Repairing My Bamboo/Formica Coffee Table

Hey there,

I have a beautiful, amoeba shaped formica coffee table with bamboo legs, that I strongly believe is a Ritts Tropitan (Although I'm probably just lying to myself about that because I used to work in the building on Santa Monica Blvd that used to house the Ritts' show room ;)). I use it more as a desk than a coffee table because I prefer to sit on the floor than a chair, so it's the perfect shape for doing that. Unfortunately, one of the legs keeps falling off. No matter the amount of clamping it together with gorilla glue will fix it. The bamboo keeps splintering and I can't get the angle just right when putting it back on. I am going to give up trying to do it myself, so I am open to suggestions on who in the LA area can fix it.

Thanks so much :)

It's Not Bamboo.

It's Rattan.

That might help searching.

sent you a PM

I have not used them, but they are in LA,

http://www.caneandbasket.com/Articles.asp?ID=239

These guys are in NoHo, Nice table by the way...

http://www.excaliburrestorations.com/HTML/Home.html

Here is a list of repair places in town....

http://www.servicemagic.com/c.Furniture-Repair-Refinish.Los_Angeles.CA.-12035.html

[ Edited by: Chuck Tatum is Tiki 2012-03-02 19:19 ]

Remove the triangle pieces from the bottom of the table. If they are damaged in the process, cut some new ones. Glue and clamp the split table legs. Use long decking screws to attach the triangles to the legs. Use short screws (make sure they aren't long enough to penetrate the top) to attach the triangles with legs to the underside of the table

Aloha

What he said. :up:

Also, when gluing the split legs, try to get some glue mixed with sawdust down into those nail holes, or some glue with a couple of toothpicks or really skinny dowels or wood shavings, or use some wood filler in those nail holes. That will give the threads on the long decking screws a little something extra to bite into.