I'm glad what I thought was a very non-Alfa topic turned into a technical one which might be of value to some or many of you. I'll admit Joe's explanation went whoosh over my head, but I'll read through it a few more times to see if I can logic through it.
The Eames chair is up and running with two new (I'm changing the term) pads which are glued down with the 2-part Loctite glue and I did use two pins per pad (thank you Brian for the suggestion - obviously tape on the drill bit was needed). The plywood is only 5/16" thick so the pins aren't in very deep, but I can only assume they're glued in pretty well since I had a fair amount of glue squish out the sides. I'll add here that when I showed the fellow next door, who is an excellent wood craftsman, the lower back section with veneer and pad glued in, and told him what glue I used, he pulled out a tube of 1-part Loctite glue. Saying that whenever he needed a piece to hold really well, that is what he used. So I feel much better regarding my choice of adhesive. To try to explain what how the pads work try to visualize the slightly curved bottom piece as curving upward at the ends so that they're about hip high. A pad is glued to these upward sections. A fairly heavy curved metal piece screws onto the threaded holes of the pads. This metal piece also extends backward where there are two more holes per side where the lower back rear wood piece is attached to the same type of pad at the curved in corners. Just to finish out the chair, there is an additional curved wood portion above the lower one to support the upper back. They're attached together by two cast pieces with large screws which go through smaller round hard rubber pads (not glued in). The padded arms are attached to the upper curved metal sections. The base is a heavy cast piece with 5 arms and swivels. The seat and two back pieces have easily detachable heavily padded 'cushions' covered in leather. I'll add that the seat itself is angled backward roughly 10 degrees and the back an additional ten degrees. Meaning a fair amount of weight (depending on the size of the sitee) is, ahem, pulling a fair amount at the four hard rubber and metal pads. Or...you could just google Eames lounge chair and ottoman now that you know where the mostly hidden pads are. Thank you all and do have marvelous Holidays. Biba Irwindale, CA USA -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
