Nick
In Remembrance
Thanks Floorest .. Giving it a NY attitude ..
completed my first week of treatment last week .. Moving this weekend so i will be off line for a few more days ..
Usually just replace/repair the wood frames. You can spend $1000 for a Lazyboy and it is still made with crap wood.So yur an upholsterer too?
I learned on my own to repair chairs. My wife bought an expensive recliner that broke after about three months. I figured out that I could just cut new wood pieces in my shop and replaced the broken plywood with solid wood. Ash is the best but even pine is stronger than the original wood.I remember when we were looking for some good furniture and the store clerk told us that all their furniture was made from "jen-yu-wine" plywood. It was dismaying that they didn't have anything made from solid wood. $100 to fix an expensive chair sounds like a good deal. My late friend Cordell used to fix up furniture for his friend, Buddy. Buddy owns a furniture store that mostly does rent-to-own. He would bring Cordell stuff and give him a couple $ and then sell the furniture. I actually saw Buddy today. I was at the post office with my arms full of packages. He offered to help and took the top packages off the stack and carried them to my truck for me. He didn't say much but he gave me a hug afterward. One of these days we'll have to sit down and talk. Haven't seen him much since Cordell died and have seen him even less since his wife died.
I took my friend's fiance to the hair salon. She wasted $75 on getting it cut, dyed, and curled. Then she wasn't happy with how short it was when it was curled. The color really didn't even look different (except the roots were blended better). The girl wastes her $ on stuff like hair, nails, piercings, and tattoos. She has 3 tattoos and isn't really happy with any of them but wants to get more. She's a sweet kid but not the brightest bulb. It took about 2 hours for the whole hair thing and it turned out she didn't even bring $ with her when she knew they didn't take credit card so I had to drive her to Walmart so she could buy a soda & get cashback. She tried the ATM but it wouldn't go through.
I think my friend might be able to come back on Thursday for round 2 of the toilet repair. Fingers crossed that it will work.
I bought a Grizzly scroll saw. Would not run out of the box. Had to drive 100 miles to return it in person. They would not let me ship it.Hard to believe they make stuff so cheap. I have a friend that does a lot of body work. He bought a brake/press from Harbor Freight. Weighed a few hundred bounds. He broke the main bearing where the handle rotates. The bearing shattered and the pieces broke into chucks and powder. If that single bearing was made of good hardened metal, the machine would have lasted for decades. A good bearing material would have probably added a buck to the manufacturing cost. HF gave him his money back and said they had 5 others do the same thing.
I watched that fight when I was a kid. Maybe teenager.View attachment 8875 Kick ass Nick
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