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    Default Feet for shelving unit(s)

    Hi,

    Does anyone have a good source for quality "feet" for furniture that can be custom made? I thought of buying generic unfinished wooden feet for the shelving unit below and completing the repair myself. However, I would first like to find a recommendable custom maker to see what the cost would be, etc.

    Below is the shelving unit (I have two matching) and then a picture of one of the feet. There are no maker's marks on the units. From what I can tell, based on some dated material I found with the furniture, they were sitting in the same spot for 23 years and the feet just rotted away.

    Any help is appreciated.

    Thank you!

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    Cut the leg off at the arrows using a fine-tooth hand saw. Have any local woodworker with a lathe make you a new foot, take them the cut off section and they can easily duplicate it. Install a single lag screw into the new foot, drill a pilot hole in the upper section and screw it in. Re-finish the foot. Not a hard repair.

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    Default Re: Feet for shelving unit(s)

    Quote Originally Posted by drcollie View Post
    Cut the leg off at the arrows using a fine-tooth hand saw. Have any local woodworker with a lathe make you a new foot, take them the cut off section and they can easily duplicate it. Install a single lag screw into the new foot, drill a pilot hole in the upper section and screw it in. Re-finish the foot. Not a hard repair.

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    Thank you for the advice!

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