[TR] OT metal springs

[Geo & Kathleen Hahn]

I just looked under the old oak swivel chair I sit in for this list and see 
the exact springs you describe.  Wow -- who'd think those springs can break? 
Of course they can.

Take a look at this page, about half way down, where they sell (no joke) 
'pre-owned' springs:

http://www.businessfurnitureshop.com/chair_partsII.htm

Geo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <terryrs at comcast.net>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
>
> As I read my Triumph e-mails in my study, I sit in a massive oak swivel 
> office chair that was old when I bought it from a lady in a nursing home 
> 35 years ago, when I was a freshman in college.  I love this chair.
>
> The springs under it have broken.  They are 1/4 inch diameter wire or 
> spring steel or whatever.  They are about 5.5 inches long, and the spring 
> itself is about 1-5/8ths in diameter...