Garage Table Seams Separating

[pocket]

The seams nead to be glued. There is a reason the wax came up. The table wood is expanding and contracting. The wax was pushed up. It will happen again. I have seen this a hundred times.

That makes sense, unfortunately.

I know enough about the mechanic to know that he has been doing this for years, and has a good reputation.

He works in my area and has done many garage tables, so I have to trust him that this should take care of business.

What you say rings true, Pat, but what he did fixed the problem (for now). Hopefully removing the wax will keep it from happening again. I just don't have $500 to take it apart and start again.

The next recloth - I will insist on this method.

 

[pocket]

I have a 100 year old Brunswick Balke Calender in my basement. No plywood in the table. Due to the humidity changes my table does the same thing. When it is a little off I merely make very slight adjustments in the shims. This has worked for several years. I am about ready for a recover and when I do I will incorporate the cardboard method and see how it goes. I also find that I have to fine tune the rails from time to time probably due to humidity changes as well.

What part of the country are you in jnf?

 

[Pushout]

happens all the time around here. the shims expand and contract. I fix table like this a couple times a year lol I take a little hammer .. tap the shim back into place POOF all fixed in 5 mins

My table mechanic just had to do this to my table. He didn't want to take it apart again because the cloth has been stretched so many times from moving and being set up again. {four times} Still has original cloth, will probably have to get it re-covered sometime in the near future but he says it should be ok for a while, at least.