The kitchen table, a few
years old now, is a solid piece held up by a sturdy single pedestal attached to
four splayed feet via eight bolts that are frankly not up to the job, being
simply screwed into the feet, meaning as the wood dries out these screws fail
to grip effectively, the joint weakens, a foot comes loose and the table top
develops a tilt requiring increasingly inventive measures to be taken to pack
out the screw-holes – rawplugs, cork, superglue, and most recently baling
twine; again today I had to dismantle it and tip it upside down and have a
look-see, but the screws were still holding and all that was required was a
tightening of the bolts so hopefully it will hold firm through to Christmas,
when maximum load will be applied.
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