OT Bookcase Repair problem

[Jim Thompson]

Subject: Bookcase with Shelves supported by brass pins into 1/4"
holes drilled in side walls of bookcase body (oak plywood).

Problem: Cleaning lady stands on edge of a low shelf to reach up to
dust top shelves and rips out two pins, gouging out the drilled holes
:-(

I guess I can fill the holes and re-drill, but I was wondering if
there doesn't exist an over-size insert with a 1/4" hole in it?

Anyone have experience in this area? My Googling only produces how to
do it first time out, not how to repair.

...Jim Thompson

 

[Winfield Hill]

Jim Thompson wrote...

Subject: Bookcase with Shelves supported by brass pins into 1/4"
holes drilled in side walls of bookcase body (oak plywood).

Problem: Cleaning lady stands on edge of a low shelf to reach up to
dust top shelves and rips out two pins, gouging out the drilled holes
:-(

I guess I can fill the holes and re-drill, but I was wondering if
there doesn't exist an over-size insert with a 1/4" hole in it?

Time to get a little piece of hardwood and break out the wood lathe.

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Subject: Bookcase with Shelves supported by brass pins into 1/4"
holes drilled in side walls of bookcase body (oak plywood).

Problem: Cleaning lady stands on edge of a low shelf to reach up to
dust top shelves and rips out two pins, gouging out the drilled holes
:-(

I guess I can fill the holes and re-drill, but I was wondering if
there doesn't exist an over-size insert with a 1/4" hole in it?

Anyone have experience in this area? My Googling only produces how to
do it first time out, not how to repair.

...Jim Thompson

http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/p...gory=3,43648,43649&abspage=1&ccurrency=1&SID=

http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.asp?page=43649&SID=&ccurrency=1&category=3,43648


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Clarence]

Subject: Bookcase with Shelves supported by brass pins into 1/4"
holes drilled in side walls of bookcase body (oak plywood).

Problem: Cleaning lady stands on edge of a low shelf to reach up to
dust top shelves and rips out two pins, gouging out the drilled holes
:-(

I guess I can fill the holes and re-drill, but I was wondering if
there doesn't exist an over-size insert with a 1/4" hole in it?

Anyone have experience in this area? My Googling only produces how to
do it first time out, not how to repair.

...Jim Thompson

Flanged Bearings are one way. see

http://www.mcmaster.com/

Select: bearings/ flanged/ .25 shaft / select depth and OD to suit the hole / I
recommend the Bronze for durability.

Used these to repair library shelves for a local school.
The trick is to be sure to get the oversized holes centered.

 

[Clarence]

Jim Thompson wrote...

Time to get a little piece of hardwood and break out the wood lathe.

See my response, it cost more, but lasts forever!

 

[Jim Thompson]

http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/p...gory=3,43648,43649&abspage=1&ccurrency=1&SID=

http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.asp?page=43649&SID=&ccurrency=1&category=3,43648


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

PERFECTO!! Thanks, Spehro! I knew my experience couldn't be the
"first event" ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[Clarence]

Me, I'd get out a bit of brass and trot over to the metal lathe. ;-)

If you have one. But the parts to do the repair are readily available!

 

[Jim Thompson]

Flanged Bearings are one way. see

http://www.mcmaster.com/

Select: bearings/ flanged/ .25 shaft / select depth and OD to suit the hole / I
recommend the Bronze for durability.

Used these to repair library shelves for a local school.
The trick is to be sure to get the oversized holes centered.

I have one of those drill guides that expedites square drilling to any
flat surface.

...Jim Thompson

 

[Frank Bemelman]

Jim Thompson wrote...

Time to get a little piece of hardwood and break out the wood lathe.

Or get a decent bookcase and ditch the plywood rubbish. I assume
this cleaning lady was not some elephant.

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Jim Thompson wrote...

Time to get a little piece of hardwood and break out the wood lathe.

Me, I'd get out a bit of brass and trot over to the metal lathe. ;-)


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Clarence]

I have one of those drill guides that expedites square drilling to any
flat surface.

...Jim Thompson

Then it will be pretty easy to install these inserts. I also have a drill
guide, but I can't remember where or when I bought it, and it has no label on
it.

The Guides I installed about 15 years ago are still doing the job. So I know it
is a good way to go for a repair.

 

[Markus Mandl]

Subject: Bookcase with Shelves supported by brass pins into 1/4"
holes drilled in side walls of bookcase body (oak plywood).

Problem: Cleaning lady stands on edge of a low shelf to reach up to
dust top shelves and rips out two pins, gouging out the drilled holes
:-(

I guess I can fill the holes and re-drill, but I was wondering if
there doesn't exist an over-size insert with a 1/4" hole in it?

Anyone have experience in this area? My Googling only produces how to
do it first time out, not how to repair.

...Jim Thompson

You might also use a cork
But you could also try to get hold of something called a 'chemical cement'
like WIT-C100
http://www.wurthcanada.com/product/metal/page3/
There should be alternate products from other companies.

Regards
Markus

 

[Charles Schuler]

Fill the four holes and drill four new ones above or below.

 

[Jim Thompson]

Fill the four holes and drill four new ones above or below.

My first thought was to fill with a good wood paste, then drill a
pilot hole before fully dried. Then drill out to 1/4" when fully
hardened. But wood dough can be difficult to drill, so I'm tending
now toward the insert approach mentioned by Spehro and Clarence.

...Jim Thompson

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Then it will be pretty easy to install these inserts. I also have a drill
guide, but I can't remember where or when I bought it, and it has no label on
it.

I recall seeing a drill guide that would fit on the edge or end of a 2
x 4 or whatever, you could twist it so that it would center the hole
on the edge. It would hold a drill perpendicular to a surface, and a
bunch of other things too- really a cute mechanical design. Kind of
smoked plastic with a bunch of notched ears on it. But I couldn't find
them at the hardware store when I wanted to buy one. 8-(

The Guides I installed about 15 years ago are still doing the job. So I know it
is a good way to go for a repair.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Or get a decent bookcase and ditch the plywood rubbish. I assume
this cleaning lady was not some elephant.

Plywood is the good stuff. Most bookcases sold here are Ikea or
similar pressboard type stuff. Fine if you never overstress them or
try to move them, otherwise they literally fall apart.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Frank Bemelman]

Plywood is the good stuff. Most bookcases sold here are Ikea or
similar pressboard type stuff. Fine if you never overstress them or
try to move them, otherwise they literally fall apart.

Yes, Ikea stuff is sometimes simple laminated card board, with
some reinforcements in the edges, made of pine wood. I bought
two square boxes on wheels and put them together, used as a
moveable room divider, with my 42' (;-)) flatscreen on top of
it. My wife doesn't dare to touch it.

 

[Winfield Hill]

Jim Thompson wrote...

PERFECTO!! Thanks, Spehro! I knew my experience couldn't be the
"first event" ;-)

Too bad we don't all live in Lee Valley.

 

[Frank Bemelman]

My first thought was to fill with a good wood paste, then drill a
pilot hole before fully dried. Then drill out to 1/4" when fully
hardened. But wood dough can be difficult to drill, so I'm tending
now toward the insert approach mentioned by Spehro and Clarence.

Procrastinate. How about a garage-book-sale next saturday ?

 

[Nicholas O. Lindan]

Subject: Bookcase with Shelves supported by brass pins into 1/4"
1) Get a four right angle 1"x1" (or so) brackets and four FH wood screws.
Screw the brackets to the sides of the bookcase, and set the shelf on
the hanging, stuck out, arm of the bracket.

2) Drill brand new holes for the pins. You know they don't have to be
in line with all the other holes ... drill them to the side by 1.5" so you
are well away from the shattered chipboard.