My comfy car show/concert canvas folding chair broke at the July 4th parade this past week. The plastic 3 way tie in piece cracked and let go but of course I cant google or locate any company that makes the chairs. Mine is from china and it has a company name located in upper Sibera or OneHungLo province but thats no help.
Any ideas on where I could get the plastic piece? I hate to toss a good chair for a 25 cent plastic part. I hate plastic. :(

http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/MiscStuff/chairbroke.jpg

were you in it , did you have a roll cage ?
was there alcohol involved ?

nope no booze or roll cage, just me and it settled slowly so I had a chance to jump :D

I couldn't find any replacement parts when mine broke. I wired it together but it was funky... For the cost of a new chair it wasn't worth more effort to fix it better. I found new ones rated at 300lbs (not that I needed it) but figured they would hold up longer. Another benefit is if you have a jacket or coat on when sitting in one, because they are just a bit larger than the ones rated for less weight...

These bag chairs are a dime a dozen. I know some are more comfy than others. Maybe you could find a new chair with a similar part. I have seen these chairs sell for as little as $5.99.

Can it be epoxied back together ? I have a engine mount in a R/C airplane I epoxied back together about 5 yrs ago and is still holding up to fuel and vibration.
The slower the setting speed the stronger the bond like 30 minute or slower.
Granted I have never fixed a chair but numerous other things , the stuff has to be chiseled / ground off once it sets if you go to remove it.

My other guess cruise the interstate or highway and look for one that has taken flight out of a pickup truck or off an RV or maybe from a yardsale ...

I have broken that part several times on chairs. They seem to only have a two year life span. You can get nice ones with rockers or foot rests for under $15. Pitch it and get another one.

thats what Im guessing I have to do it pitch it but you know how us car guys like to fix things too... I might fuss with it as well as get a new one. If a guy could mold that piece and have $1.00 in it, then sell it for $2.50 to all the folks that break them, you could get rich :)

thats what Im guessing I have to do it pitch it but you know how us car guys like to fix things too... I might fuss with it as well as get a new one. If a guy could mold that piece and have $1.00 in it, then sell it for $2.50 to all the folks that break them, you could get rich :)

With that kind of entrepreneurial spirit, you should be running GM ! They'd be back to #1 in no time.

Take the part to a College or University machine shop and ask the instructor to have a student make one out of aluminum. Never know could get lucky.

Who knows maybe they could start marketing a $30.00 CNC aluminum part for a $6 chair, us car guys that like to hop stuff up will buy them.

Jim, I just picked up on of these type of chairs a OSH. I think it was about 25 bucks...I needed to get it for my back, after sitting for a few hours at the shows in those cheap folding type chairs, my back was toast. This one should be much better for the olde back area...:D
http://www.everywherechair.com/ez-18dc.html

JB weld and drywall screws! :D they fix anything!

http://www.everywherechair.com/quad-bodywrap.html

Watches, DVD players, VCR's, Cellphones, Stereo components,
$10 folding chairs. When these toys break, it is cheaper to replace than fix. We hate to fill up the landfills, but....my hypocrisy only goes so far.
Jim,
If you lived closer, I have lots of free folding chairs my Ins Companies give me. I would give you one. I could ship you one but the postage would kill me. It would be cheaper for me to mail you $10.

Wow! I thought I was the only one that would go through the effort!
I need to hold back sometimes or I would machine a block of aluminum to replace the part and 10 hours of work later fix a $5.00 chair. or....At the next car show find someone throwing another broken one away and spend 1 hour replacing the part. Thats just me . If it can be fixed I will try.

TTFN
Mat

Jim , you can make it a poll but I think nearly half the guys want to see you fix the chair , me included. Anyone can throw it out and buy another but wheres the challenge in that. I mean this is Team Camaro we can fix anything. In fact get me some accurate dimensions and I'll machine one out of aluminum ( Billet:D ) as Mat suggested.

Ok will measure it up on Tue. :D I Like the way we all think :thumbsup:

Junk that thing and get a real chair.....Oh Yea....:yes:

Can be bought @: http://www.americanrestorationparts.com/CAMARO-SCRIPT-FOLDING-CHAIR-P4981C1079.aspx

Dan

http://www.americanrestorationparts.com/images/CM5709.jpg

Jim, Costco, or Sams club have the real good taller folding chairs for 20.00 bucks or so. I think the name is Macabee or something like that. They are a bit taller, many times sturdier, and much more comfortable than that Oriental canvas cocoon style. Please save some brain cells, and get one of these, they are superior!

Buy a new one and keep the old one for spare parts, for when the new one breaks next year.

I have to drill out a good one on the other side of the chair tonight so I can get accurate measurements :D

I have to drill out a good one on the other side of the chair tonight so I can get accurate measurements :D

Now there you go... the snow ball effect is already starting and if not careful you won't have a chair to sit in all summer as you renovate, restorate and master... decorate (I wouldn't say that in the forums :D ) until you have completely put that chair through a complete frame off rotisserie process... I can see it, cup holders, magazine holder, retrofited bumper dumper, gun rack and built in animal calls. :beers:

Dont forget pop-up umbrella, hydraulic ram seat extender to rise above folks at a parade, seat warmer and recliner mode for naps :D

Jim , we wont have to worry about seat warmers and thermal underwear in our zone until September when temps fall into the 30's again :D

yah it gets dern cold here up nort:beers:soon it will be time for dem wooly pants.

Ok here are scans of the newer unbroken part with measurements. I wish I had a micrometer for closer tolerance measurements, this was with a ruler :D

http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/MiscStuff/ChairPart3.jpg

http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/MiscStuff/chairpart4.jpg

Nice detailed print Jim , good thing its just with a ruler no metric dimensions ;)

I'm on it.

maybe etch Team Camaro on the bottom of it, for show :D and of course your name jr68 :D

:yes:

Cant wait to see what a billet aluminum chair brace looks like :D

Get a new chair !!! Good thing this is on a forum and not real paper because the cost of the paper would have exceeded the cost of a new chair !!!!

Jim , Before I machine the lower part I need to know how thick the 'floor' needs to be. The black line shows where 5/16" would be , I just wanted to make sure before I make that cut.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c88/jr68/billet.jpg

I'm seeing something coming out of this... Is the cruise-in car show world ready for the "billet chair" :D

Its between 3/16 and 1/4 on the floor part :) My ruler only reads in 16ths
Car crazy people might just pop for this type of part for an indestructible chair :D

Jim, Send the good piece to

www.protomold.com/parts and have them make you a several engineering samples.

Er, never mind, since JR's making you a peice or two. Good man.

I get the funny feeling somewhere in this there is a kid standing on his front yard with his ball and two gloves looking sad...while dad yells ...be there in a few minutes son...I am manking a billeted piece to fix a chair.


JUST KIDDING of course. :)

I get the funny feeling somewhere in this there is a kid standing on his front yard with his ball and two gloves looking sad...while dad yells ...be there in a few minutes son...I am manking a billeted piece to fix a chair.


JUST KIDDING of course. :)

I'm doing it at work after hours ;) , but I have done plenty of projects at home in my shop while my kids have asked me to play and I said not now I'm too busy and boy do I regret that. You never get those times back.

That was an unexpected twist to the thread.

I was all set to say what a coincedince I broke the same chair, in the same spot, on the 3rd. Alcohol was the cause of death. Thankfully, the cooler behind me broke my fall, when it impacted my neck.

I love this forum, only here will someone not toss it out and buy another, but build a custom made, one-off, billet peice to replace a cheap plastic part :D

Jim, one thing I cant tell from the print is this line here , is it at an angle as indicated by the pointer or is it just a 90 deg. like the other line.

The angles in that cut are hard to see, hope this helps :)

http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/MiscStuff/chairangles2.jpg
http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/MiscStuff/chairangles1.jpg

Jim , I was referring to the side and whether or not it gets cut. Here is the bottom ;

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c88/jr68/bottom.jpg

and here the piece is rotated to show the side where I would make that cut right on the line ( either the diagonal one or the 90 one ) your call.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c88/jr68/DSCF5691.jpg

Ok here is the angle of that small support piece :)

http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/MiscStuff/chairanglecut.jpg

OOPS its 1 1/16 inches tall over all, resting on its 'ground' surface. my bad
The 2" is across the surface of the 'ground' meeting surface.

This has got to be the most unrealistic thing i've seen in awhile....If you provide your name and address i will send you enough cash to buy a brand new one....

This has got to be the most unrealistic thing i've seen in awhile....If you provide your name and address i will send you enough cash to buy a brand new one....

but this is how we have fun :yes:

anyone can run out and buy a new chair, its the challenge of repair thats fun. Sorta like a long trip, the ride is more fun than when you get there :D

This has got to be the most unrealistic thing i've seen in awhile....If you provide your name and address i will send you enough cash to buy a brand new one....

It's a trate some guys have that makes it necessary to fix something even when it's less effort to replace it. The skills used come in handy when the car breaks down and the cell phone is out of range. In the begining it took this trate to be a car guy. Today if you have enough money you can buy anything and the genes that supported that trate are becoming more and more resessive.

A perfect example is at 3 yrs old, a training wheel fell off my bike, mom used a wrench and put it back on to keep me from crying. It fell off again, I cried and she came out and put it back on leaving the wrench on the steps. It fell off a 3rd time but when mom came out to check on me she said I was using the wrench to take the other one off. I told her the one fell off again and I figured out I didn't need it and figured I don't need the other either... At 12 I took my brand new schwinn apart and put it back together after the 1st time I rode it... Just because I could! Compare that to my buddys son who raced motocross bikes since he was 5 yrs old, he's in his 20's now. He doesn't wrench on his bikes and would walk away if someone wasn't there wrenching for him...

PS. If you really want to buy someone a chair, I saw this really nice recliner the other day... :D

Thank you Dennis.
Jim , how does this look , I hope it's close.

I love this thread ;)

SHIP IT !!! that looks just perfect. I can drill the holes and find the pins. :thumbsup: :D Thats totally awesome but can you automate the process to make it affordable for guys that might need another one? :) I will install it when it arrives and make sure it works good, then we can discuss costs for additional ones :)

Well lookey here.... its done... isnt it great :D
Now I have to drill the holes and buy some hardened pins and see how it all fits together.
Bet you guys are jealous now :) Jerry did a fantastic job on this. :beers:
It even has Team Camaro etched into the bottom of the foot :)

http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/MiscStuff/chairalum3a.jpg
http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/MiscStuff/chairalum4a.jpg

Well does it work?

ahem... read above .... need to buy pins, drill out holes and then try it out... got my honey dew list going today but might get to it tonight yet. :) cant wait to try it out. :D
It came in today's mail so I had to snap some pics quick to show you guys the final product before I went back to my chores.

Sorry, I read that part, but didn't say what I meant to say, which was more along the lines of, does it look like it's going to work.

We're anxious to see if it does ;)

:DI can see it now. Jim installs the new part on his chair. The chair colapses and Jim smacks his head. Jim sues Jerry. Jerry now has no Camaro.

:)

Just plain ran out of time and energy. Got the camaro Bog fixed today at my Qjet guru's house, then took the Mrs. for her first ride of the year. Back home and busy with a client and cleaning part of the garage. Company starts to arrive in a bit over a week, so much to do.
I want to say I can get at that chair on Monday evening if I dont get distracted. Suspense is good isnt it? :D

Ok guys, eat your hearts out... Im the proud owner of a spanking new billet aluminum braced folding canvas chair.

JR68 (Jerry) did a great job carving this piece and it fit like a glove. I ended up using cotter pins and small washers and it folds up like a champ. :thumbsup: Now if he can only build a mold and make them from plastic to keep the cost down under $125 bucks ;) the labor alone has to be horrendous.
Enjoy the story, the end result was worth the wait and the fix. A small token of payment will be in the mail to him soon. Can you see the Team Camaro etched into the flat part? Its there

http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/MiscStuff/chairfixed1a.jpg
http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/MiscStuff/chairfixed2a.jpg
http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/MiscStuff/chairfixed3a.jpg
http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/MiscStuff/chairfixed4a.jpg
http://www.carsbyjim.com/storage/MiscStuff/chairfixed3b.jpg

That's awesome!

But Jim , it is on the house. I figure it should be worth a get out of jail free card in case I get carried away posting somewhere and come close to being banned. ;)

ps. I suck at engraving

I've been readin' this thread with interest. Great job on the part. But, periodic inspections of the "Plastic Part" on the other side might be in order. :yes:

I've been readin' this thread with interest. Great job on the part. But, periodic inspections of the "Plastic Part" on the other side might be in order. :yes:

:eek: :eek:

"Murphy's law" tells me that the other side is going to snap at your next "Cruise In"......LOL

Nice work!

Dan

But Jim , it is on the house. I figure it should be worth a get out of jail free card in case I get carried away posting somewhere and come close to being banned. ;)

ps. I suck at engraving


Let him send you a pound or two of his "Chicago Live, In Concert" blend... The growing season is short up where he's at and you can let the kids steal it and not have to worry about them getting too messed up!! :D LOL... ;)

It's a conversation piece for years to come... Great job Jerry, just don't accept any packages in the mail unless it's your regular deliver guy... :D LOL ;) My other guess is some classic "Clickette" Camaro Handi work... :beers:

why not just send him the whole chair and get all the plastic parts replaced?

Let him send you a pound or two of his "Chicago Live, In Concert" blend... The growing season is short up where he's at and you can let the kids steal it and not have to worry about them getting too messed up!! :D LOL... ;)

:beers:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c88/jr68/my38/clicksblend.jpg
Ahh , Click sure is a skillful gardener

TTT for the folks that didnt see the billet chair part :)