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15/02/2009 6:18 pm

Hello all,

I just bought two Greige Zenith DAX's in beautiful condition. They are both on zinc plated X-bases and have the early 'Domes of Silence' glides.

The glides look to be all original and they're in amazing condition for their age. I have never seen examples in such perfect condition and first I though they must have been replaced at some point, but then I noticed that the metal do have small oxidized spots and that the rubber is somewhat dry.

I intend to use the chairs on an everyday basis and don't want to worry about ruining the early glides, should I ever decide to sell the chairs. Does anyone have any experience of removing the original glides off and replacing them with the boot type glides? Can it be done without ruining them?

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15/02/2009 6:45 pm

Hello,
darkness, my old friend.

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15/02/2009 7:10 pm

what was that Barry?
what was that Barry?

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15/02/2009 7:12 pm

was my post blank or what?...
was my post blank or what? (I can see it at least...)

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15/02/2009 7:20 pm

I'd like to talk with you...
I'd like to talk with you again.

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15/02/2009 7:47 pm

Your "Domes of silence"
name reminded me of the opening line of Simon & Garfunkel's hit "The Sounds Of Silence"....remember? (It was a harmless joke, bub)

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15/02/2009 8:18 pm

Screw in?
I have not seen these glides in person, but I thought that they might screw into the legs?

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15/02/2009 8:33 pm

I've had
I've had trouble getting the domes-of-silence glides out of early DCMs. One one the screw snapped right off and thats when I stopped fiddling with them. In good news, the two glides that were left on the chair have held up amazingly since I got them in 2005.

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15/02/2009 9:17 pm

Domes of Silence ...
ah, -now I get it!
When Whitespike added to Barry's first words, I still didn't get it... I just wondered if I'd missed something essential and it started to freak me out... -Now, I'm back on track!
Ok, maybe I should just leave the glides on then... I read on Eamesoffice that the reason they were replaced with the boot glides by Herman Miller in the early 1950's, was that 'the Domes of Silence had a tendency to snap off, or fall off'. That's why I was a bit worried about destroying them myself. Especially since I've got a nice pair with all 8 glides intact...
Thanks all!

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15/02/2009 10:14 pm

Thanks for taking the joke
in the way it was intended.
Sometimes, titles of threads just get me to thinkin'.
By the way, It's "Hello darkness, my old friend. I've come to talk to you again".

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16/02/2009 1:26 am

Sound(s) of Silence
Sorry for going off topic, but I made the same association as Barry when I first read the thread title. I thought it was a S&G reference. Here is a live recording of the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaSFzp6IDgw

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