Flashes of Panic

A few years ago, I picked up a drop-leaf end table at the annual Bryant Homestead craft festival. It’s been useful for holding phones and plants and things, and a few days ago A. started using it as a temporary laptop desk in front of the couch. And then last night I noticed that one of the legs, which has a pretty good sized knot in it, has split almost completely through at the knot.

I think the leg is pretty much finished; there’s no point in “splinting” it. I suppose I could glue it at the break, but I don’t think I’d trust that. It looks like the top end of the leg is glued in to the tabletop; I’d have to amputate somewhere below the tabletop and put on a new leg.

This sounds nice in general, but the devil is certainly in the details. I suppose I’ll need to join it with pegs. (Trunnels?)

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