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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| I've never had to do this | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | fastfwd | General discussion | |
| I've never had to do this sort of thing with furniture, but with car parts there are two ways it's done: 1) You take it to your local machine shop and pay them a few dollars to remove the old bushing and press in a new one. 2) If the part is small enough, you wait for your wife to go out of the house and then put the part in her oven and heat it to like 400 degrees F. Cast aluminum expands slightly more than bronze, and the heat will also weaken any Loctite that might have been used when the parts were originally assembled, so once it's been soaking in there for an hour or so you can pull it out and maybe have better luck punching the bushing out. And it'll be easier to press the new bushing in if you can do it while the aluminum base is still hot. However... I don't know whether there's anything in the chair base that might be damaged by the heat. If it's possible that there's something other than metal in that swivel assembly, or if the base is painted rather than anodized, it might not be a great idea to heat it. It'd be best in that case (and maybe best anyway) to just take it to a shop. | |||||
| Sorry tynellbuyer | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | Pegboard Modern | General discussion | |
| Sorry tynellbuyer I hate to disagree, but please whitespike if you want to continue to enjoy your chair, do not use 5 minute epoxy to repair your shockmount. It is too brittle when it dries and you will have the same problem down the road, only next time you will also be dealing with hard, dried epoxy as well as wood and rubber. You can repair it yourself, but you need the correct adhesive. I've used it before, though I can't recall the exact one, it's made by 3M (they make loads of different adhesives). I'm sure I have it written down somewhere, I'll see if I can find it. The key thing is that the adhesive needs to remain flexible after it dries. As I'm sure you know, the back on the DCM has a fair amount of flex and give when you are sitting in it. If you use an adhesive or glue that becomes hard or brittle, I'm afraid you will have the same problem. You can also send your back to Herman Miller, they don't charge that much for the repair and they will put a new shockmount on there for you. | |||||
| steamed and bent wood techniques (advice needed) | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | cadodream | General discussion | |
| Fellow woodworkers and addicts My stepfather and I need a little advice. Right now, he's working on a lounge chair and wants to try the steam and bent wood technique for the curved armrests. The first one he made (see thread "The last thing you made, part 3"), he cut the curved shape of the armrest directly into the solid lumber. No problem with convex shapes, but his tooling wouldn't allow him to design concave shapes. (Of course he can do concave if the shape of the armrest isn't curved) He thinks the wood must be steamed and bent before giving the piece its final shape (hence: no possible concave shapes either). But AFAIK, it's possible to cut the shape first, then steam and bend, then sand. Any advices and useful links appreciated. | |||||
| Thoughts | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Thoughts Certainly the bounce factor would be better with bamboo over concrete. And environmentally speaking unless high flyash and recycled aggregate is used for the concrete or 6-8 year plus growth bamboo is used, the impact is similar. However, I'd recommend you consider one very very important thing. Babies are only babies for a couple of years....after that you still have to live with your choice. If it we me I'd pick what I really wanted and set up contingencies for the munchkin. So if bamboo is what you really want then fine, if it's concrete, a few inexpensive area rugs will tie you over until the baby and beastie get beyond the wobbly stage. As for the courtyard, one of my absolute favorite design style is the square grid with grass or low growing herbs or moss between them. this can be done VERY cheaply if you use concrete squares, which you can buy of even make yourself with a frame. Lay down a sandbed, the concrete squares, some loam, the plants and tada! Like this only with grass in between: | |||||
| Oops, sorry, I should have | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Oops, sorry, I should have reviewed your initial post before asking if it could be a UK chair! One thing that that bugs me--the large exposed screw heads on the backrest at the sides of the chair frame. It doesn't make sense that the screws on the legs were recessed with (probably) wooden plugs to cover them, while the screws on the back were not. They're also Phillips head screws; usually when there are exposed fasteners on Danish furniture, they're hex or square type, I think. So assuming these are repair screws put in later, and that the originals were smaller and recessed and covered with plugs, then it makes the Buch connection more likely. If only to be an "inspired by" design. One of the screws is recessed but the other isn't--can't tell from the photos if the two screw heads are the same diameter. I'm guessing not. I doubt any of that is a clue to who designed or produced the chair, though. | |||||
| Evans, the original producer | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | TinyArmada | General discussion | |
| Evans, the original producer of the LCW before Herman Miller did production. (Sorry, too much Paul Evans on the brain I am afraid, can't edit that out - I have been doing a restoration on one). There is glue/epoxy used on the shock mounts to adhere them, as with all LCWs. The shock mounts have shrunk a little since the 40's. These are precision screws, 6 on each of the two areas around the holes. They are all on an angle I would say of about 15-20 degrees - they are all on the exact same precise angle. A machine did these screws a long time ago. It is not a "fix it up" job. I thought the same thing until I got into the nuts and bolts of it. These screws form part of the shock mounts original design. The material of the black shock mount had these screws in the mold before being poured - the black material has formed around the screws as opposed to being drilled out. | |||||
| Know your upholsterer | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | James Collins | General discussion | |
| Know your upholsterer Having recovered a number of mid century pieces over the years many are notiriously difficult. Others are quite simple. Saarinen chairs with the upholstered back will make you wish you'd bought them new. Brno chairs Knoll will TELL you are very difficult. That's bull. They come apart very neatly and it's just an L shaped frame to cover. The most important thing is find yourself a good upholsterer. Any good shop will be happy to give you a firm estimate if you send them good photos and dimensions of an unknown chair or just the name of a well known chair. They will also tell you how much fabric to buy. You can save a couple bucks if you get fabric yourself but don't skimp. Add $30-45 per yard for a good upholstery fabric. Add the upholstery estimate + fabric to the price of a used chair to know what it's really going to cost. | |||||
| form vs function | 1 Relevance | 23 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| form vs function This is probably along the same lines as the other thread. From and function are not mutually exclusive and they don't have to be. There are certain products where form becomes important and certain products where function is more important. I agree I would choose a life saving device that works over a life saving device that looks better but doesn't work as well. On the other hand I would rather drive a Corvette than a far better engineered BMW roadster simply because it is loads better to look at even if though they are priced close to each other. Individual perception is the only thing trhat decides whether we choose form over function or vice versa and this kind of renders this discussion pointless. If you think a Roadster looks better than a Vette in my opinion you should go for it and not have to defend your choice to anybody. BTW - For those who care, English is not my native language either and I am proud of it! | |||||
| NO NO NO YES NO YES | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | Gustavo | General discussion | |
| NO NO NO YES NO YES (I was just writing this to put it on the bling thread) NO NO NO YES NO YES Substance OR Bling May be you are not using the right words... And it also depends on our own definition (each definition for each one of us) of: Substance . n . Bling At a point, It,s like water and oil. I think that the blinger it is an object, the less substance it will have. women models comparison ,,inteligent models,, The more a man look at the body of the model, the less will listen what she says. : - ) Maybe that,s it, maybe sexy but not pornography. May be attractive design but not bling! Do we need bling? ---- On the other hand Now, I understand that there are people that need bling. Substance and style is new? Dc Wilson said ,, I do not think substance and bling is a new idea. Far from it. I think it is an old idea. ,, Which are the examples of the past are you talking about? Or are you talking about luxury? The Italians are teachers on this. Or may be this is something new.. Any good example of substance AND bling? Perhaps a Rolex? Other thing, one basic rule is: ,,first do, and then think,,, it,s sounds strange, but it works!, designers must do, and critics think if they want. I mean if you think/you fell it,s time to bling, let,s bling the world and see what happens! | |||||
| I rent too but am thinking of... | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | HPau | General discussion | |
| I rent too but am thinking of... I rent too but am thinking of doing some work anyway, like SDR I don't plan on moving anytime soon...I'm fairly handy and can cut down stuff from demolition yards, landlord would probabaly be pleased. I wonder if you could have some aluminium or stainless sheet folded to size and stick it down with silicone? Getting it cut around the sink would be the only real problem. The kitchen has changed a bit in the last 20 years, seems like its more of a formal or social area now, I prefer it as somewhere to relax and work in, in peace and quiet, with music and a drink. Can we stop with the Mid century modern thing? I know thats like spitting on the idol but its getting so nostalgic its just stupidly sentimental, good design is good design, if you have a look at images of the kitchen and bathroom in the villa Tugendhat its pretty obvious that not everything was so painfully self conscious,some things just are. | |||||
| Why are EZ chairs at CostCo not comfortable? | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| I just sat in a nearly $500 neomodernist chair and ottoman by Angellini. Its not very good looking, but what really bothers me is that it sits poorly. Question: why are low end chairs designed so uncomfortably? It wouldn't cost any more to design them to be comfortable, would it? This Angellini chair had tons of leather and tons of stitching, yet the back cushions created discomfort at the shoulder blades. It was not uncomfortable, because of materials and build quality. The build was quite faultless and the leather and foam was decent. The damn thing was poorly designed for the human body to sit in. How hard can this be to do? I can see why chairs at Costco may not be able to have the greatest looks, or the primo materials that will last forever, but how hard is it to make a comfortable EZ chair? | |||||
| I would not donate it it to... | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Starline | General discussion | |
| I would not donate it it to... I would not donate it it to a museum unless I knew they would keep it.Otherwise they will sell it and use proceeds on whatever they so choose. Could just do that yourself and help your own instead. My father has always kept a tally of whatever he has given us siblings over the years and kept it equal.All birthdays,xmas always exactly the same too which is just cash. I have heard many times of people who have worked their backsides off to make a normal life and buy a home and then the old parents feel sorry for the bludging,lazy son who does not own a house and wants to give it all to him.Poor boy it's not his fault. This is extremely insulting at the son or daughter who did and become the good hard working human you taught for so many years.Best way to lose the respect of you kids in one fell swoop who did the right thing by you and themselves.The bludging child would only think you a sucker.Even if not being mean it's just human nature. Give it to the one who loves it for what it is and not what it's worth. The others get a cheque and only for the equivalent trade or Ebay value of the pieces at low estimate and less 10% selling costs. | |||||
| I was a compulsive sketcher a... | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | HPau | General discussion | |
| I was a compulsive sketcher a... Love it 🙂 I was a compulsive sketcher as a kid, mostly houses,cars and spaceships, never people. Mad tree and cubby house builder too. Then dropped it in my early teens until my folks bought a lathe manufacturing business and discovered making pot smoking things in my fathers workshop (its something for...school) and then what really grabbed me was sitting in a library one day and seeing a picture of the Barcelona chair when I was about 21, this was before all the copies and when not every second cool young mother had an Eames chair. I very nearly bought a pair at the time from an antiques store for $1200, kicking myself now. Sad because its still a beautiful thing but familiarity really does breed contempt, well perhaps not but certainly boredom and indifference. These days its completely unknown objects lying in skips or parts of things that get me excited. | |||||
| Turkish | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | Sound & Design | General discussion | |
| Turkish "...fringing rainforest where I live (Our house adjoins a National Park). " Im so envious! Thats a portion of my dream. Owning a substantial amount of land boardering a larger park. Designing my modern, with splashes of tradtional, green home. A large barn nearby with an adjacent tower serving as a workhouse/guest house. A dream I work towards. On to your bathroom... Could you post a photo? *forgot to add... I have a thing for Turkish/Morrocan bathhouse style...but not overly lavish. Large swaths of solids in whites or toned down yellows. Throw in some ornate designs contrast with colbalt blues and earthy colors like greens, browns etc. You'll never want to leave the tub! | |||||
| Pigs! | 1 Relevance | 23 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Pigs! It's true that humans have a better color perception from any other mammal. Evolutionarily, it apparently helped our ancestor find berries and other foodstuffs. Interestingly, not to help them find game. That skill has to do with the perception of movement, which we aren't as good at. Watch your cat or dog staring at apparently nothing some time and you'll see that. But, here's an odd thing, you might think that our closest relatives, primates and other monkey-type creatures, would have vision that was close to ours in perceiving color. But, no, it's domestic pigs! And Brandon, yes, you've got it. White reflect all the lovely light, so that's what helps it brighten any space you put it in. You can also affect the tonality of the reflectance by using warm or cool whites. The lighting, incandescent, halogen, sodium, halides, and all that also play a big role in that they are imperfect imitators of natural sunlight. | |||||
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