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TimP writes:

Here is a Hall of Shame nomination
for the most creative use of finishing nails.

This is a chair that was brought into the shop
for regluing and to have the finish revived.




Someone had very methodically put at least one finishing nail
in every joint to make the chair less wobbly.
What should have been a one hour disassemble and reglue of a chair
turned into a one hour surgery session just to remove 17 finishing nails.

Here's a nail about to be removed ...




And here's a post surgery picture of nails that were removed.




Now I get to repair the damage I had to inflict on the chair
to remove the nails, repair the tenons damaged by the nails
and THEN I can start regluing the chair!

As long as there are home handymen, I will never want for work.

Tim Puro
Bloomington, Indiana


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