Help!

[Papa]

All ya'll,

I need help getting out of a very dumb situation.

First, some background: a friend of mine at church asked me if I could repair an old family chair that his overweignt son had broken by plopping down in it. The top rail of the back broke had been screwed and glued to the verticle members, and the son's weight broke off the topd of both risers and broke the bottom of the splat where it et the chair frame. I said, "Sure," and he brought it ovrt to my house. Gluing the riser tops back on was easy. My trouble started when I decided to re-glue the splat into the mortise in the top rail before reassembling it.

I glued the splat in backwards. Didn't discover the mistake until the glue (Titebond III) had cured. The rail no longer mates with the risers.

So, here's my question: Is there any way to un-glue glue? If I can't figure out how to get the pieces apart, I'll have to get some new mahogony and fabricate new parts.

Any ideas anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Papa

[Wood_workur]

titebond III is pretty much impermeable, but some water and heat MIGHT loosen it if its fresh enough.

[radhak]

This thread seems to indicate using a sharp chisel is a possibility, but dunno how many joints you have : http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=21822

[Papa]

Help Helped

Thanks, guys. Heat did the trick. I used my B&D heat gun to heat the joint until I could barely touch it, then applied a hard but steady pull on the members. The joint came apart a fraction of an inch. Another heating and some more pulling completely seperated the pieces. The heat did dull the old finish a little, but I can repair that.

Thanks again,
Papa

[Daryl]

Glad it worked out for you, and thanks for the tip. There may have been a time or two when I glued something backwards........ahm.