Cabinets, Furniture, Woodworks/Resizing table holes

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I am refinishing a wood kitchen table, but the holes that hold the top to the legs are stripped. I thought I could use wood dowels, glued into the holes and then just screw into the dowels. Is this a good plan?

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Hi Warren,   yes that would be the correct thing to do. Use a good wood glue like Titebond 2.  Allow the dowels and glue to completely dry before drilling.  Be sure to predrill a hole down into the dowl, slightly smaller than the screw to lessen the chance of splitting the dowel.  Thanks for your question and good luck on your project.

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I can answer most questions, regarding, wood sculpture, wood carving, carving tools and accessories and different types of woods.I am not an appraiser of carvings nor an antique dealer.

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I do full design work, custom carving, restoration, fabrication, repair and refinishing. I can take a piece of raw wood and turn it into a work of art and I can help you do the same. I am "the" carving instructor for the new york city parks dept. I am heavily involved in carving on the internet and belong to many, many mail lists which are quite active. I am also an international promoter of woodcarving and am affiliated with many master carvers, notably nora hall, originally from holland, now in the U.S. and kalina pavlova, a bulgarian master carver. I routinely communicate with the top names in professional woodcarving nationally and internationally.

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the national association of woodcarvers. the woodcarvers of queens NY, the staten island woodcarvers. the northeast woodcarving association. the world wide carving internet list

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chip chats-the national magazine of woodcarving. also at www.carvinginnyc.com

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Self taught artist and sculptor, 40 years of drawing and painting as a hobby, 5 years of serious woodsculpting. I have my own website and have written a 300 pg book on carving. I have published online tutorials and pictorial projects

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many first place awards

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