Tim Puro writes:

 

Here are pictures of a dough chest purchased in the 1930's on a honeymoon trip to Germany.  The case is wobbly and needs to be stabilized and there is some significant insect damage to the casework as well.  The wood is otherwise sound where the insects have attacked and there is no evidence of dry rot.  My client wants me to stabilize the case so it will suffer no further insect damage and to make the chest less wobbly.  She wants to use this on a daily basis.

 

I am open to suggestions on how to treat the case to kill the boring insects in the wood if they remain.  There was no evidence of frass when I took these pictures.  Also, it appears that I will have to remove some of the pins/pegs that hold the joints together to repair this piece.  Any ideas on how to remove them and what I should use as replacement pegs?  I assume the pegs that are rived from a piece of wood are better than dowels.

 

Tim Puro
Monroe Furniture Restoration
Bloomington, Indiana