Entering the home stretch! I’ve managed to get the legs and lower scrollwork finished and rebuilt. The lower scrollwork is screwed in vs. the original dowel & glue. I also glued it, but I believe the screws are necessary to keep the legs together and keep the item from breaking apart.
The legs were first, and I used domino loose tenons and drilled mortises to attach them. A bit of a challenge getting the loose tenons to fit into the legs, I only had 1” width for the hole leg, and had to put tenons in on both sides. Used a band clamp to help secure it.
For the scrollwork, it was a challenge with the band clamp up top to get the legs to “pull in” enough to fit it in place, drill for the screws, and then glue & screw them together. I fell back on an old method, I used twine and a tightening slip knot (a taunt line hitch from my Boy Scout days) to pull the legs into alignment. Once that was done, the hope is that the glue & screws will enable it to hold up.
I’ve now used some epoxy to fill in some gaps/reinforce the regular glue, and some wood putting to fill in a few holes. The next step will be to sand all these down and then spot prime them, before painting the table.
Kevin