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I tried to remedy numerous issues, such as: a prod dowel (tapped back down); a missing dowel (first image, below); filling some holes in the top surface, etc.
The lower portion of the lectern also required so e more drastic work. Clamps and glue alone – even using a thick mix of glue and sawdust – were failing to fix the broken ‘feet’ of the two side panels.
Ultimately they required the use of penetrating dowels. Which worked admirably. I also put the little ‘feet’, removed at an earlier stage, back on. Albeit in slightly new positions. And again, dowels were used, rather than screws.
Annoyingly I don’t seen to have pictures of the addition of the feet…