Hi Dale, I just made a sleeve. I will let her look at it before I glue. There is no way to deflect it for insertion of a new rod. there are two existing rods in place . One at the hinged end and the second in the middle about 3 inches away. The one that broke is the one that has the locking ends. I know that they are not expensive to replace and that is my third choice. It just might end up in my friends camping firewood box. That is what would be left after I salvaged the remaining rods for some unknown future project. I sure hope that you are feeling a little better. Lenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] sweater drying rack repair
Hi Lenny, Are you sure you don't have enough room to slip a new dowel into place? Remember that once one end is inserted you only need to distort the arrangement about half the thickness of one end framing member to slide it into the hole at that end. that is probably a deflection of probably 3/8ths of an inch or maybe less.. Forming a sleeve would work too of course. One problem is that the darn things come into North America for only a few bucks in the first place so it isn't worth too much effort. That is a shame in a way, they are nice bits of material and should be preserved. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Handyman-Blind" <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:46 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] sweater drying rack repair > Hi Listers, > My daughter has a sweater drying rack that one of the dowel rods broke. > This unit is collapsible and has a total of 11 20 inch dowel rods for > it's drying racks. > One of the 3/8 inch rods broke in the middle. This particular rod is the > main one that holds the unit together when erected. > I first was going to try and replace the rod but the one in place is glued > and brad nailed. I think I would do more damage to the unit trying to > remove it. > Right now I see only two choices for repairing this thing. The first would > be to drill through the end of the rod and the nail to remove . This > would have to be done at each end. The new rod would have to thread > completely through one side. there is not enough play to insert one end > at a time. > Now my other choice would be to take a short piece of oak about 1/2 inch > square. Round over the corners and drill a 7/16 inch hole through the > length. 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