Antenna tube, diamond disc, and sandpaper: how it came in handy when repairing a chair
I happened to somehow repair an old Viennese chair. On the arc that holds the chair legs, a screw broke off on one side, and on the other side the screw slot was torn off and could not be unscrewed.
Diamond disc
First it was necessary to unscrew the stubborn screw. To do this, I decided to restore the knocked down slot.
A small diamond blade for a drill coped well with this task. Instead of a drill, you can use a drill.
It was enough just to deepen the slot in the screw a little so that it could be unscrewed.
Antenna tube
The next task was to remove the screw fragment on the other leg.
A small piece of the tube from the antenna came in handy for this.
Such debris from screws is best drilled out. An ordinary drill, when it stumbles upon a piece of wood, will certainly lead to the side, but the tube will pass around the piece, and then this piece can be easily removed along with a piece of wood.
To grip such a thin tube in the drill, I picked up a small bar, which I inserted inside the tube. It does not have to fit snugly into the tube; a free one will do. The main thing is that the tube, when installed in the drill chuck, is securely clamped and not wrinkled.
Sandpaper
Next, it was necessary to restore the drilled part in order to screw the new fasteners into this place.
To close the resulting hole, I first reamed it to the diameter of the dowel that I had.
Then he pasted a dowel into it.
It remains to saw it off, but so as not to scratch the leg around the dowel.
To do this, you can use emery wheels with holes. I use sandpaper, in which I pre-punched a hole for the dowel.
The sandpaper is put on the dowel and you can cut it down without fear of damaging the surface of the leg.
This is how the chair was repaired.
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