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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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Has anyone got experience of restoring a mid-1970's circular G-Plan table? We treated our table with teak oil as per the instructions given at time of purchase in 1975, and after 30 years it was looking very tired, faded and grubby through constant use. The veneer and wood trim are all in very...