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    Default Ever restored a Snelling chair?

    I had three Snelling chairs given to me - a lounge chair and two dining chairs.
    They need new webbing and they're pretty wobbly.
    I have pulled apart the lounge chair and all the bits have been refinished and it's ready to put back together. The legs on it were just screwed on so that's how they will be going back
    I want to do the same with the dining chairs, but the legs have been glued and screwed on.
    I'm assuming they were never originally glued and screwed. Can anybody confirm?
    And not knowing what sort of glue was used, is there any point trying to get the legs off? I'm keen to do it because it makes sanding so much easier when a chair is in bits.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scottbr View Post
    I had three Snelling chairs given to me - a lounge chair and two dining chairs.
    They need new webbing and they're pretty wobbly.
    I have pulled apart the lounge chair and all the bits have been refinished and it's ready to put back together. The legs on it were just screwed on so that's how they will be going back
    I want to do the same with the dining chairs, but the legs have been glued and screwed on.
    I'm assuming they were never originally glued and screwed. Can anybody confirm?
    And not knowing what sort of glue was used, is there any point trying to get the legs off? I'm keen to do it because it makes sanding so much easier when a chair is in bits.
    Scott
    I just looked at pictures of Snelling chairs on the internet. No sign of screws, but they are only pictures after all. The other thing is that there is such a variety of designs. They look kind of similar but they are not.

    I would not know how to start taking apart a glued joint, and would be scared to attempt it! I guess that if the joints were screwed because the joints were starting to loosen you may be able to do it, clean up the joint and the re-glue and rescrew. If the joint is firm then I would have thought that an orbital sander would make short work of most of the sanding and hand sanding the hard to reach crevices etc, would be easier than taking strongly glued joints apart and you would not risk breaking the chairs in the process.

    Good luck! enjoy the process

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    Thanks for the reply. Here are a couple of pics - a group shot (one armchair and two dining chairs) and a close-up of one of the glued joints.
    I pulled apart the lounge chair. The legs were just screwed, not glued.
    The chairs have legs that are screwed and glued. And they have not been glued neatly, so I know it's not as the maker intended.
    It's going to be easier to strip and refinish the timber if it's puled apart. I have no idea what sort of glue whoever fixed it might have used - the bits that squeezed out are very brittle, but maybe most glue go brittle over time.
    I'll see if some gentle persuasion will do the trick.
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    It's nice working on these chairs great design. I fiddle with them at night when I get home from the paying job.
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    Just the webbing to do, now.
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    Done. Looks great. Comfy, too. I'm doing the accompanying stool/ottoman now.
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