cracked seat rail in Wishbone chair  

It will not split there ever again.

So you mean there's no chance of it splitting very close to where the crack is, given that it's the all the same grain direction with the same stress factors? I'll be very happy not to have to do anything else to it if I don't need to. I just don't want to take any chances since it's not my chair. (Or even if it was my chair, I guess.)

If you got glue all the way into every cranny, the split was a tight fit (closed perfectly), and you didn't over-tighten the clamps (glue-starving the joint), Leif's right. It's good as new.

Spanky is pretty amazing.

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Aunt Mark

OK, that's good enough for me! Thanks, guys!

Spanky,

You also take some mighty fine snappies!

Especially the one with the cord acting and smelling like whole wheat linguini..waiting to be boiled (al dante).

I've grown to love the Wishbone chair.

I've grown,

Aunt Mark

thanks, auntie! I like taking pitchers.

That is the cord from four Wishbones. I should have bagged it one chair's worth at a time. A pile that big becomes very unwieldy.

I like to look at Wishbones. Not so fond of them for sitting; they cut into my back at the wrong place. Chairs are such an individual thing. But I LOVE the soaped finish. I think I've finally found the thing to do with my Mogensen chairs that I've had for four years. They have a weird clear lacquer that has not aged well---dull, chippy, dirty, just plain ugly. Now that I've made up my mind, I'm excited to get to them done. (they're also not my preferred chair for sitting but I don't actually sit in them much in my current place so it's ok.)

I really like my wishbones for sitting. And I love a soap finish on white oak. My oak Mogensen chairs have a soap finish. Which Mogensen chairs do you have?

I have four J39s that are pale oak with lacquer plus another one in dark old oak, maybe fumed. It has the original seat in great shape with a shellac or varnish finish. I bought that one from Roxy Antik in Copenhagen 20 years ago. The backrest broke off long ago and it has a bad repair which I should get fixed properly but it

Nice. I would not be too surprised if the dark J39 were originally soap finished. Alkaline substances darken oak, and the soap does not provide any sort of vapor barrier to separate the oak from ambient darkening agents.

Or perhaps it was just smoked from the beginning.