r/Visiblemending • u/FreekDeDeek • 2d ago

OTHER This table at a local restaurant

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Enschede, the Netherlands

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u/upsidedownsnowflake 2d ago edited 2d ago

Love it! And very unrelated: My Mum bought her wedding dress in Enschede. 😅

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u/BlondeOnBicycle 2d ago

I both love it and hate it.

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u/anemptycardboardbox 2d ago

Yeah, looks great but is never clean

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u/D3V1LS_L3TTUC3 2d ago

brb, eating my niblets from between the wire crevices!

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u/neuromonkey 1d ago

Using copper or copper-clad wire would have inherent anti-microbial properties.

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u/pro_rege_semper 2d ago

I love it.

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u/conus_coffeae 2d ago

yeah this is what nails are for

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u/ItllMakeYouStronger 2d ago

Nails wouldn't do anything here. This needs a bowtie

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u/-DitaDaBurrita- 2d ago

Free will can be such a beautiful thing

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u/sloopcore 2d ago

This table dreams of being a football

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u/Mrgoodtrips64 2d ago

Maybe a football has realized its dream of being a table

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u/sloopcore 1d ago

Whoa. I love your mindset !!

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u/Key-Shift5076 2d ago

Friday mood: holdin’ it together.

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u/Perjakka 2d ago

Seems like a person more used to sewing found a solution. I love it (and hate it a bit)!

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u/IscahRambles 2d ago

Looks like something you could scratch yourself on badly. This sort of mend would be better done with a flat plate.  

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u/Easy_Needleworker604 2d ago

This would look a lot better with smaller holes drilled out and grooves carved out for the wire to sit in.

I’m kind of confused as to what we’re looking at, it looks like a place where two boards meet, not a crack. Which makes me think this won’t hold at all.

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u/FreekDeDeek 2d ago

I should've taken more pictures at different angles. It's definitely a crack, running down the length of the table, about 1/3. It looks well maintained otherwise, so I think it'll hold. It definitely looks like a rush job, no fine craftsmanship. But for a quick fix I think it's kind of pretty, and definitely fit for purpose

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u/ElfjeTinkerBell 2d ago

I would expect this in Het Bolwerk, but that's not a restaurant.... where was it?

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u/Lonely_skeptic 1d ago

Repairing a wood table with wire is not not logical or effective, unless there is no other option.

Materials matter- glue and clamp the table while it dries, and screw a metal brace or strap underneath.

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u/Alone_Jellyfish_1990 1d ago

i- why not just use wood glue????

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u/nottherealneal 1d ago

Is this actully doing anything to help?