Here's an update to my fix for a cracked Acacia BGE XL table. I bought a couple 4' metal brackets from Home Depot, as well as some fastening hardware. I used 5/16" x8 bolts. I had to use multiple 4" clamps to squeeze the cracked wood and bracket together, which eventually closed the cracks. Not as bad as fix as I thought it would turn out to be. Make sure to keep the bottom of the table jacked with weight spread across all 4 crossbeams.
by znavy264
7 Comments
Replace it
So the pressure still applies at the break, all id suggest is to have added glue and screw another couple of screws closer to the crack to support the break.
I think two more screws on either side of the break would be beneficial.
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Nicely done. For a minute I thought you were just going to leave the jack under the table as the solution.
Is there a reason why you didn’t replace the board? I would not trust this solution to hold my 1500$ fragile grill
If I were going to repair it I think I would have filled the crack with an epoxy of some type, and jacked it up at the break to close the gap. Then I would have measured and cut another piece of wood to mount behind the damaged piece. Then clamped up the new wood to the old wood, and drilled out some clearance hoIes for some carriage bolts. Remove the new piece and then use a construction adhesive and spread a thin layer on both pieces. Install carriage bolts in old piece, round heads out. Using the carriage bolts as guide pins, put the new piece on. Using fender washers and nuts, tighten down the carriage bolts. I would then grab some appropriate length screws and add 8 or 10 along the length of the new board on each side of the fissure, in 2 rows. Leave the jack overnight or even longer while the adhesive sets up.
That should do it and look ok as well.
However, I would remove everything and just replace the wood, likely with something a little beefier.