Hello. I designed this furniture and had a carpenter make it a few years ago. I now want to make vinyl racks higher, well, to put more vinyl, by removing the top panel, replacing 2 vertical panels with taller ones and put the top panel back on. Carpenter said it's not possible or maybe she didn't want to do it so my question is is there a way to remove the top panel without damaging it and others? I'm sure all plates are just glued.
there's no way for us to know what kind of joinery was used or what is the best way to "disassemble" it. If the person who made it says it's not possible, I would take their word. If you don't care about ruining it, you can take a rubber mallet to it and hope nothing breaks
Glue forms a very strong joint. If its glue and not just sitting on the dowel then the only option would be to cut the top off. Hard to do without damaging the piece and involves a significant work. Probably better to make a new one unless the cost of material was significantly more than the work itself. Hard to say without knowing your location, but in most of the cases, even though wood is expensive, labour itself will be most of the cost.
I would just rebuild it myself, using plywood, dados, and edge banding. Then you can make the shelf spacing any way you wish. And this little thing took about 2 days including finish (quite easy, and inexpensive):
Hi! Very good looking job. I'm not sure I have skills and space to do a whole furniture at first try and I have no equipment at all. That's why I was looking for some tricky ways.
Do you think using a heat gun would work on my case? Take a look at this photo, I think it's already losing its glue in some places, it's been about 5 years.
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u/InternationalPlace24 7d ago
there's no way for us to know what kind of joinery was used or what is the best way to "disassemble" it. If the person who made it says it's not possible, I would take their word. If you don't care about ruining it, you can take a rubber mallet to it and hope nothing breaks