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Thread: Broken Dining - Chairs Need Bracing Ideas

  1. #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Dwight View Post
    Plunge routers make great mortises. I don't like the noise and it isn't the quickest way to do it but the mortises should be quite precise. It will be quicker than hand cutting them. The primary jig is a simple U-shaped holder with a hole in the bottom so you can put longer pieces in that way.
    In some cases you are correct, the plunge router works great. I have two plunge routers a smaller one and the Dewalt 621. Neither would have been a match for the repairs I did.

    In some cases, I just chopped the mortises. In some locations, I drilled adjacent holes and finished with chisels. I also used a self centering dowel jig to drill holes and finished with chisels.

    I warm up to do the hand work by chopping practice mortises.

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    I have read through this thread and there are great suggestions. However, I do not think that anything will work given the nature of the chairs and mainly due to the large size of the people. The chairs were never designed for that loading.

    It is kind of like getting the right tool for a job.

    I would buy some welded metal chairs for them. Enough is enough....

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