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2nd April 2009, 10:25 PM #1
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Bit of help needed with the new table I just got
After getting some fairly high qoutes for the extension on the dining table legs we just decided to go and get a new one. The new one looks fantastic, a lovely recycled pine 8 seater table.
Problem is.... one of the legs just won't go on properly. The metal thing that the bolts screw into (legs are just held on by 2 bolts) isn't securely in place in the hole on the frame. It just keeps turning and won't tighten. I need something to keep it in place, glue?!? If so then what type would you gurus recommend? Otherwise i thought of jamming something in there with it but that doesn't exactly sound professional
Either that or I could make the people i got it from come here and fix it or take it away but really it's such a small thing that it's just easier to whip down to bunnings for a quick fix.
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2nd April 2009, 11:33 PM #2
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You can't put a socket on one end whilst tightening up the other?
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2nd April 2009, 11:46 PM #3
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No the bit that i'm trying to screw the bolt into is down the hole (god that sounds lovely doesn't it
) and the more i tighten it the more it comes back up and out of the hole.
I'm presuming that the others are glued or something because i'm only having this problem with the one leg.
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2nd April 2009, 11:50 PM #4
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Try placiing a scrap piece of wood over the "thing" and hit it with a hammer - it may not be seated properly.
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2nd April 2009, 11:53 PM #5
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Yeah that was my first thought but I've tried to hammer it back in and it just came straight back out
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3rd April 2009, 12:03 AM #6
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Hmmm? Can only suggest trying (what is is called?) plummer's tape - the tape used around the thread on a tap.
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3rd April 2009, 06:59 AM #7
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What you've got there is a table screw, wood thread one end and a machine thread the other.
Once the hole for the screw thread is shot you'll have the devils our job trying to do something with it.
Yes you could fill it with sawdust mixed with epoxy but I'd think you'd be better off drilling out slightly and putting in something like a T - Nut (with Glue) and making the whole fixing arrangement a machine thread - piece of threaded bar cut to length or similar.Dragonfly
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