With the table disassembled, its time to start repairing the legs and table stretchers, so that we can work on new joinery. Luckily, a lot of the pieces that partially split off were able to be separated and re-glued up. With good glue and a clean place to join, this should be stronger than the original wood.
For one of the leg pieces, the top of the joint was so badly broken up, that I chose to cut off the broken pieces and create a clean line to marry a new block of wood (Mahogany) to the existing pieces. Once that gets done, I’ll need to remove sufficient wood on the edges so that it matches the other wood.
Got hit with Covid right after Christmas, so work has slowed down a bit. Not too bad (just one day where I was feeling very tired and coughing a lot). Now I’m pretty good, though with a cough that is only going away slowly. I’ll need to wear my respirator in the shop, but I am looking forward to getting back into it this weekend.
Keep tuned in while I keep working to fix this.
Kevin