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ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION DISCUSSION BOARD
Posted By: Greg Scholl <beatkat@adelphia.net> (ct-waterbury1b-56.wtrbct.adelphia.net)
In Response To: repairing cracked ball feet (Michele)
Date: 9/29/4 13:36
I am assuming you mean that the claw carved sections are missing now,..probably at a glue joint, resulting in a square bottom to the foot.these legs are made in one piece usually, but some manufacturers glued up blanks to make the legs from, and if the table was in a damp environment, the hide glue would have failed and the pieces gotten lost over the years. The only way to replace the missing parts is to replace the missing wood and then recarve the feet, which is a skilled carvers job. Not something the novice can do.....and not an inexpensive undertaking. Depending on how much is missing it will take several hours to repair/recarve/restore these feet, ..each, and probably at somewhere around $45- $70 and hour depending who you find to do it.
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