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dagnabit

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About a year ago I bought a new Olhausen table. A couple of months later I noticed a ridge at the seams and
called to have them come out and work on the table. They came out removed the cloth and repaired the seams.

A little while back I noticed a ridge at the foot end seam, I called and they sent there guys out to fix it again.
This time they removed felt from the foot end only, removed the center bolts and replaced them with lag screws.
I don't feel to comfortable with there fix. I figure if screwing the slate down to the frame was alright then
that would be the way it would always be done, but what do I know?

Will this be alright or will it create other problems down the road?
 
dagnabit said:
About a year ago I bought a new Olhausen table. A couple of months later I noticed a ridge at the seams and
called to have them come out and work on the table. They came out removed the cloth and repaired the seams.

A little while back I noticed a ridge at the foot end seam, I called and they sent there guys out to fix it again.
This time they removed felt from the foot end only, removed the center bolts and replaced them with lag screws.
I don't feel to comfortable with there fix. I figure if screwing the slate down to the frame was alright then
that would be the way it would always be done, but what do I know?

Will this be alright or will it create other problems down the road?
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If they'd have super glued the slates together the first time, they wouldn't have had to come back the second time. This is just another example of technicians that NEED training,...so, NO bigger lag screws are NOT the right fix.

Glen
 
When they were here I asked them about glueing the seams and the kid told me that they had used liquid dowel the last time.
I thought that they removed bolts and replaced them with lag screws.

I have not been to impressed with the techs or there tools.They tell me its perfect now and the only level they use looks like a Stanley from Wal-mart.

Is the lag screw fix a common thing to do?
 
dagnabit said:
When they were here I asked them about glueing the seams and the kid told me that they had used liquid dowel the last time.
I thought that they removed bolts and replaced them with lag screws.

I have not been to impressed with the techs or there tools.They tell me its perfect now and the only level they use looks like a Stanley from Wal-mart.

Is the lag screw fix a common thing to do?
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Are you talking about the slate screws used to mount the slate? or something else? If it's the slate screws, they may have put in longer screws to help hold the slate in place as the first ones may have been to short, never-the-less...if glued right, the seams still wouldn't have came apart.

Glen
 
Yes I am talking about the two slate screws closest to the foot spot. I thought they were bolts before and they replaced them with screws.
But I was not sure how table is constructed. If it should have screws then I'm not worried.
Thanks for answering my questions.
Tom
 
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realkingcobra said:
If they'd have super glued the slates together the first time, they wouldn't have had to come back the second time. This is just another example of technicians that NEED training,...so, NO bigger lag screws are NOT the right fix.

Glen
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I am confused as I read in another post that you use bondo in the slate seams if I am not mistaken. How does the bondo and super glue work together?
 
cueman said:
I am confused as I read in another post that you use bondo in the slate seams if I am not mistaken. How does the bondo and super glue work together?
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I super glue the slates first, on the outside edges, then the centers...then bondo over the seams when the super glue has dried to fill in any possible crack in the seams.

Glen
 
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