Fixing Olhausen style rail bolt anchors!

DeeDeeCues said:
No they aren't.

Unless you spend good money for a decent set, they are garbage and cut bigger because of misalignment.
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Then I guess its a good thing working on pool tables is to complicated for you, because I notice you couldn't offer a solution to the fix, but could how ever offer your complaints about not being good enough tools😅🤣🤣
 
Hole saws are measured by OD but are rarely perfect. Even if perfect a 1.5" dowl is going to be extremely tight in a hole made by a 1.5" hole saw.

Now where some get confused is when using holes for plumbing pipe as its measured by ID
 
TrxR said:
Hole saws are measured by OD but are rarely perfect. Even if perfect a 1.5" dowl is going to be extremely tight in a hole made by a 1.5" hole saw.

Now where some get confused is when using holes for plumbing pipe as its measured by ID
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When you're speaking with experience, thats different than speaking hypothetical, experience is the best teacher! I've done this fix 100's of times, I know how the pieces fit together, trust me!
 
DeeDeeCues said:
Even when he's wrong af, he's right. Must be a superpower.
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Then why don't you prove me wrong, instead if just running your mouth!! Even a bent hole saw will still drill a perfect circle, the outside dimensions can change, but it still drills a perfect circle! I thought you were smart enough to at least know that!!!!!!!!!
 
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realkingcobra said:
Then why don't you prove me wrong, instead if just running your mouth!! Even a bent hole saw will still drill a perfect circle, the outside dimensions can change, but it still drills a perfect circle! I thought you were smart enough to at least know that!!!!!!!!!
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You said that hole saws are measured by their inner diameter. That's all I corrected you on.

Now you insult me based on things I never said. Gd donkey.
 
And again you think you know what you're talking about!!! Let me ASK you something Einstein!!!! If you need hole plugs 1 3/8" wide, by 3/4" thick, where in the hell are you buying 1 3/8" wood dowels?????

You take your damn 1 1/2" hole saw, drill a 3/4" popular board, drilling out hole plugs, using the INSIDE measurement of 1 3/8" to create the hole PLUG YOU NEED, YES the hole you drilled in that popular board is 1 1/2" but you're NOT USING the damn hole, you're after the damn PLUG!!!!!!!
 
DeeDeeCues said:
You said that hole saws are measured by their inner diameter. That's all I corrected you on.

Now you insult me based on things I never said. Gd donkey.
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Got something to say now Einstein????

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realkingcobra said:
And again you think you know what you're talking about!!! Let me ASK you something Einstein!!!! If you need hole plugs 1 3/8" wide, by 3/4" thick, where in the hell are you buying 1 3/8" wood dowels?????

You take your damn 1 1/2" hole saw, drill a 3/4" popular board, drilling out hole plugs, using the INSIDE measurement of 1 3/8" to create the hole PLUG YOU NEED, YES the hole you drilled in that popular board is 1 1/2" but you're NOT USING the damn hole, you're after the damn PLUG!!!!!!!
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I get it now. I think this was all a little misunderstood. You weren't saying the hole saws weren't measured by OD but you were saying to make the plug you needed you needed to take in account what the ID was. So yes if your making a plug you need to take in account the OD minus the wall thickness of the hole saw x2 or just measure the ID.

I have actually done this to make repair plugs out of plywood for patches for floors where a plumbing pipe or something was removed. Also patched an old camp door where the deadbolt was removed this way.
 
Once I learned the french fold from Glen it became a standard part of doing tables, No extra charge.
But I'm curious as to what french folds have to do with rail bolt anchors. :ROFLMAO:

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Any chance you have pics looking inside of the rail after removing via hole saw?

I’m curious as to how cleanly you got it out, and in general what it looks like inside.

It’s been a long time since I redid my rails (this 1 1/2” home table rail style). Trying to remember… the subrail attatches the cushion, and the feather strip is a different piece, and then the cosmetic top… is that it? Do you have a pic of a cross section of this style? (Might as well ask for that too)
 
I have done similar repairs on some Olhausen rails where I have chopped out the area like I would a mortise. I chop a square section out of the poplar sub rail and cut a new fitting piece of poplar gluing and installing with the grain in the same direction. Then using a small #3 plane to get it flush or a beater chisel if sub rail has broken staples left in from previous "mechanics.".

I also have done similar repairs on the pocket ends if someone has sat on the pocket and blown the ends out making the pocket sag. One thing that I haven't done which I would like to try in that scenario is route out an area for a metal plate for extra support.

That's one of my major beefs with Olhausens. The slate is cut back and does not support right under the pocket bolt.
 
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