Intriguing question….

Try a drop of water into the spindle joints.  One at a time, one a day (or maybe
two.

The lubrication may silence the squeak, and the one you just did is the culprit.
Drop in watered down pva?  Or watered down hide glue, or….

The water may also revitalise a water soluble glue and persuade it not to
squeak.


SWMBO was amazed when I applied talcum to a joint in out kitchen floor to
silence it.  It was caused by slight movement and expansion of a board.  Kept it
silent for a couple years, then needed done again.  But I was able to access the
joint, and work the talcum in.
Squeaky spindles is a different process.  


- You know that people pay a fortune for the squeaks?  We had a story on here
about a maker who studied the squeaks until he could reproduce a squeak in a
rocking chair, and then made and sold ‘old’ milk painted reproduction chairs,
with squeaks, for around $30k a pop if I recall correctly.



Richard Wilson
Yorkshireman Galoot in Northumbria.  Soon to visit my capital city of York.  Not
at all like the new one they made over t’ water.



> On 25 Feb 2023, at 17:59, Michael Blair  wrote:
> 
> My stepson bought a table and chairs.  Probably from the '50s.  Nicely
> built set.  One problem: one of the spindle back chairs squeaks when you
> sit back in it.  So he brought it to me to silence.  The thing is, I
> can't tell where the squeak comes from.  Short of tearing the whole back
> off and putting glue everywhere, what to do? 
> 
> Mike in Woodland



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Yorkshireman Galoot
in the most northerly county, farther north even than Yorkshire
IT #300