On Mar 5, 8:19 am, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
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> > On Mar 4, 5:40 pm, "Windwatcher" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I have a dining room chair with a lattice back made of wood strips
> >> approximqtely 1" wide and about .15 mm. thick in a light finish. Some of
> >> the strips are broken and I can see how to repair the back, but I can't
> >> locate any strips. Any suggestions? I can send a photo of the chair.
>
> >> Thanks in advance.
>
> > Your local lumberyard or home center will have something similar to
> > 1/4" x 1" called, funnily enough, lattice. Glue two of them together
> > and you have 12 mm, glue a piece of veneer or two in between to make a
> > sandwich 15 mm.
>
> That would be .15 mm not 15 mm. And I am guessing probably 1.5 mm LOL
Well, we've all seen ladder back (apparently aka lattice back) chairs,
so you know what the OP is talking about. The thing I found curious
wasn't the odd bracketing of the 15mm with periods, but the use of
inches and mm in the same piece of wood. I don't like to _measure_
and now I have to do conversions on _one_ piece of wood...? Hoo boy.
R
On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:40:11 -0800, Windwatcher wrote:
> I have a dining room chair with a lattice back made of wood strips
> approximately 1" wide and about .15 mm. thick in a light finish. Some
> of the strips are broken and I can see how to repair the back, but I
> can't locate any strips. Any suggestions? I can send a photo of the
> chair.
>
> Thanks in advance.
Maybe something like this? Tech data states real wood, no backing and
either face out. 1/28" - 1/40" thick products available. Available at
most veneer suppliers.
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?Offerings_ID=1224
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=2214&cs=1
See the "applause" chair for use example;
http://www.marcykingdesigns.com/portfolio.php
Another weaving source;
http://basketmakers.com/topics/bytechnique/chairseating/chairseatmenu.htm
On Mar 4, 5:40 pm, "Windwatcher" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a dining room chair with a lattice back made of wood strips
> approximqtely 1" wide and about .15 mm. thick in a light finish. Some of
> the strips are broken and I can see how to repair the back, but I can't
> locate any strips. Any suggestions? I can send a photo of the chair.
>
> Thanks in advance.
Your local lumberyard or home center will have something similar to
1/4" x 1" called, funnily enough, lattice. Glue two of them together
and you have 12 mm, glue a piece of veneer or two in between to make a
sandwich 15 mm.
R
On Mar 5, 4:25 pm, PCPaul <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:45:45 -0800, RicodJour wrote:
>
> > Well, we've all seen ladder back (apparently aka lattice back) chairs,
> > so you know what the OP is talking about. The thing I found curious
> > wasn't the odd bracketing of the 15mm with periods, but the use of
> > inches and mm in the same piece of wood. I don't like to _measure_ and
> > now I have to do conversions on _one_ piece of wood...? Hoo boy.
>
> Very common over here in the UK. Although we officially went metric
> nearly 40 years ago, road signs and speed limits are still imperial. Cars
> still do so many miles per gallon. (A proper gallon, though).
>
> Lumber is still sold planed to 2x4 but in metric sizes so you actually
> buy 2.4m of 96x44mm instead of an 8' 2x4. Ridiculous. And around $10
> apiece for not-so-good pine as well, in small quantities :-(
Yes, I understand that, but I've never seen a 2"x96mm and wondered
about the OP. Did he use two tape measures? Convert in his head?
These things keep me up at night. ;)
R
On 5 Mar, 16:25, PCPaul <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:45:45 -0800, RicodJour wrote:
>
> > Well, we've all seen ladder back (apparently aka lattice back) chairs,
> > so you know what the OP is talking about. =A0The thing I found curious
> > wasn't the odd bracketing of the 15mm with periods, but the use of
> > inches and mm in the same piece of wood. =A0I don't like to _measure_ an=
d
> > now I have to do conversions on _one_ piece of wood...? =A0Hoo boy.
>
> Very common over here in the UK. Although we officially went metric
> nearly 40 years ago, road signs and speed limits are still imperial. Cars
> still do so many miles per gallon. (A proper gallon, though).
>
> Lumber is still sold planed to 2x4 but in metric sizes so you actually
> buy 2.4m of 96x44mm instead of an 8' 2x4. Ridiculous. And around $10
> apiece for not-so-good pine as well, in small quantities :-(
re: And around $10 apiece for not-so-good pine as well, in small
quantities
So your wood is measured in metric but your cash is measured in
dollars? <g>
On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:51:56 -0800, DerbyDad03 wrote:
> On 5 Mar, 16:25, PCPaul <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Lumber is still sold planed to 2x4 but in metric sizes so you actually
>> buy 2.4m of 96x44mm instead of an 8' 2x4. Ridiculous. And around $10
>> apiece for not-so-good pine as well, in small quantities :-(
>
> re: And around $10 apiece for not-so-good pine as well, in small
> quantities
>
> So your wood is measured in metric but your cash is measured in dollars?
> <g>
;-) No, cash is measured in £'s but I know you leftpondians have trouble
with 'math' (and spellyng) so I almost-doubled it for you.
Having said that, for IT stuff and gadgets we pay £1 per $1 anyway by the
time it gets here :-(
And petrol is over £1 a *litre* now - $7.50+ per US Gallon.
On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:45:45 -0800, RicodJour wrote:
>
> Well, we've all seen ladder back (apparently aka lattice back) chairs,
> so you know what the OP is talking about. The thing I found curious
> wasn't the odd bracketing of the 15mm with periods, but the use of
> inches and mm in the same piece of wood. I don't like to _measure_ and
> now I have to do conversions on _one_ piece of wood...? Hoo boy.
>
Very common over here in the UK. Although we officially went metric
nearly 40 years ago, road signs and speed limits are still imperial. Cars
still do so many miles per gallon. (A proper gallon, though).
Lumber is still sold planed to 2x4 but in metric sizes so you actually
buy 2.4m of 96x44mm instead of an 8' 2x4. Ridiculous. And around $10
apiece for not-so-good pine as well, in small quantities :-(
"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mar 4, 5:40 pm, "Windwatcher" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have a dining room chair with a lattice back made of wood strips
>> approximqtely 1" wide and about .15 mm. thick in a light finish. Some of
>> the strips are broken and I can see how to repair the back, but I can't
>> locate any strips. Any suggestions? I can send a photo of the chair.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> Your local lumberyard or home center will have something similar to
> 1/4" x 1" called, funnily enough, lattice. Glue two of them together
> and you have 12 mm, glue a piece of veneer or two in between to make a
> sandwich 15 mm.
>
> R
That would be .15 mm not 15 mm. And I am guessing probably 1.5 mm LOL
In article <[email protected]>, "Windwatcher" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have a dining room chair with a lattice back made of wood strips
>approximqtely 1" wide and about .15 mm. thick in a light finish. Some of
>the strips are broken and I can see how to repair the back, but I can't
>locate any strips. Any suggestions? I can send a photo of the chair.
".15 mm thick" ? Zero-point-one-five millimeters? Less than 6/1000 of an inch?
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, "Windwatcher"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>I have a dining room chair with a lattice back made of wood strips
>>approximqtely 1" wide and about .15 mm. thick in a light finish. Some of
>>the strips are broken and I can see how to repair the back, but I can't
>>locate any strips. Any suggestions? I can send a photo of the chair.
>
> ".15 mm thick" ? Zero-point-one-five millimeters? Less than 6/1000 of an
> inch?
Why not just use paper? It's a wood product and about the right thickness
jc
On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:40:11 -0800, "Windwatcher" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I have a dining room chair with a lattice back made of wood strips
>approximqtely 1" wide and about .15 mm. thick in a light finish. Some of
>the strips are broken and I can see how to repair the back, but I can't
>locate any strips. Any suggestions? I can send a photo of the chair.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
http://www.refinishfurniture.com/cat_wicker.htm
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, "Windwatcher"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>I have a dining room chair with a lattice back made of wood strips
>>approximqtely 1" wide and about .15 mm. thick in a light finish. Some of
>>the strips are broken and I can see how to repair the back, but I can't
>>locate any strips. Any suggestions? I can send a photo of the chair.
>
> ".15 mm thick" ? Zero-point-one-five millimeters? Less than 6/1000 of an
> inch?
that could explain why they are broken. someone sneezed hard on them.