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Advice please, on how to repair a broken chair leg so that it will be at least as strong as the original. The chair is one of 8 in a A H MacIntosh dining room suite, which has been in the family for over 50 years, so it has some sentimental value. No brother-in-laws were damaged when the break...

A grandchild has requested a hamster house, to replace one that is badly chewed. Suggestions of suitable non-toxic types of wood and glue would be appreciated.

The top of this fox’s head chair parted company with the frame several decades ago. Reuniting them has been filed as too difficult. I would now like to attempt a repair, but very little of the original joints are left. Advice would be appreciated.

I am aiming to repair my late father’s revolving desk chair. The trickiest problem is a crack in one of the legs. I would prefer to cope with the crack rather than to make a new leg. The legs fit in to grooves in a cast iron barrel. Each leg is retained by one vertical screw through the top of...