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	I got my Bose Wave II in the...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	whitespike	General discussion
	I got my Bose Wave II in the... I got my Bose Wave II in the mail yesterday. I cannot believe how much nice sound comes out of that little box. I am very pleased. I hadn't realized there was a model without a CD player. That's what mine is, I had assumed it would have one. Being that I only use my iPod and I got it for $250 including shipping, I am not concerned about it however. Honestly, the other has controls on the top, which would not work for where I would like to place mine anyway. Being a bass player, I am especially happy with how nice and punchy the bass is. Unbelievable from this tiny thing, actually. The best part is that I will definitely never miss the mess of wires this unit has done away with. RIP stupid wire bundle!
	I think the Ikea lamp	1 Relevance	18 years ago	LuciferSum	General discussion
	I think the Ikea lamp I think the IKEA lamp is a swing and a miss compared to the Jacobsen. I really like Ikea's Enetri shelving units - simple and clean. And if the shelves disintegrate I can always replace them with a more elegant material - like wood. Also a fan of the Malm series, but I think quality issues prevent it from being really great. The most interesting thing at Ikea (to me) are the little DIY Fira boxes - which bear an uncanny resemblance to the earliest Eames case goods (in looks alone) Photos: Enetri Eames Fira
	RE: Mobelfabrikken Toften	1 Relevance	5 years ago	Herringbone	General discussion
	@mark737 Toften was founded in 1946 by Knud Volmer Nielsen and Viggo Jensen in Randers. They specialized in sofa tables and were active at least well into the 70s. I have no idea about models or anything. What I find interesting - and what nobody else will - is that both founders changed their names sometime in the 50s/60s to Knud Volmer Munk and Viggo Neergard. If you ever do research on Danes, you should be aware of the fact that people liked to get rid of their generic Hansen/Jensen/Nielsen/Olsen names and that it was an easy thing to do. The government even encouraged them.
	Reproduction Chair	1 Relevance	22 years ago	DavidDC	General discussion
	Reproduction Chair I agree that, technically speaking, all chairs are reproductions. But the Knoll-manufactured Bertoia chairs seem more substantial. I've sat on non-knoll reproductions, and they don't seem as well built. The knoll chair is rock solid. And the funny thing is that a brand new bertoia chair from knoll costs virtually the same, if not less than, the non-knoll manufactured ones.
	Arco style Arc Lamp Replacement Pieces	1 Relevance	14 years ago	finderQ	General discussion
	Hello All. I was recently given an incomplete marble base Arco style arc lamp and was wondering if anyone knew of any place online that sells replacement parts? It looks like the lamp was going to be rewired at some point and they never finished the job. In the process they had to have lost or damaged parts of the arm and shade. What I am left with is the white marble block base and a portion of the arm that rises from the base just up until it starts to curve. Can anyone provide information on where, or even if, I can find a replacement arm and shade so I can rewire this thing? Thanks!
	thanks for the props tktoo	1 Relevance	11 years ago	seanmartin	General discussion
	thanks for the props tktoo i want to add some more photos but i will have to do them through my phone,haven't figured that one out yet. but i have a few.As for tips, a big one is the custom router base. all i did was remove the stock base and replace with a piece of plywood that i had sanded to ruffly the same ark as the panel,this greatly reduced the risk of routing through the whole mess. Also the core box router bit is a good call for around the edges. Just (as poach says) take your time. Little by little. This chair has five layers of ply and they are different colors so you can use them as a gauge when removing material. I went down to the last one before the veneer,i didn't want to go much deeper then that. Clamp everything as well. When working on the small broken off piece, i ended up finishing with a sharp chisel, that damn router is so violent,you can see i went out of the lines one the tip of the ear,of which i filled in. luckily that will be hidden. I also took tktoo advice and used the woven fiber glass. one more thing when you are routing is to gradually reduce the depth as you get to the edges, i am told that that helps the strength of the patch,load transfers and all that stuff. When i cut out the fiberglass i gradually made them larger because of the depth change so just match them up to how much material was removed at that particular strata. Have plenty of pieces cut out before you start and WEAR GLOVES. I think i put maybe twelve layers of fiberglass in there. Mask everything off that you don't want that resin on,nasty stuff,you might want to do that outside. Oh and when i got the two pieces cleaned up i was worried about fitting them together and maintaining the proper ark but luckily there was enough material on either edge that matched up,so i glued and clamped them together so they were mated and solid before the fiberglass. Just take your time with the fiberglass but work swiftly. mix small amount of resin and use the lesser amount of hardener to increase working time. I took two batches to complete the job. Well that is where I am at the moment. I need to get some p7 epoxy,that seems like the recommended adhesive. One more thing that tktoo recommended was to make a template for where the shock mount is located,this will save you time in the end. i will post more pictures later.
	Taking a break...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	All, You know I love this place. It's been a classroom, a debate club and a playpen all rolled up into one and I have really enjoyed being here. I've been trying like heck to make time to do some blogging but I am up to my ears in this 'selling the house' thing and I just can't get the blogging done. Additionally, I've been having a hard time lately making myself understood during discussions and keep getting labeled as a 'bee-ach' and that hurts. Besides, I'm just too overloaded to take time out of my day to defend my words to folks that over-analyze them. So I'm going to take a bit of a hiatus and come back after my move. I will stop in and post the link to my home's online virtual tour once my realtor posts it. I know there were folks who wanted to see it. Be well, see you in a few months.
	It's a vintage rug, it's fine	1 Relevance	10 years ago	objectworship	General discussion
	It's a vintage rug, it's fine to just live with edges a bit gray. If it bothers you it may be because your surroundings are too clean. Cleanliness is somewhat overrated. Think of the spiders. Where are they supposed to live if they keep getting their webs torn down? Be compassionate. I find that WET dirt is much worse than dirt- dirt can be vacuumed easily. Non-rinse detergents leave things full of soapy horrible smelling perfumes... If your rug were covered in cat piss or something then you might do well to submerge it in some sort of a bath but I don't think you're anywhere close to that now... just vacuum the thing, spot clean with a damp sponge if needed and enjoy it
	SDR	1 Relevance	19 years ago	barrympls	General discussion
	SDR It does look like the MOMA repainted it. John bought the model with alot of paint and he was whitling down the excess paint with a sharp knife, but never got it finished. I remember there was some red paint too. Yes, Decca did the right thing. The other models were farm houses...including the land area. john Rothermel was from Minneapolis (me, too) and lived in San Francisco from 1967 through 1975, where he ended starring in the infamous performance group, The Cocketes. After the group broke up, he did a very successful cabaret act. He was a wonderful singer and turned me on to 1920's and 1930's music.
	https://www.designaddict.com	1 Relevance	9 years ago	Spanky	Identification
	https://www.designaddict.com/cdn/farfuture/DYBRSYgNKzptdv349Vt2mVFkRWGfk_... That's the photo in the original size (which I got to by double clicking on the image and selecting "open image in new window", then zooming in). Looks like a tinted lacquer on the frame, unless those light scuffs are latex wall paint, maybe. But the wood kind of has that obscured grain look that you get when the finish has pigment in it. There are some Norwegian and maybe some German lounge chairs that have an upholstered seat with those particular curves, which I think are usually due to sinuous springs, but tinted lacquer is not so much a Norwegian thing. At least I don't think so. I would lean a bit towards UK production but more pics would help.
	RE: This topic doesn't exist or you don't have permissions to see that.	1 Relevance	8 years ago	Herringbone	General discussion
	I don't know. I don't find it particularly hard to navigate (at least not from a desk top computer) and I appreciate that the team is trying to improve things. But I still have to get used to the new user interface. I guess, that is always the thing with relaunches, but this place used to feel like home, and it doesn't anymore. The break was a bit hard. And of course, there are still issues (technical?) that should have been solved weeks ago, probably before shutting down the old forum. Many of the threads from the last couple of month are still missing, probably many of the old ones, too. The old timers thread is also gone which obviously bummed many of the old timers out. I still check in daily, but this place seems emptied out now. This is my main concern: The forum can't reach its former glory again without the regular users.
	True for most epoxies	1 Relevance	14 years ago	TinyArmada	General discussion
	True for most epoxies Yes, most epoxy will yellow. However, some will not, there has been quite a leap in the last 18 months and it is still taking time for the products to seep out into the market. This epoxy has a rating of several hundred degrees, while some if not most are subject to lower temps - the new products were made due to the obvious nature of kitchens and bars where temps like hot coffee, plates and searing food should be expected to come into contact with the surfaces. The coating done was only 1 mm in thickness, and yes, there are epoxy coatings that can be very thick. I guess the right thing to do will be to post up the data on the maker of the epoxy, but even then, I would totally understand someone hesitating to use it.
	Au contraire!	1 Relevance	17 years ago	william-holden-...	General discussion
	Au contraire! While the Jacobsen Cylinda ashtray lacks the familiar channel that many designs have, its depth & shape allow a burning cigarette to sit, ignored, more stably even than the Brandt design. Gravity makes such a channel unnecessary. The pivot's the real beauty part, though-- the force created by a half spin causes the top piece to revolve 2-3 times, completely emptying itself effortlessly. Plus, it's just a lovely thing to watch-- a stainless steel half-sphere spinning perfectly within a stainless steel cylinder.
	What would we do without a big TV...Talk?	1 Relevance	19 years ago	GrasshopperModern	General discussion
	What would we do without a big TV...Talk? I agree with over staturation of crap replicas. The sad thing is they are usually more than double what you can get the original for. Perfect example...Harry Bertoia. Ebay has basically ruined the coolness of Bertoia pieces with all the absolutely rediculous repros of side chairs and bar stools. But back to your probably rhetorical question that I am answering anyway with another question no doubt (very Socratic method). What possibly could be better than sitting on your PK couch with your repro barcellona chairs on each side, drinking an imported beer and watching your giant financed 50" Plasma?
	thanks for responses... I	1 Relevance	19 years ago	farah	General discussion
	thanks for responses... I will think seriously about the maui chair. i've like the bertoia for a while but didn't feel it would work. but based on the photos it might. builder-- i kinda like my place with the lines. the only thing that rectangular are the tables. otherwise, the couch is actually rounded to match the curvature of the windows. but i think i can understand what you mean. there's barely anything in the space. once i have some more art, photos, rugs i'm sure it will be warmer. keep the suggestions coming! i have committed to a dinner party just to motivate myself to buy chairs within the next month. score: 2 for maui, 1 for bertoia, 1 DWC, 1 for panton how about the originally idea of the mademoiselle? strikes anyone as a good idea?