OT Bookcase Repair problem

[Active8]

Bondo is a common tool in the furniture restoration trade. It sands,
it stains, and can even look pretty good if it isn't up in your face.

Not strong enough for Jim's app. I't great for cosmetic repairs.

 

[Roger Hamlett]

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.

I think I'd suggest getting some Tuffnel rod. Drilling this 1/4", and
cutting disks, the depth of the original hole. Then drill new blind holes
the size of the Tuffnel rod, and epoxy the disks into the holes. Tuffnel
is close in colour to oak, and if necessary, you could even paint grain
structures on the surface. This will be far stronger, and durable in the
long term.
Funnily, I have an old bookcase, which has ivory inserts round the holes
used for the shelf pegs, presumably to make them fit better, and be
stronger.
Then supply a good pair of steps.

Best Wishes

 

[Active8]

What hole? Just embed the shelf support in the filler. What's with all
this sanding and drilling crap.

Sure If you plan to never need to raise or lower the pins - this
gig sounds like an adjustable prefab job. Honestly, though, I was
thinking esthetics and it would be easier for me and my tools to
smooth it over and clean up the excess without that pesky pin in the
way... being pulled on by gravity... in the same direction in which
it failed. Ok, I'm without proper woodworking clamps

 

[Active8]

Hehe- the price he pays for going with the low bidder
ROFL.

She will burn
the house down next...

But the barbeque will still be functional so he can just camp in the
RV

or use the toilet brush on the sink fixtures or...

That conjures up all kinds of ugly stuff. I'd have my toothbrush
locked up, make her eat the food first...

Hey, I like John's reply, though, also.

 

[Tony Williams]

I think I'd suggest getting some Tuffnel rod. Drilling this 1/4",
and cutting disks, the depth of the original hole. Then drill new
blind holes the size of the Tuffnel rod, and epoxy the disks into
the holes.

I think I'd just go out and buy a pair of brown
plastic shelf brackets. Lay the bookcase on
it's side and hide the brackets in underneath
the shelf.

 

[Doug Schultz]

Sure If you plan to never need to raise or lower the pins - this
gig sounds like an adjustable prefab job. Honestly, though, I was
thinking esthetics and it would be easier for me and my tools to
smooth it over and clean up the excess without that pesky pin in the
way... being pulled on by gravity... in the same direction in which
it failed. Ok, I'm without proper woodworking clamps

If you grease the pins before you set it in the filler you may get away with
fixing it in one move.
not sure what I would use to do this though.
Cooking spray?
like PAM?
then you could just push some JB into the hole and stick the shelf pin in.
all done except for sanding off some excess.

Could work.

Doug

 

[Rich The Philosophizer]

If you grease the pins before you set it in the filler you may get away with
fixing it in one move.
not sure what I would use to do this though.
Cooking spray?
like PAM?

Vaseline[0]. It's the most tenacious greasy stuff I've ever encountered.

then you could just push some JB into the hole and stick the shelf pin in.
all done except for sanding off some excess.

Could work.

Good Luck!
Rich
[0] petroleum jelly.

 

[JeffM]

Hire a taller cleaning lady.

Paul Hovnanian

Reminds me of the old line
"Y'know, if they just got taller girls to start with
those ballerinas wouldn't have to stand on their toes."

 

[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

More careful examination showed shelf pins to be 5mm diameter x 8mm
depth.

Trivial fix... drill out to 1/4" diameter x 1/2" depth (plywood is
3/4") and use 1/4" pin.

...Jim Thompson

 

[Andrew VK3BFA]

More careful examination showed shelf pins to be 5mm diameter x 8mm
depth.

Trivial fix... drill out to 1/4" diameter x 1/2" depth (plywood is
3/4") and use 1/4" pin.

...Jim Thompson

Simple - drive some 4 inch nails through the sides. Easy as..... (and
quick - who has time for home maintenance stuff when there is a world
of interesting electronics stuff the check out....)

Andrew VK3BFA

 

[Rich The Philosophizer]

Simple - drive some 4 inch nails through the sides. Easy as..... (and
quick - who has time for home maintenance stuff when there is a world
of interesting electronics stuff the check out....)

If you're going to do it that cheap, just have the maid ask one of
her brothers if they know a guy - you'll get a professional job
done at about 10% the price of a "real"[0] cabinetmaker. I've used
itinerant laborers before, and they can be pretty impressive. And
if you get two on it, they get really competitive trying to impress
the world with how much better they are than their other brother/
cousin/compadre.

Good Luck!
Rich
[0] i.e., legal, licensed, bonded, unionized.... <shhh!> white...

 

[Sylvan Butler]

["Followup-To:" header set to sci.electronics.design.]
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:58:13 -0500,

Plywood is the good stuff.

There's still a difference between plywood and multiplex. Multiplex, often
called plywood in Europe, is the really good stuff, while plywood in the

There are many, many different grades of plywood.

US refers to the stuff that they make houses from, which is really crappy.

Often crappy houses (and suprisingly, very expensive houses) are made
from "wafer board", while with less voids, I don't trust as much as
plywood.

The cheap "construction" plywood might be three plys in 1/2" (12mm) with
surfaces graded C and D. Compare that to a nice "furniture grade" 7-ply
with A or better sides, and you wonder how and why both are "plywood".

sdb