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   RSRose | Aug 16, 2002 12:35am | #1

   Fix? You're going to fix that chair? Replace the back, more likely, either with a bent laminating technique or a shaped piece. Hate to see your friend's head!

   And don't get in any arguments with that one!

   Good luck,

   Rich

   
   

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   Edited 8/15/2002 5:38:18 PM ET by Rich Rose

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   StanleyNiemiec | Aug 16, 2002 06:08am | #2

   Rich is right  --  there is no repairing of that back.  It will require a new back because anyway that you cut and join into it to insert a replacement piece will create a weak spot.  My first question would be  --  "Can it be replaced?"  Has she contacted the store where she originally bought them to see if more are available?.

   By the time you chase down the wood, cut it into strips, build your form, laminate it and then do whatever machining is necessary, you are probably looking at the better part of a day.  Toss in several hours for finishing and that's a damn expensive repair. 

   From what I can tell, based on the ray flakes that I see on the side in the second picture, it is not ash.  My expertise in wood ID is limited to North American species.  Herr Arno will need to hazard a guess on this one.

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   eddiefromaustralia | Aug 16, 2002 05:22pm | #3

   Hi Terry,

   As chair was made in Malaysia, I would hazard a guess that the timber is one of their rainforest species. Maybe Ramin.

   Eddie

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   Paul_Snyder | Aug 16, 2002 09:53pm | #4

   All the furniture I've seen from Malaysia has been made from rubber wood (aka, parawood). Can't tell for sure from your photos - need a larger section of flat wood to see the grain better. Parawood is mostly white with large pores in most of the wood. The longest single piece of this wood is usually found in the slats on the back of the chair - the rest is butcherblock style (including the table top).

   Minwax Colonial Maple stain is now an orange pumpkin color - after the change in June 2000.

   "White Wood" is a manufacturer/importer of these Malaysian dining sets and has them unfinished. I've gotten these chair parts through an unfinished furniture store.

   Paul

   F'burg, VA

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   eddiefromaustralia | Aug 17, 2002 12:23am | #5

   Hi Paul/Terry,

   Had problems getting the pictures up yesterday. Had another look today and you may be right, Paul. Rubber trees are grown to maturity and then cut down when they stop producing sap & timber used in furniture in Malaysia.

   Attached is a picture of rubber wood (base of a serving bowl) that is just oiled - close in colour to your chair, just a touch less orange. Ignore the bit where it was sat on a puddle of water for about 3 hours - spalting started already.

   Cheers, eddie

   
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   RSRose | Aug 17, 2002 12:26am | #6

   Looks like monkey pod or luan.

   Rich

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   eddiefromaustralia | Aug 17, 2002 12:38am | #7

   Thanks Rich

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   TerryH13 | Aug 18, 2002 07:52pm | #8

   Eddie And All,

   Thanks for the help so far. I will send a better picture of the wood next week from the bottom of the chair it is not stained. Am off to Alantic City but will post new picture next Thur.

   Terry