How to Repair Small Cracks in Furniture

[@speedrrracer]

Glad to see Bob back in action!

[@cassselwood1566]

Hello from South Australia Bob! Great to see you're still out there and making the odd bit of content, not to mention the furniture. I just discovered your channel through the podcast and have been going back through the back catalogue of both. I'm loving your low-key, bullshit-free style of presentation and have been applying lots of your methods/tips/processes to my own woodworking, to great effect. Hope you're staying safe and well in these uncertain times. If nothing else, this whole things gives us a bit more time in the shed (Australian for "shop"). Cheers!

[@TedStJohn-vz9jr]

Great to see you back "on the air" Bob. The last year or so I have had to content myself with replays of your past podcasts. I will watch this spot in case you publish more!

[@BRFineWoodworking]

There will be more.

[@raydeftereos]

A great tip, thank you. Also so cool to see you reading that book.

[@BRFineWoodworking]

That book has been one of my primary influences in terms of chair making since I got interested in it almost 20 years ago. It’s one of the best resources available to wannabe chair makers. It’s unfortunate that it has become so difficult and expensive to find now.

[@fiscalfp6803]

Good work. You also can use a floss. Greetings from Chile

[@o2bsam]

Good to see you Bob.

[@unitwoodworking5403]

Repairing looks perfect, it is detailed and elaborate work. I subscribed your channel and wait for the next step.

[@jerrystark3587]

I have often used a small palette knife to accomplish this task, but I think your use of a feeler gauge makes a lot more sense -- cracks like this come in different sizes. ✔ Thanks for the tip!

[@jimanders6619]

Did I correctly see a large motorized spinning thing in the background?

[@BRFineWoodworking]

The bandsaw?

[@jimanders6619]

@@BRFineWoodworking Haha, yeah, just so used to seeing you with hand tools only.

[@BRFineWoodworking]

I’ve only had it for about 4 or 5 months. So yeah, up until that point, for about the last 20 years, hand tools were pretty much the only option I had for what the bandsaw does.

[@jimanders6619]

Bob Rozaieski Fine Woodworking bandsaw was the first power tool I bought too.

[@MatthewBuntyn]

I never would have thought of that. 👍🏽

[@MixingGBP]

Nice repair. What would you have done if you had no available area to install a clamp? I have a similar crack on a mudroom bench top seat, but it is installed and I have no easy way to remove it or install a clamp. It is about .035" wide at its max and about 24" long. Red oak.

[@BRFineWoodworking]

I’ve done several different things in the past. You can use screws as clamps if you can get them in from an inconspicuous area that won’t be seen after the repair. Another way that I’ve done it is to brace the bottom side by wedging in some plywood or 2x4 off cuts to support the bottom and then adding lots of weight to the top, like dumbbells, books, bricks, or whatever you have that can supply lots of weight. If you can put a caul covered in packaging tape on top of the repair first you can concentrate the weight into a smaller area.

[@MixingGBP]

@@BRFineWoodworking ok, thanks. I was thinking about getting some jb wood weld and somehow pushing it in with one of the leaves from my feeler gage set. Thing is, it's all installed and the top is glued to a plywood carcass underneath the oak.

[@jackmiller3628]

genius!!