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	.	1 Relevance	17 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	. I've played with the slats before, its good stuff and there are mountains of it at blind manufacturers, they reject stuff that I can see nothing wrong with, oh well their loss is my gain. Its 3mm thick and doesn't bend to a very small radius, 190mm is the smallest I've pushed it to, and the dreaded black handed polyglue is the only thing it seems to like that I'm prepared to use. I think the Ulm study might be ok, I'm just not sure, it also depends on the adhesive and as you say its felxibility. I've used a rigid and flexible urea formaledhyde before on some bentwood stools and although it takes hours longer to cure I always prefered the flexible stuff. I saw a video many years ago of the Paimio chair being made, I can't recall it exactly but it looked like it was done with hot steel rollers rather than conventional molding, it was very interesting and I'd love to know more about Arteks process if anyone has any information. No time to play with the cedar today unfortunately, getting organised and doing wonderfully exciting stuff like patching drywalling and carpentry takes precedence, blah. If you can get hold of the Birkhauser book 'timber construction manual' its worth a look, some fantastic stuff in there though a lot of it is over the top of my head, it shows some pretty innovative European and Japanese work from the 60's to now and is very inspiring sowing such thing as double helix viewing platforms and stunning laminated beams spanning entire sports stadiums.
	Unique Bedroom nightstands and furniture ID - please help + Sun Glow Smart Trend Furniture	1 Relevance	12 years ago	Mirna Minkoff	Identification
	Hi:I recently aquired two sets of bedroom furniture suites from an amazing mid-century designed house that still had almost all of its original furnishings. The problem is I can't ID or find anything out about my favorite set. I've been working with mid century furniture for years and have never had this much trouble even finding a lead or a hint on a bedroom furniture design. I'm posting photos of the nightstands first, but I hopefuly can add some photos of the matching dressers later. The nightstand with the nice white metal, with enamel coating, knobs is the set that has me completely stumped and I'm most curious about. No labels whatsoever still attached, but there are remnaments of one being there. The low dressers that came with the set were connected with a white laminate top so it made a smart counter/ dressing table inbetween the two pieces. The pieces are very well made, solid wood. The other set of nightstands, with the brass tips on the legs does have a label. It was made by "Sun Glow" and the name of the line is 'Smart Trend" which was introduced in 1955. I've been able to find out little about this company other than it existed in Ohio and NJ from the late 1920's until at least the 1960's. (Their big years seem to be in the1930's and 40's when they were a very big company) I've found one or two other obscure pieces by the company onine, but nothing about them. I did discover that Sun Glow was contracted to make all the dressers for the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas in 1961 when suites were being updated and remodeled.. (There was a lawsuite between the designer, the hotel and Sun Glow so that's how I was able to find out some of the details.) I figure I might only ever know that "sun glow" made the second set, and that's fine. I figure at least adding the info above might help someone else in the future researching the company or any maybe any additional info about the company can be added to the thread later. But I'm very curious about the first, unlabeled nightstand and dressers. The crafstmanship and other details tell me it is not made by Sunglow - they are too different in too many respects in regard to production. I really love the small white knobs on these nightstands, and figure they maybe the key to figuring out who made them. I swore I had seen these exact knobs befoe, but when I go back through all my references and search onlie I come up blank. Any help or ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks.
	Looking for Lamp ID help...geometric shaped lamp	1 Relevance	15 years ago	NULL NULL	Identification
	hopefully this thing loads properly. anyway if any of you know what the heck kind of lamp this is, I would appreciate any input. iʻm pretty sure its made of teak as well. thanks.
	How to care for jacaranda wood	1 Relevance	16 years ago	Miranda	General discussion
	I wonder how to clean and care for furniture made of jacaranda. The chair I have bought needs to be cleaned - the armrests are greasy where people have probably rested their hands (if I rub lightly with a moist cloth in this spot the fat/dirt turns into little grainy dirt-flakes. If I do the same thing elsewhere, nothing comes away).
	Shepherd Caster is a big	1 Relevance	10 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	Shepherd Caster is a big company that has supplied casters to many different furniture companies for decades, so that isn't something you can go on. The veneered plastic covers on the base do not sound like the kind of thing Knoll would ever use on anything. I think you should just list the chairs as mid-century modern office chairs and leave it at that.
	My fantasy is that the Donald	1 Relevance	11 years ago	Spanky	Off topic
	My fantasy is that the Donald gets elected and runs the country for 6 months---long enough to do some worldwide damage and make an utter FOOL of himself for real, not just in bloviating talk---and then we kick him out (and this is the part where fantasy really takes over) we rewind and start over on election day with someone else. It would have to be the whole thing, obviously.
	Hi spanky!	1 Relevance	11 years ago	Mark	General discussion
	Hi spanky! Yes, but the store wanted to send the painting out so that the old frame would get a full hysterectomy, and the canvas a simple DNC. The odd thing is that they have yet to charge my AX. The store offers complimentary installation...I'll take a snappy then, probably next week. Also, I really like my shorts today. Hi. Fondly, Aunt Mark
	Although...	1 Relevance	13 years ago	objectworship	General discussion
	Although... "conditioning" is moisturizing via probably silicone and waxes, which are actually practically never desirable this is probably not the right category for slimy surface treatments, it's not the stupid 10 year old leather "Chippendale Style" thing that you slather silicone all over leif's mention of the concept of restoration vs. conservation is very sensible
	I think your partner is very...	1 Relevance	13 years ago	leif ericson - Zephyr Renner	General discussion
	I think your partner is very... I think your partner is very likely right in calling that a light box. As in for examining slides, photo negatives, and that sort of thing. I am curious if it is original. Does it lift out? And are the cut edges seen from underneath, or after lifting it out look straight clean and crisp, as they would look from the factory? Or do they perhaps look to be executed on a bandsaw post hoc?
	...	1 Relevance	13 years ago	Eameshead	General discussion
	... You have a big heart Mark. Pretty hilarious story. I am imagining you stuffing it into your closet as I type... It was very nice of you to bid on that thing. I'm sure it was a worthy cause. Are those.... ELVES? What was Curtis Jere thinking? Not that I am a big fan to begin with, but this is pretty weird. I know there is a haiku in there somewhere... but I don't dare. Perhaps a limerick from ChairLove?
	Vatne sofa and chairs	1 Relevance	15 years ago	Henrik	General discussion
	Vatne sofa and chairs Hi, I have resently inherited the sofa you are looking for. It is a four seater in olive green/ brown colour. I also have two low-backed chair and footstool. Have to sell due to limited space. Only minor thing is that the jewels are located in Norway. Just to tempt you 😉
	Eh?	1 Relevance	16 years ago	Lunchbox	General discussion
	Eh? His feedback rating is 46. And he's only sold the high dollar stuff as promo "event" type bollocks a couple years back which doesn't require him shipping or any of that sort of thing. And if he can't get to 50 without a couple of blips on the radar, you guys can bid away as far as I'm concerned. But I'll be having none of it.
	Perhaps you could haggle the price down some,	1 Relevance	17 years ago	william-holden-...	General discussion
	Perhaps you could haggle the price down some, since the seller's missing vital hardware. It could prove a simple thing to recreate... or it could be difficult and costly. Paying even less would buffer the pain if it proves difficult, and let's face it-- there probably aren't a lot of potential buyers vying for the privilege.
	Before I clicked the link	1 Relevance	17 years ago	Modern Love	General discussion
	Before I clicked the link I was expecting to hate them, as I did with the new color LCWs. But to my surprise, they don't seem that bad at all to me. The yellow looks like your typical vintage bubble from a smoker's home. The soft blue, I actually find quite pleasing. Hmmmm, perhaps I'm losing some of my typical cynicism, which is a good thing.
	.	1 Relevance	17 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	. just read the new link, health and safety procedures are a peculiar thing. It seems, in the workplace at least, that they are only adhered to when its conveneint, if a big order comes through it all goes out the window. Thats my experience anyway. I cringe typing this on this here but 2 plaster of paris threads would be odd. Anyone know anything about the best way to reinforce the plaster (for wall panels and the like) and to paint?