tables.
If the male threads on the legs have been damaged these are easy to repair with fibreglass filler. Coat the damaged area with fibreglass filler and cut new threads with a suitably sized oval file. Make sure the leg screws easily into the socket or you risk damage to the socket if you force the leg home.
If the damage is to the female socket damage it’s not so easy to repair. The female socket is a boxwood insert that can be removed from the leg. The boxwood insert can be glued back together, and reinserted into the leg with packing if necessary.
The earlier oak tables are particularly susceptible to Leg thread damage as oak was not a suitable word for cutting threads in. If the male thread is damaged beyond repair then this is a specialist job. The post will need to be drilled out and a replacement wooden post glued in its place. Do not use a metal bar as this cannot be successfully glued in place. The only way to anchor a metal bar is to drill through the leg and bar and put a restraining bolt through both.
If the legs are of the round oak type, the old 3 1/2 threads per inch cannot be cut from scratch as no cutter is currently available. The octagonal leg tables have a slightly slimmer post and four threads per inch. A 32mm cutter for this thread is available from This German company.
Sav
If the male threads on the legs have been damaged these are easy to repair with fibreglass filler. Coat the damaged area with fibreglass filler and cut new threads with a suitably sized oval file. Make sure the leg screws easily into the socket or you risk damage to the socket if you force the leg home.
If the damage is to the female socket damage it’s not so easy to repair. The female socket is a boxwood insert that can be removed from the leg. The boxwood insert can be glued back together, and reinserted into the leg with packing if necessary.
The earlier oak tables are particularly susceptible to Leg thread damage as oak was not a suitable word for cutting threads in. If the male thread is damaged beyond repair then this is a specialist job. The post will need to be drilled out and a replacement wooden post glued in its place. Do not use a metal bar as this cannot be successfully glued in place. The only way to anchor a metal bar is to drill through the leg and bar and put a restraining bolt through both.
If the legs are of the round oak type, the old 3 1/2 threads per inch cannot be cut from scratch as no cutter is currently available. The octagonal leg tables have a slightly slimmer post and four threads per inch. A 32mm cutter for this thread is available from This German company.
Sav
