Fixing a creaky joint in a rocking chair spindle joint with another dowel alongside the spindle, but in such a way that the result is hidden. woodgears.ca/re...
I love all your videos man. Been a fan for many, many years! These types of fixit videos though, are the ones that drew me to your channel. I hope you and the family are all doing well!
Thomas Johnson has a great furniture repair channel on TH-cam. He was just working on some dowels in his last video. He also does amazing stuff with veneer repairs, quite amazing to watch him work.
Have watched him for years! Amazing that he actually replied to an email I sent him when I had questions about a 1930's kitchen table I wanted to restore. Guy is really down to earth!
I would love to be able to share this video with my grandfather who was a keen woodworker, but he died decades ago. Your videos engender happy memories of spending time with him in his workshop.
A great fix to an awkward joint, you got the stain off just right as well, if I was using that it would creek a hell of a lot but it would be my joints and not the chair, perhaps I should let my GP see this video but I don’t like the idea of letting him loose with a drill.
Nicely done. I'm using dowels more and more and finding them really useful. Have you done any vids on using them, I'd be interested in learning more. Thanks for sharing.
About one year after I worked on some old chairs you show me a better way. I took them apart and used moldable epoxy stuff and a lot of sanding to get my shapes back. Hours of work
Our family had this same exact rocking chair (or similar style) and got rid of it because of the same problem. We loved that chair. That was years ago, wish we could have seen this great fix before throwing it out!
I had the same problem with the rocker I used when my kids were small. However, it turned out all of the creaking and groaning was coming from me owing to the fact I'm 50 years older than my son.
Well done sir. Just when i think my horsing is under control, u put out this video tha makes me want to save all the trash i see on the road. Keep up thr great work.
I am becoming Matthias... The other day, my wife gave me a bowel she picked up from a roadside junk pile and said she wanted it fixed. It was a "spiral scroll sawn" thing that collapsed down into a flat trivet or would open into a bowel. The whole thing was made from a single slab of wood. The "handle" would rotate up and pull on the trivet, forcing the bowel/basket shape to form. Anyway, the handle had broken. The previous owner had tried gluing it, but since it is a curve cut from a single piece, it was all end grain at the top of the curve and destined to break. I disassembled the thing, glued up the handle and then cut a spline into it. The screws that the handle pivoted on were all wrong too, as there was not enough thread engagement with the bowel and too much with the handle (causing them to work loose). So I filed some screws down to achieve what was needed. I then cut some suitable cross grain plugs for the holes and mixed some stain to match the colour of everything. I gave it back to my wife and she said "why did you spend days on that silly thing, it just needed gluing". I wonder if these words echo around the Wandel household...
Reminds me of my old career in software. Client wanted just the bugs they knew about fixed, not the whole new release. Just fix this thing, leave all the other bugs I don't yet know about -- they haven't failed yet!
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 Which brings to mind another story. Back in the late 80's, before the internet and TCP/IP etc. was much of a thing, I was working in a team developing a distributed system to control the railway. I grew tired of loading software into all the nodes in the lab during development and cooked up a tool where I could push software updates out through our telemetry links. I got into trouble and told this absolutely must be removed because it was outside the contract. I pointed out that it would be a huge help once the system went out into the field, but no, it had to go. Skip ahead a couple of years and there is stupid me, poking around in equipment racks on the side of the train tracks, updating software on Christmas Eve.
Very well done, as always... But I wonder if the pin idea would not have worked. I like to use bamboo skewers as pins for situations like these. My gut tells me that would have been enough here, but I wonder.
Hand drill, hand saw, and a spokeshave! All that's missing is a starting shot of some wildlife and you could be Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration in Gorham, Maine.
I have a yankee push drill, an egg beater and a bit & brace. But I would have expected Matthias to use a rigid horizontal boring machine or the Pantorouter in this situation! 😅
@@lipoff I'm no expert, but with such a long drill bit, I think the only safe way to do this is in a hand held drill. You have any imbalance on the end of that drill bit before it's in the guide block and in a router motor (like on the pantorouter or horizontal boring machine), and things will get out of hand VERY quickly. If you've never seen a pantorouter walk across the room, putting a super long drill in it would be a good way to make that a reality!
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So many clever tricks in one short video.
Mathias' clever clamping has always impressed me
Can I request an extended cut of Matthias in the rocking chair rocking while staring at the camera?
Matthias OnlyFans, when?
Reminds me of Vinheteiro. Slightly creepy / erotic.
@@mushin111 touch of norman bates perhaps!!
He should loop it and make it a 2 hour video!
Playing a banjo
I didn't expect that to drill so cleanly.
Neither did I!
I think those brad point bits have a sharp cutting outer edge, unlike standard twist drill bits.
Wait... Did someone actually use a spokeshave to shave a spoke?
What will they think of next!
😁😁😁
Lol Mathias rocking at the end while listening and posing. Cracked me up. Great fix. It's really a joy watching you work.
No pocket screws but a pocket dowels :)
The owner wants his rocking chair back. 🤣
haha best comment on thread
I love all your videos man. Been a fan for many, many years! These types of fixit videos though, are the ones that drew me to your channel. I hope you and the family are all doing well!
First Matthias video I watched was a moustrap video, stayed for the comedy and woodcraft. 🤣
Thomas Johnson has a great furniture repair channel on TH-cam. He was just working on some dowels in his last video. He also does amazing stuff with veneer repairs, quite amazing to watch him work.
Have watched him for years! Amazing that he actually replied to an email I sent him when I had questions about a 1930's kitchen table I wanted to restore. Guy is really down to earth!
legend has it he is still rocking in that chair
You're a magician!! I would never have even thought it possible to drill that hole, and you did it with a 5 minute jig. We stand in awe.
I would love to be able to share this video with my grandfather who was a keen woodworker, but he died decades ago. Your videos engender happy memories of spending time with him in his workshop.
That's the carpentry-equivalent of a root-canal :)
Gotta say, I really love how you take discarded furniture and make them nice. It's a nice contrast from the plastic-wrapped world all around us.
When an engineer says "that worked like it was supposed to"...
But rocking chairs are supposed to creak
...it always has an undertone of surprise.
That was...AMAZING! The actual fix was simple but the set up...WOW!
nice fix. I would have never thought of that
I love the awkward stares at the end of every video
A great fix to an awkward joint, you got the stain off just right as well, if I was using that it would creek a hell of a lot but it would be my joints and not the chair, perhaps I should let my GP see this video but I don’t like the idea of letting him loose with a drill.
Nicely done.
I'm using dowels more and more and finding them really useful.
Have you done any vids on using them, I'd be interested in learning more.
Thanks for sharing.
See woodgears.ca/dowel
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 Thanks for the link. If I was a bit smarter I'd have searched your you tube channel too.. You do good stuff, thanks
This is very timely for me. I have an old rocking chair of my grandmother's with a similar problem I want to fix. Thanks.
Its amazing how you find such stuff in the trash
I don't mean this any negative sense...
You are such a woodworking nerd...
Love your ideas!!!
I must admit...your chair repair vidoes are some of my favorites.
I agree. So satisfying!
About one year after I worked on some old chairs you show me a better way. I took them apart and used moldable epoxy stuff and a lot of sanding to get my shapes back. Hours of work
This is the king of videos that I love from Mathias. Lots of information in a very short time.
A spectacularly elegant solution.
Our family had this same exact rocking chair (or similar style) and got rid of it because of the same problem. We loved that chair. That was years ago, wish we could have seen this great fix before throwing it out!
You could have oiled the joint. (no joke) would have stopped the creaking also.
I'm so happy people like you do what people like me wish we could do. Thank you for being you!
You never cease to amaze me.
I personally like the creaking rocking chairs. Great job on the repair.
These are the Matthias videos I subscribe for
That is a strange/unique way to fix that loose dowel. It is excellent.
Interesting repair method. Mathias, you come up with some interesing but simple repair methods. Keep them coming.
I would've said "that's attention to detail", but really this is "ATTENTION TO DETAIL"
Really cool solution Matthias.
Looks like a Matthias pocket hole jig for dowels.
This feels like main channel content
Dude, the creaks are the best bit about rocking chairs!
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Worrying is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you anywhere. Write that down.
Quick and clever, as always ! This belongs to the main Channel.
Matthias Wandel turning into Thomas Johnson Furniture Restauration👏🏻
Boss comment
Tom is badass!
Are you hungry? You almost wrote restaurant, instead of restoration.
As Bill Murray said in Stripes, "$100 shine on a $3 pair of shoes". You never fail to get the job done, Matthias. Great content as usual.
I had the same problem with the rocker I used when my kids were small. However, it turned out all of the creaking and groaning was coming from me owing to the fact I'm 50 years older than my son.
That vacant stare rocking at the end was very disturbing. Keep up the good work.
Well done sir. Just when i think my horsing is under control, u put out this video tha makes me want to save all the trash i see on the road. Keep up thr great work.
I myself would ave never thought of fixing the problem like that, that really is simply ingenious
Very creative. This will go in my scrapbook of restoration and repair clips.
That's what I call a super repair. You are a very clever and creative man.
Nice setup !
I was very afraid to see the drilling but "its word as expected"
Nice work
A guy like me just injects wood glue into that joint and gets pissed when it starts creaking again. Happy to watch a master in action!
I am super impressed by that fix. Nice job.
Your creativity never ceases to amaze me - good call :-)
Would have bet against that going well... A tricky fix perfectly executed, wow!
Brilliant, as usual! Hats off to you.
Matthias, beautifully executed, well done!
Enjoyed watching this one all come together, thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
Play Safe From Elliot Lake Ontario Canada.
I am becoming Matthias...
The other day, my wife gave me a bowel she picked up from a roadside junk pile and said she wanted it fixed.
It was a "spiral scroll sawn" thing that collapsed down into a flat trivet or would open into a bowel.
The whole thing was made from a single slab of wood.
The "handle" would rotate up and pull on the trivet, forcing the bowel/basket shape to form.
Anyway, the handle had broken. The previous owner had tried gluing it, but since it is a curve cut from a single piece, it was all end grain at the top of the curve and destined to break.
I disassembled the thing, glued up the handle and then cut a spline into it.
The screws that the handle pivoted on were all wrong too, as there was not enough thread engagement with the bowel and too much with the handle (causing them to work loose).
So I filed some screws down to achieve what was needed.
I then cut some suitable cross grain plugs for the holes and mixed some stain to match the colour of everything.
I gave it back to my wife and she said "why did you spend days on that silly thing, it just needed gluing".
I wonder if these words echo around the Wandel household...
Reminds me of my old career in software. Client wanted just the bugs they knew about fixed, not the whole new release. Just fix this thing, leave all the other bugs I don't yet know about -- they haven't failed yet!
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 Which brings to mind another story. Back in the late 80's, before the internet and TCP/IP etc. was much of a thing, I was working in a team developing a distributed system to control the railway.
I grew tired of loading software into all the nodes in the lab during development and cooked up a tool where I could push software updates out through our telemetry links.
I got into trouble and told this absolutely must be removed because it was outside the contract.
I pointed out that it would be a huge help once the system went out into the field, but no, it had to go.
Skip ahead a couple of years and there is stupid me, poking around in equipment racks on the side of the train tracks, updating software on Christmas Eve.
You are a repair smith. Well done, dude.
It seems your curb is full with goodies, nice
“This is going better than I thought it WOOD” -hilarious
The most impressive part is how you managed to get the stain match so easily.
THIS is quality content. THIS.
Awesome solution, Matthias! Really nice! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Matthias hair looks like a sleepy kids' coming into the living room on Christmas morning.
i'm gonna have to remember this one for some of the ancient chairs i have laying around
Brilliant!!! That worked so well.
OMG, you are such a genius
Matthias out here making pocket dowels. 😁
Very well done, as always... But I wonder if the pin idea would not have worked. I like to use bamboo skewers as pins for situations like these. My gut tells me that would have been enough here, but I wonder.
I can't believe this worked. I have relied on thin epoxy, but this is so much faster!
is that called a "pocket dowel" ?
Great stuff! A bit creepy the rocking chair scene in the end :-D
Awesome repair
Hand drill, hand saw, and a spokeshave! All that's missing is a starting shot of some wildlife and you could be Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration in Gorham, Maine.
I have bad news for you. That drill is battery powered. I guess you've never seen a real hand drill
I have a yankee push drill, an egg beater and a bit & brace. But I would have expected Matthias to use a rigid horizontal boring machine or the Pantorouter in this situation! 😅
@@lipoff I'm no expert, but with such a long drill bit, I think the only safe way to do this is in a hand held drill. You have any imbalance on the end of that drill bit before it's in the guide block and in a router motor (like on the pantorouter or horizontal boring machine), and things will get out of hand VERY quickly. If you've never seen a pantorouter walk across the room, putting a super long drill in it would be a good way to make that a reality!
Quite a neat fix!
What kind of wood do you usually use for dowels? Oak?
You sir are a genius
I love the simple solution and it looks great!
Super nice repair, what a find! Totally jealous
Amazing, this is just what I needed. Could you tell how I could repair those handlebars also? atleast otherside is loose on our chair.
Exceptional problem solving!
I love this solution thanks for the idea
Amazing! You make it look so easy.
Awesome as usual
I was just going to comment exact same thing.
Impressive repair, good job.
I said it before, butt your'a genius. Rob
I like the way you think Matthias!
Next week: Solving world hunger with a bradawl.
Another great straight to the meat video.
I don't understand how he get a dislike wen Matthias explained something that I will breaking my head trying to figure out.
matthias, you're a rock star !! ;-)
Love the new ideas
Great video.
I laughed at "this is going better than I thought is would" - you and me both :-)
what a cool fix
Very thoughtfully done!
That's really clever!
I cannot remember the last time I saw Matthias use a hand saw! @Matthias - I am surprised you didn’t jig it up on the table saw. ;)
Some of my problems are like a rocking chair..... They demand my effort but I'm not getting anywhere xD Nice fix and thx for your videos.
Could you share a link showing where you got those long drill bits?
Thanks!
I think I got them from busy bee tools.
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 Thanks a lot!