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   notDusty | Mar 14, 2005 06:28am | #1

              Godscarp ,

                  As long as the veneer is tight and has no de lam problems before hand  , IMO any good quality chemical stripper preferably with a Methlene Chloride base generally will not harm any glues or veneers . It may be the dip " N " strip system that can cause problems . We have all heard the horror stories of the past .

                                good  luck      dusty

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   Gretchen | Mar 14, 2005 02:30pm | #2

   Agree with Dusty--stripper shouldn't lift the veneer.  Use mineral spirits for cleaning up the stripper residue.

   Gretchen
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   MarkRD | Mar 14, 2005 03:09pm | #3

   It's amazing how I can be behind by one or two projects, then my wife comes home with yet another piece of furniture that she knows I can fix and bam, I'm behind by yet another project. :-)

   Here is the most recent I'm behind on...

   Every single joint in these chairs is loose - there are six chairs, two with arms, one missing a leg. Sigh...

   Mark

   Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.

   
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   notDusty | Mar 14, 2005 05:16pm | #4

         Mark ,

                 Not sure if you knew , but those are called Lyre (sp) chairs . The back is supposed to emulate a musical instrument called a Lyre . I have re glued many of those and without any lower rungs they are a bit prone to loosen up . Especially with big folks leaning back on them . Also they were not real easy to get clamps on in the right spot to close the front to back joints up because of the way the front leg is shaped .

                       good  luck             dusty

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   MarkRD | Mar 14, 2005 05:26pm | #5

   The Lyra part I knew. The Difficulty gluing part I did not. Great. :-)Mark

   Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.

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   user-152814 | Mar 14, 2005 05:39pm | #6

   I use strap clamps wrapped around bar clamps to tie this type of stuff together.

   The fix on the phone/table is adding splines to replace the broken tenons and getting rid of the previous poor attempts to stabilize this pretty delicate little piece of furniture.........

   ....... on top of an altar which is almost finished, which pays the bills....... and a hoosier that my wife keeps redesigning for me...... she comes home with this...... reminding me that her "birthday is in 10 days and what a great gift it would be to have the table to put the cake on....."    Gotta love 'em cause you can't shoot 'em!1 Thes 4:11.....mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands......