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Maybe I haven't made it clear. The stretcher is rock solid both ends. The front leg as illustrated is slightly loose, and I don't want to disturb the solid rear leg. To get to the socket of the front leg means disturbing both stretcher and rear leg, so trying to fit a wedge as suggested above is...

Attached is a view of an upturned Windsor chair (which has had a hard life!). The front let is slightly loose; the rear leg is rock solid; the stretcher between them (just out of shot) is also rock solid. Any suggestions how to inject glue, or other method of fixing the front leg in its socket...

I agree with Sgian Dubh. I attach a couple of photographs for a Georgian table with the way it was mended many years ago. I have removed the metal plate and repaired it by using a couple of long dowels from the underside. Also attached is a part of a report I did many years ago for the...

Many of the replies have come up with points of which I have already had thoughts! I must admit the bent ply in stores must be for some strange things as nothing like our project! joshvegas – Part of the deal for the ramp is that grandson gets involved with it (once I have sorted out materials...

I have committed myself to make the grandson a skateboard ramp! About 1m wide; 800mm – 1m high; and the ramp arc having radius of 1.4m. This results in an arc length of 1.15m, and the distance between the chord and the arc (how much the ply has to bend) about 115mm. I'm envisaging difficulty...

Thanks for the replies. Acetone, steamer and heat gun all available so plenty of choice - before the hair pulling kicks in!

I have given myself a challenge of restoring a Georgian pedestal table and a Windsor chair – both of which have had a hard life and need some orthopaedic work! Biggest problem is someone has bodged various joints with some sort of epoxy or similar hard setting glue or filler. Is there anything...

Thanks Bob. We don't charge for the horseshoes - any labour cost makes them prohibitively expensive. So it's done for pleasure.

Thanks for all the above replies. I haven't tried a silver spray - yet. The lacquer that I have used most is Horolacq (for clocks etc and comes in silver and brass versions). I leave the horse shoes in the airing cupboard overnight so nice and warm, and they also go back there for final drying...

Every now and then, I do up horseshoes, which my daughter-in-law decorates, for presenting to brides. I clean up the horseshoes (wash, scrub, wire brush, electrolysis, wire brush, bleach, wire brush etc etc) and end up with some nice shiny metal – which looks like bright steel. I have tried...

Many years ago, my brother (without prior notice or permission!) tidied up our father's workshop. Thirty years later he was still complaining he couldn't find anything!

If Richard S can't help; let me know.

Where's Barry Bucknell when you need him?

Well done. Overcoming the fear of facing something out of your comfort zone (chance of screw up!), and producing something properly done, is so satisfying. (y) Now you're the expert! Thanks for posting your methodology.

Many thanks for the replies. The woods are a bit strange. I have hardwood wooden windows, which were meant to be meranti (from memory) but if I scrape a piece it's pretty light like three of the planks on the bench. Not much 'mahogany' colour about it. The front piece on the bench seat is...

I am attaching some photographs of a large garden bench from which a neighbour is currently stripping multiple coats of paint. Photos - Bench; Seat and Back should be self explanatory. Seat 1 - this is the plank nearest the back Seat 2 - this is the middle plank Seat 3 - this is the foremost...

Apologies, but I haven't managed to upload photo for above.

My spokeshaves, as shown, have been reduced to :- Stanley 063 (curved); can't remember how I got it, no doubt for not a lot Wooden (curved) (found in my father's workshop, very old) Preston (flat) (also found in my father's workshop) They are all good to use. I need a shim on the Stanley...

Many thanks AndyT - it focuses the mind and brings a smile to my face! A few years ago, after early retirement, I enrolled at a local college for the furniture restoration course (cabinet making; upholstery; finishing - City and Guilds; Levels 2 and 3). The first class in the cabinet shop was...