At Boothtown #RepairCafe I had:

- A 25 years service presentation clock - Advised it needed a specialist.
- A bike damaged in an attempted theft - Advised it needed a bike shop for parts and checking for frame damage.
-A noisy Ryobi vacuum cleaner - The motor bearing was completely worn away. Advised it needs a new motor and impeller, if one could be found.
-A lawn mower - The power cord had been pulled and damaged at the switch so I shortened it and tested working.
-Lawn edging shears - The pivot nut needed to be tightened.
-A doll with flashing lights - The 9V battery was dead, changed it and left working.
-Another clock, one of six given to six brothers - Advised it needed a specialist.
-A noisy toy dog that sang songs and powered around the floor - Motor drive chip dead, hard wired so it always drives when on and singing.
-A musical jewellery box - It will come back next month as we ran out of time.

The weld repaired pan lid, and the towel rail were returned to their owners.

I have done a bit more on the oak chair repair.
I have shaped the spliced in wood and made the mortice the right size.
Then I adjusted the joint to fit the broken off back rail to the leg. Part of the original leg was still attached to the back rail and that has also been glued back on to fit.

This repair will not be full strength, in my opinion, and I have have told the client this.
The way this chair was made has left this back leg joint very weak, and then part of the joint was cut away to fit a decorative backsplat, weakening it further.

The chair will be functional, but primarily ornamental for sentimental reasons.

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So back onto the oak chair repair today.
With the left side back leg repaired adn glued onto the back rail, I check for fit.
It all goes back together nicely and lines up squarely.

The back of the right leg mortice is snapped off and missing. As you can see in the photo it is very thin due to the rebate cut into it for the backsplat. Also it looks like is has been missing before as the break line is also covered in glue!
Also inside the joint there is something funny going on. It is all made up of bits! Ether over exuberant mortice cutting or the side rail joint was packed out with chips.

I think this is not the first time this chair has broken adn had surgery. Hopefully I am doing a better job than the previous person.

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Having cut away the ragged edges of the broken mortice, I cleaned and squared it up with a chisel. There isn't much point gluing a patch in there as it will only really glue to the tenon adding no strength.
I could splice in another bit of oak, but decided to mortice it in instead.
I drilled an chiseled out a mortice into the leg, it came out at 17mm by 7.5mm, and 22mm deep.
I cut a strip of oakand formed a tenon to fit. An additional bit of oak was glued to it to form the top of the mortice.

The repair splice was glued in and left to cure.

In the meantime I cleaned up the tenon of all the old glue and readied it for a dry fit.

It worked fine, the joints nice and tight, so I glued and clamped it before stopping for dinner.

I will check it in a little while to make sure it is still square and leel, and to remove the clamps and clean up the glue squeeze out while it is still 'rubbery'.

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