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	Huh, you're right about the	1 Relevance	12 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	Huh, you're right about the welt. I wonder why they did that---it doesn't seem like it has any real affect on the finished look and I can't imagine that conserving yardage was that important on a high end chair like this...? Anyway, the wear shown in the photo below is exactly the kind of thing that bias cut welt helps minimize.
	Willing to part?	1 Relevance	13 years ago	systemofobjects	General discussion
	Willing to part? Leif, I've seen your scans- some just amaze me. Recently you posted a page from a Hvidt & Mølgaard section of a catalog. I think you put it up in the John Stuart table thread. It has a black and white diptych with a stretch of green overlay. That stuff makes me go crazy. Anyway- I do feel uncomfortable asking collectors questions like this, but powering through that, are you willing to part with any of your catalogs? Or, give me a tip on how to track them down. I love scans, but I'm much more interested in the physical thing.
	.	1 Relevance	13 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	. That's the spirit. When you know f ck all about someone make a load of baseless presumptions and publish them. FYI I drive a medium estate car, cycle 4000 miles a year (only a bit less than I drive) and just about every item I own buy (furniture, objects etc) is vintage. Onegroovy seems to use his 'ute' (I don't actually know what that means) principally for racing other macho retards. And can you find any statement by me in favour of big European cars? Of course not. The landfill thing was a joke btw, keeping a load of junk from the incinerator is I'm sure very laudable, even if that isn't his motive. Now go away.
	Follow-up	1 Relevance	14 years ago	J.J.	General discussion
	Follow-up Just saw your latest post and yeah, I would probably agree. There's patina and there's cause for concern. Would of been interesting to hear that feedback before I raced back to pick it up...I'm more on your side but have no idea what type of investment that would be along with repairing the spindle. Forget those rugrats. I have yet to have any of my own but I had dreams of even sitting with a grandchild in this thing. Absolutely agree with you. It's so beautiful. Timeless in so many ways. It's a house must. For the condition, it's still wonderfully stable except for that spindle and I'm hoping this will have a great story to tell.
	Not Hume	1 Relevance	15 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	Not Hume It's by some guy named Tim Peet who is part of a group called Eames Hack (link below). It doesn't look like you could whip the kid out of there very quickly, like if he was choking. And it doesn't look comfortable at all. A lot of things like that are considered when designing real high chairs, though admittedly most of the time the end result is ugly. The tray on that thing is also not at table height, which means it's not very useful if you dine at the same time as your kid. Different glides---they may have made more than one model. http://eameshack.blogspot.com/
	.	1 Relevance	15 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	. It works super! Not quite finished yet but basically it moves left to right and backwards and forwards on tongue and grooved boards and tracks. It cuts identical mortises for loose tenons Took a while to work out how to use it properly but going well now, very smooth movement after sprinking a little carborundum powder here and there and pushing backwards and forwards then shellacing the lot. Will finish the stoppping block and mount the bigger router in tomorrow. Sorry not the most exciting thing but I'm happy with it.
	.	1 Relevance	18 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	. Good to hear you're doing it! I'm sure woodturnings time will come again. The best thing is that you can use wood most furniture makers wouldn't even touch. I used to do it a lot when I was a teenager though as I discovered yesterday I'm a bit rusty now. Packed the base with concrete tiles to weigh it down but there is still a little vibration coming through a very poor tool rest. I'll post when I've done something decent on it if you do 🙂 I'm not usually that excited by bowl turning but I've allways thought that the profile of the Kosta Boda 'atoll' bowl would translate well into wood.
	the beloved is right wou...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	the beloved is right wou... the beloved is right would he not be better off going after a scammer rather than a lonely ebay seller trying to do the right thing. Ric is more than likely a attorney with no real practice , more than likely a fresh law graduate practicing his law skills, I doubt that the Senior Partner of Paul Wies, or Simpson Thather or Wiel Gotchel, would be wasting his time and efforts, more than likely a freshly minted attorney on a rainy Saturday wanting to look good for the Eames family throw him a bone folks,
	You've been lots of help!	1 Relevance	19 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	You've been lots of help! The whole shipping thing on eBay does sound like a problem, although it sounds like the purchaser can be made to take care of it . I appreciate all of the information. I started to wonder when I saw the comment about 'stickers'. There is nothing, at least not any more, on our table and chair set. They told us it was Saarinen when we bought it in 1969 but either there was nothing there, or we removed stickers long ago, but can't remember. I am starting to wonder if the set is a 'knock-off' and wouldn't want to try to fool anyone. We bought it from a very reputable (and expensive) Danish modern store in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. ...sheryl
	I think that it needs to ...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	I think that it needs to ... I think that it needs to be resized and that is by having a professional open it up and resew it, When you do this it will be like a tailor taking the sides of your sport coat in cause it droopes in the back, I know you have spent a lot of money to have it redone and it did not turn out the way you want, I would have some reputable upholster in your area do this, check with calico corner in your area, they can at least recommend someone who can do this minor work , don't let them talk you into any thing else as it can be salvaged. at a reasonable price. please keep me posted and a photo would be great to retroredo.com I think that might work to make you happy, glad to be able to help
	Hi Stephen..	1 Relevance	20 years ago	koen	General discussion
	Hi Stephen.. While you made better use of your time, the forum has been doing well. "b" is still around, at least I hope so, but with less colourful language as before. We still spend much time on "ID the designer, or... no matter how ugly the product is, I want to know who did this to us" very popular are still questions like:"how do I repair a broken window?" and one of the favorites is still: "Is the sun real or is it just a copy aimed at making money?..and how can I see the difference" But the most important thing is that nobody has lost the passion, nor the conviction that somehow well designed products...or at least well intended products contribute to happiness, especially when you "find" them. Welcome back
	white!	1 Relevance	22 years ago	deacon	General discussion
	white! my live/work studio is very close to that horrible knock-off store near chinatown. everytime i walk by it make me so mad! it's bad to copy, but it worst when you don't know what the ukfc you are doing! they just glue the base of the saarinen table to the mable top. the mable top is half as thick as it should be. the proportion is all wrong. can you imagine if eero saw this thing? i am not a snob i hope, but if something is out of your price point, look for something within then. it's 2004, there are plenty of good designs in all price points.
	Keep the concrete...use rugs	1 Relevance	17 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	Keep the concrete...use rugs Small humans are only small for a short time, your house will last much longer. Doesn't make any sense to design a house around a situation that lasts only a year or so. Just adapt when you need to. And kids bounce just as well off of concrete as they would off of any other hard surface. The difference between hardwoods and concrete won't be that big to them...they don't have far to fall anyhow. Lots of people have children with concrete floors. Indestructibility is a good thing!
	I UNDERSTAND	1 Relevance	19 years ago	azurechicken (USA)	General discussion
	I UNDERSTAND the desire for high key color and emphatic patterns...but a sofa is the "anchor" in a room.I think you might be carried away by the good deal aspect?A busy pattern might wear thin in time,on the largest piece in the room.I have a thing for eye popping cerise but I keep it to temporal flowers,no sofa covered in cerise flower prints ...Patterns are very personal,however,if you love it go for it!
	RE: Broken back teak arm chair	1 Relevance	4 years ago	Herringbone	Repair
	@browkin Oh boy. What you'd usually do is cut out the broken piece and replace it with a new piece of wood. But this seems to be a hard job with plywood. My first instinct therefore was to make a completely new backrest which is not an easy thing to do. Then I thought that glueing might be possible with epoxy, because it fills all the voids and cracks and is pretty strong. It also seems you have some surface there for the glue to work. But you'd have to make sure that the glue really goes everywhere, clamping would have to be just perfect. Will the repair be visible? I guess you upholster the backrest?