Timeline for How can I push these boards back together to repair this sofa?
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| Jul 20 at 14:55 | comment | added | gnicko | You can't fix this with the truss plates. You need to glue/screw new wood against the OSB to strengthen it. | |
| Jul 8 at 14:19 | answer | added | bowlturner♦ | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 6 at 14:48 | answer | added | Zeye | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 6 at 7:05 | comment | added | Graphus | "...as much epoxy or wood glue..." There's only one real choice here if you don't want the mending plates to be pretty much doing all the work and that's epoxy. Wood glue makes v strong joints but only if they're thin. Since you have zero expectation of getting these surfaces into intimate contact epoxy is the glue of choice here. See numerous previous Answers here for tips on using epoxy effectively. But to echo @quill's Comment above, you'll either want to glue and screw a board across that joint (looks like there's plenty of room for that) or use a substantial screw-on mending plate. | |
| Jul 5 at 22:31 | comment | added | quill | That mending plate looks like the kind used in making trusses. I've used one once. It was in pine. It's going to take a lot of pressure to insert that plate, I did it with a 4 pound sledge hammer backed up by a concrete floor. In this instance, you aren't going to have enough 'anvil' behind it even if you had something more than a 24 oz hammer. It is more typical of couch type furniture to use something harder than pine which will make it even more difficult. Consider sistering a board to the existing board or use steel mending plates - the type you apply several screws in. | |
| Jul 5 at 22:21 | history | asked | Byron | CC BY-SA 4.0 |