correction An earlier version of this story mistakenly reported that joints repaired with hide glue are weaker than wood. In general, using hide glue results in joints that are stronger than wood. The ...

Have you ever had a chair, or a barstool that the wood joints have gotten loose to the point where you are nervous about sitting on the chair? To fix it you would have to take it apart, and then glue ...

Q: Our wood dining-room chairs have some loose spindles and legs that cause them to wobble slightly. I’d like to fix them, but without taking them apart. Is this possible? A: Wood joints sometimes ...

Q. When my kitchen chairs started falling apart, my nephew carefully glued them together. It took just a month for them to fall apart again. What kind of glue would work in a case like this? My nephew ...

Question: I inherited a child’s desk chair that was purchased in the late 1930s. I would like to display this chair in my guest room but the bars underneath that support the chair are loose. What kind ...