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Forum topic by RussellAP posted 186 days ago 633 views 0 times favorited 9 replies Add to Favorites Watch
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RussellAP

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186 days ago

I have a customer with an Ethan Allen dinning set that has these spoke back chairs and one of the spokes broke.

I had to wait on my lathe to get here for a week, and now that it’s here I turned several and decided the one out of maple works the best.

The finish is a gel coat and it matches almost perfectly.

75$ repair just brought the price of my new lathe down a bit.

here is before, as you can see it broke at a bad spot.
I doweled the spoke together with a 1/4 walnut dowel and reused the screw.
I made the button myself and when the glue dries I’ll chisle it off and touch it up.

After



-- Failure does not stop me, it makes me try harder..... because I'm crazy.




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ShaneA

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#1 posted 186 days ago

Nice job Russ.

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RussellAP

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#2 posted 186 days ago

Thanks Shane, it came out better than I expected.

-- Failure does not stop me, it makes me try harder..... because I'm crazy.

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MadGerman

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#3 posted 186 days ago

Very nice, indeed!

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Gshepherd

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#4 posted 186 days ago

Very nice fix indeed…... Before you know it the lathe will pay for itself….....

-- What we do in life will Echo through Eternity........

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Willardz

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#5 posted 185 days ago

Looks great!

-- I have Carrie, food, shelter, and wood to turn. What else do I need? Zeke Willard

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Richard

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#6 posted 185 days ago

A great repair, I think your customer is going to be thrilled.

-- "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." - Mark Twain

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GerryB

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#7 posted 185 days ago

Nice job!

-- The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time. Edwin Bliss

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Dusty56

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#8 posted 185 days ago

My rocking chair just broke in the same area , but it wasn’t a clean break. Nice fix on yours though , Russell : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

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Purrmaster

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#9 posted 185 days ago

In the spirit of piling on… very nice work. It looks perfect.

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