Putting together spare parts of a broken chair can be a little difficult without the help of clamps. Clamps are especially designed to assist in the realignment of tables and chairs. Now the hard part when doing this is lining up holes to get the screws back in place. Below is a procedure on clamping the seat and lining up the screw holes.
- Arrange all the things needed in your working place. To reattach the seat of the chair, you’ll need to have more clamps, both long and short, to assist in giving a solid stand before you nail the seat. Make sure that the screws match the size and the type of holes.
- The height of your working table must be elevated at torso level, so when you place the chair on the surface, you can easily get a clear view of the areas that need repair.
- Place the seat of the chair on its four legs. This way you can estimate the right measure for nailing the seat to its legs. If however, the legs don’t go in place, or the sides are not parallel to one another, this is the time where you need the help of the clamps. Get the appropriate clamp according to the width of the seat. When doing this, make sure that you clamp both sides of the legs to get the exact dimension. Most of the time, you may encounter problems because you may have clamped the side where revamping is needed, making your chair imbalanced.
- Clamp the two anterior legs, and then the two rear legs. Adjust the clamp as to how you want your chair to look like before getting the screws back into their holes. So while you fiddle with the legs, also have in mind the proper lining up of the screw holes.
- Once you’ve lined up the holes with the clamp, lock the adjuster of the clamp so it will not fall apart. Then follow the same procedure for all the other areas that need to be attached. While you are doing this, try looking from a little distance from the chair to check whether it appears furnished or if it still requires changes. Make adjustments if needed. Remember to have all the sides clamped before you screw up the holes to make your repair manageable and less time-consuming.
- Now that the chair’s holes are all lined-up, insert the screws into the holes. Some clamps have a ready-made screw driver attached to them so, if your clamp is like this, insert the screw to its screw holder and start joining the seat holes to the leg holes. Do the same with all sides.
Most of you would find it so hard to fix broken chairs, forcing you to throw them out into the basement or into the garbage bin. But these can be easily repaired now that you have the know-how. Have fun repairing!
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