Yesterday I flopped down on the sofa (a futon sofa), leaned up against the arm, and it fell apart.
All the glue joints left loose. Nothing on the arm/end structure was screwed together, it was all glued with rather sketchy tenon joints and a few dowels. The futon is getting to be pretty old; it's at least 25 years old. I bought it from Mtnbkr when they decided to upgrade their furniture, so it's been moved around a number of times and has had to deal with my fat ass, so it has had an active life. No surprise the glue joints decided to let loose.
I need this thing to last for a few more months until I get my new sofa, so I decided to give it the Gorilla Glue treatment. I have to say... that stuff is pretty impressive and is relatively easy to work with.
Given the quality of the joint carpentry, the fact that I didn't clean all the old glue out, and that I only had 1 strap clamp where I should have had 2 or 3 to really clamp it well I really don't expect it to be a permanent fix, but hopefully it will hold long enough for me to get the new sofa ordered (last time I checked they said they wouldn't be receiving any until... January 2022).
