Peter P. Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 I recently noticed the side panel of one of my walnut Heresy II's was separating from the end panel. This had happened once before about 18 months ago and I thought I fixed it by removing the woofer and flowing wood glue into the panel junction. Now that it was occurring again, I decided glue wasn't going to cut it and I was going to have to effect more permanent repairs. I don't know how the cabinets are constructed, but I think they're merely glued together, then the veneer is added on top. I wanted to reattach the panels with finishing nails, but I sure wasn't going to remove the veneer to do so only to have to re-veneer the cabinet. Not this home boy. I bought the smallest finishing nails available that were double the cabinet thickness in length. I measured everything 3 times to ensure my nails would strike wood. I then drilled undersized pilot holes through the veneer and outside panel to prevent any splitting that might occur. Here, you can see the gap at the junction of the side panels. The line drawn on the painter's tape tells me if I drill on the line, I should hit the adjacent panel at mid-thickness. I used a band clamp to force the cabinet to close the gap and hold the panels in the proper orientation during drilling. Here's the ugly part: I used a nail set to countersink the finishing nails. Well, these nails weren't dimpled to hold the nail set in place so I had a couple "oopsies". Turn away if you're getting squeamish! I used a colored wax wood pencil I had to fill the errant dimples and the nail heads. Besides the two vertical spots I nailed, I put one in the top edge of the panel. The pencil blended so well (it was unplanned; I merely used something I had on hand which I thought was close enough) you can barely see it. Here's the finished product. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Now you can add to it by gluing a strip of 3/4" quarter round trim inside that edge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Good job...it's not a boo boo if it's hidden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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