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Repairing
Furniture and Veneers
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Figure
22-42. Damaged furniture or
veneers such as this can be easily repaired on the routing
system.
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The routing
system is the ideal tool for repairing damaged furniture and
veneers (Figure
22-42) if the damaged piece is small enough to work on
the surface of the table.
To accomplish
this task, first rout out the area to be repaired by guiding
the damaged piece against a fence. Be sure to use a straight
bit large enough to remove an area slightly larger than the
damage (Figure
22-43).
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Figure
22-43.
Using a fence or guide strip, rout out an area slightly
larger than the damage.
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If you're
working with a solid wood piece, cut all the way through the
stock to form an elongated hole in the wood. If you're repairing
a veneered area, be careful to cut no deeper than the veneer.
If you
have cut a through-hole in the piece to be repaired, position
a piece of wood of approximately the same grain pattern under
the hole and trace the shape onto it.
If you
have cut only to the depth of the veneer, lay a piece of tracing
paper over the cut-out area and trace the shape onto it. Then,
using carbon paper, trace the shape onto the piece of stock
you plan to use as a plug...being careful to make this tracing
about 1/32" to 1/16" larger than the actual cut-out.
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Figure
22-44.
Make a plug of matching wood to drop into the routed-out
area on your damaged piece.
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Next,
using a scroll saw or bandsaw, cut the plug out of your workpiece
(Figure 22-44).
Using
a disc sander with the table tilted about 5°, carefully sand
around the edges of your plug. By tilting the table, your
plug should be slightly smaller at the bottom than it is at
the top. This will allow the plug to drop into the damaged
cut-out easily.
Now, test
the plug for fit. If it is too large, keep sanding around
the edges until it drops into the routed-out area snugly.
Once the piece fits, glue it into position.
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Figure
22-45.
Drop your plug into position, glue and sand off flush
with the surface. Stain to match.
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After
the glue has dried, sand off any protruding stock (on both
sides) and stain the plug to match (Figure
22-45). If there are any voids left by the taper of the
plug on the back side, fill them in with wood putty or plastic
wood before staining.
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