I have a set of chairs on our hardwood floor. The legs dont sit flat on the floor so the felt pads easily come off.
Any advice on the best way to adjust the angle of the legs so the bottom sits flat on the floor? I was thinking of setting them up on the work table and mounting a belt sander and then sanding them down until they get to the proper angle. How to determine that angle is another story.
Any advice? See picture.
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Clamp the chair to something heavy, perhaps the table. Make sure it is oriented how you want it to sit.
Take a small 1/4'' pc of plywood and put that flat on the floor next to the let. You could cut it in shape to fit around most of the leg. .
Use your multimaster to "undercut" the leg, positioning the blade flat on the plywood.
Do that to the other 3 legs w/o moving the chair.
TaDa! yet another use for the multimaster.
Could even up your goofy ladder that way too.
edit. sorry for the width of the post-something strange happened................
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Edited 12/29/2007 11:07 am ET by calvin
Take a 1/4 or 1/2" block of wood and tape a carpenters pencil to the block. Place the block flat on the floor and scib a line around each leg. Saw cut or sand each leg to the mark. Your done!
i took too long to write my answer- i had to answer the phone and you beat me to it ;-)
Thanks all. I do have a multimaster! This will work fine. Knew I could get the scoop here.L
With the name, figured you might.
Now, question is.............
If you had it, why didn't you think of it? You've got some splain'n to do lucy.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
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Funny, I was asking myself the same question. I was probably overthinking the solution. Once again though the MM comes out and saves the day. This tool has saved my azz so many times I cant count.Thanks for the help though it worked great. I made a little jig thingy to keep the chair in place and it worked great. Didnt scribe a line, just used 2 pcs of 1/4" ply and flush cut on top of those. Got it perfect.
Edited 12/30/2007 8:41 am ET by Toolsguy
I was serious about the Eureka!anotherMMuse. That tool continues to amaze me. If you don't have it in the back of your mind when a problem arises you might discount it outright w/o thinking of the possibility.
Undercut tool, from door jambs and casings to chair legs.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
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easy. all you need to do is lay a bencil horizontal on a small scrap of ply, or anything flat and handy and about 1" thick (must be same height or close to same as the height of the gap between floor and highest point of bottom of leg).
moving the block of wood, draw an even line around each leg for a guide.
Sure you can cut the legs flush to the floor, but one will always be uneven and the chair will rock and by the time you get them all even you're almost sitting on the floor.
The best way to save the floors is have the fat people sit on the sofa.
Gord
he must not have the MM, eh TGA Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
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I would put swivels or wheels on the legs.View Image
Edited 12/29/2007 7:13 pm ET by MarkH
We have been looking for a solution to this problem for a while now. HO had her Oak floors sanded and finished, the chairs have wheels and did not scratch the floors but dented it. She was not happy. I have tried single wide wheels, double wheels, ball wheels, seems the problem is all wheels have a very, very small contact area and leave dents as they move. We were thinking of slides, but after reading everything here seems like they won't help either. Scratches or dents, which is better?Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
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Are these solid 3/4" oak floors?
My oak 3/4" floors that have been in the house (since the fifties) do not dent like that. Now the engineered flooring that I installed dented from just moving the refrigerator back into place. Granted this was that thin stuff from the big box stores, prefinished.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. -Truman Capote
But IMHO, If it were my home and the floors were starting to dent, I would remove the rollers on the furniture and place pads in the place of them. I can't think of any material short of rubber that wouldn't dent the flooring because as you noted the small surface area of the casters. Something like a rubber material for the ball would take most of the load thus leave the floor intact.
I use felt now and have yet to have any problems. Not saying we won't. But haven't yet.
Areas around the dinning room table and computers we use an area rug. These areas are used frequently and we don't want to take a chance from the chairs.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. -Truman Capote
When you get them level replace the felt with steel. Both plastic and felt will pick up dirt and after being impregnated with grit will scratch a hardwood floor.
When you get them level replace the felt with steel. Both plastic and felt will pick up dirt and after being impregnated with grit will scratch a hardwood floor.
Steel won't scratch the floor? They sure tore mine up in a heart beat.
What about teflon?
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. -Truman Capote
you are so right about the steel feet tearing up the floor...
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you are so right about the steel feet tearing up the floor...
I put in one those engineered floor (floating) earlier in the year and had a dinette sitting on the floor. The chairs had those steel pads on the legs. You know people are going to scoot the chairs.......
I actually was harboring thoughts of killi'n the dogs as I thought it was their nails doing the scratching! Course that would have been over DW's dead body. I tell ya IMERC it didn't take long at all. Dang I was pizzed.
At any rate, I put down (nailed) some Brazilian oak 3/4" X 5 1/2" and being much more careful! I bought that stuff from someone in the local paper. He advertised it as Brazilian Cherry. It was much later before I found out otherwise. I had bought Brazilian oak. The floor looks excellent and gets a lot of compliments but I still think that guy got me and really knew what he had to get a premium price instead of the "deal" he was advertising. I think I paid like 3.50 a ft and it is prefinished.
Not necessarily a real bad deal but not a great one either. It would have been great if it were the cherry......
“Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.” Reagan....
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. -Truman Capote
tried to find some white oak flooring to repair scratches, digs, (steel padded furniture) and the hole in the floor where the oil burner came out of... etc...
the existing floor from the 19th century was boards at 2-5/8" @ 7/8 to 1" thick....
ended up remilling 3" plus to size....
needless to say the steel feet are gone...
was going to go fishing today.... weather says other wise... what a waste of getting up early...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
I bet that floor looks good!
Don't let the weather stop ya! Go fishin'. :-)
I have friends that love to fish so bad that they would in a dang hurricane! I am a fair weather kinda a guy when it comes to out doors type of stuff. If I can't enjoy myself, I'm not going. I can't see what is so great about being on a boat freezing your azz off getting wet and to top it all off don't catch anything!
I know what you mean about getting up early to do something and find out you can't! You are already up, can't get back to sleep, everyone else is still asleep, so you just sit there like a bump on a log looking at that dang breaktime site........ LOL
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. -Truman Capote
was only suppose to be cold but double sub-zero and horizontal snow....
winter is the best season of the year but that's pushing the envelope...
I'll stay in...
the dogs looked at me like "so what's yur problem??? " "don't let me get in yur way..." and went curled up at the fire....
did you know I got a dog that snores???
but I do hear a nap beckoning me....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
the dogs looked at me like "so what's yur problem??? " "don't let me get in yur way..." and went curled up at the fire....
did you know I got a dog that snores???
Horizontal snow and blazing cold? I'd for sure stay in, curl up by the dog and the fire, take a nap!
Dogs are smart!
LOL, I have one of those snoring dogs too! Maybe from the same litter?
DW gets pizzed sometimes. The dog starts snoring and she can't get to sleep, then just as the dog stops, I start! The dog and I have a pact of sorts..... LOL
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I'm stickin' with steel. Good polished chromed steel will not scratch the floor.-- Mesic