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    Default Lookiong for metal working in/near my post code 3146

    Metal workers,
    Is it worth my time to repair this?

    Purchased only a few months ago for $135AU.
    Seller will not respond.

    Can you fix this?
    Is it worth repairing.

    Thanks to all who respond in advance.


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    Barry G. Sumpter
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    Unfortunately I’d say not worth fixing.
    If it’s cracked in that many places in such a short time it’s either poor material, poor design or overloaded (or a combination of all 3)

    Steve

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    Those parts look like they're made from plastic, as Steve mentioned, "Unfortunately I’d say not worth fixing."
    Would probably cost more to fix and all probability fail again.
    Kryn
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    Hi Barry,

    What is it? A gas lift chair/stool or a piece of exercise equipment maybe?? I can't imagine it would attach to a Triton product.

    The close ups are great but I can't identify the item ,easily. A bit of back story with how,why when and where might help help attract a volunteer.

    It looks like crap plastic. Why I ask, is that, maybe it could be copied and remade using using thicker gauge steel and "made with skill and care."

    I had to say that as I saw those very words on a carton that contained a self assembled stool kit in Amart. I been sniggering all day.

    Of course we know the country of origin.

    Grahame

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    Chair base waste of time, been there done that it will just crack in another area, the steel is made from some type of hard brittle stuff, an entire new chair will cost less than the electricity and the welding consumables.

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    i would weld it back together, and add extra steel. make it stronger.

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    You may have an avenue for recompense if you paid by credit card or PayPal or if it was bought on ebay.

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    Thanks to all.

    It's a gas lift chair.
    Shame on me.
    My back was bothering me so much.
    I put it off for so long looking for a good price on an executive ergonomic chair that never eventuated.
    I ended up just purchasing the cheapest and closest on a long weekend Sunday.
    Was certainly relieved the first few months before it started breaking down.
    Shame on me.

    Like Mick21 mentioned.
    Was hoping to get it welded with thicker metal.

    But reads like its not worth the effort.


    Quote Originally Posted by bob ward View Post
    You may have an avenue for recompense if you paid by credit card or PayPal or if it was bought on ebay.
    Been there. Done that. They won't respond.
    They were very quick to reply that it wasn't their chair.
    But I replied showing them the receipt - they won't respond.
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    I've repaired several cheap chairs and strengthened the parts but they then all just broke in other places.
    The same happened to a cheap exercise bike as well.
    Most office chairs are junk and you get what you pay for.
    I paid over $300 for my last chair back in about 2001 and it lasted for 16 years (120kg+ many hours each day) and I finally bent the back support beyond repair and replaced it with MILs old office chair but its starting to get wonky.

    Reminds me of the office chairs in the Arab Oil Exporting Corporation building in Kuwait. It's a 10 storey building and it contains ~3000 chairs and they are all identical - from the chairs in the 6 board rooms to the ones used by parking attendants in the basement. Covered in green leather over a stainless steel frame made in German - they cost 2000 Euros each and 25 years old but they look brand new.

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    Default Lookiong for metal working in/near my post code 3146

    Good office chairs are expensive, but cheap ones aren't worth a knob of goat poo.
    My wife recently got supplied a new ergonomic chair for work. Cost was somewhere in the realm of $700-800 and I know there's no way I could justify that sort of money for a chair at home unless I was earning money with it.

    I can definitely recommend the Aussie "Fineseat" brand chairs, as my butt has been parked on the same one (as in THE same one) for 10-12hrs a day for the last 15 years at work. Real steel, real welds, real comfy (at least for my bent body), and if you've got a dodgy back you definitely have to think about it before you pick one up off the floor as they have some weight to them.
    Here's a photo of underneath it as a comparison with yours:



    If you can find somewhere local that deals in used offfice/commercial furniture go and pay them a visit and test drive a few chairs. You should be able to pick up a quality chair for a fraction of what they cost new. Particularly if you're not fussed too much about colour or slight wear and tear. When you find one that fits you, throw it on its back and check carefully for any sign of cracking around joints particularly where the gas strut attaches to the center, and where the structure of the base attaches to the seat itself.
    If the screws/bolts aren't all matching then reject it and find another as there's a good chance its got issues that have been *fixed.

    Steve

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    Thanks heaps gents.

    Really appreciate all the quick support.

    Had talked the lady into going in halves on a $500 chair.


    Found this one instead.

    $100

    https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/mari...irs/1248966588

    And feels really nice when I sit in it.

    Not one of those uncomfortable make do cause it's inexpensive chairs.
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    I there any way to recycle any part of the chair?

    $28.50 to tip a single chair.
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    Quote Originally Posted by barrysumpter View Post
    I there any way to recycle any part of the chair?

    $28.50 to tip a single chair.
    Hi Barry

    What about using the base to make up a portable shop stand. Chop the rest up into bits the wheely bin can take.

    I had one that I removed the castors from and used it as a out feed support for the bandsaw.

    It doubles up as similar support for when something to be drilled is too long for the drill press. The adjustable gas lift lift works fairly well.

    Notice that I wrote had. Those that have sons that borrow things will understand what I mean.



    Grahame

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    That's a great idea, Grahame. I picked up a base from one and welded a plate to the top, using it as a seat, as it's an ideal height for working on trailers, that are on high trestles.
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    I have the base of a heavy old old pre gas strut swivel office chair with a long square thread for height adjustment. It now wears an MDF circle instead of the chair seat. It is very handy when painting or repainting things like metal garden furniture. It is much easier on an 80 something year old back to stand erect in one place and take advantage of the more comfortable height, and to rotate the item being painted instead of having to walk round it. Works well either using a brush or spray gun.

    The gas strut height adjustment from a modern chair would be even more convenient. I saw a Rolls Royce version of this once using the base of a barber's chair. The heavier base allowed larger items to be handled, though at the cost of being less portable, and the extra easy height adjustment range would have been welcome. I never did find an old barber's chair at a sensible price though.

    Frank.

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