George Brims
21-Apr-08, 21:29
I have a Caithness chair, which I want to transport from Scotland to the US. The back comes off easily, by removing the wee wedge underneath. However the seat plus legs makes up quite a considerable volume, making for a box too large for the Post Office. So I am left using UPS et al. With those shippers there is a thing called volumetric weight, i.e. they take the volume of the box and assume a nominal density, and charge you by an assumed weight for a typical parcel. Unfortunately again the size is prohibitive because that leads to an immense price for shipping.
So, does anyone know how the legs are attached and whether there is any way to take them off? If I could remove the legs I could ship the thing much more cheaply.
I don't know who made the chair, by the way. The legs don't unscrew. I assume they were attached in the traditional way of putting a slot in the top of the leg and placing a thin wedge in the slot, then tapping the leg into the hole, along with some glue. I've had to re-do chair legs that were done that way when the glue dried out and they worked loose.
So, does anyone know how the legs are attached and whether there is any way to take them off? If I could remove the legs I could ship the thing much more cheaply.
I don't know who made the chair, by the way. The legs don't unscrew. I assume they were attached in the traditional way of putting a slot in the top of the leg and placing a thin wedge in the slot, then tapping the leg into the hole, along with some glue. I've had to re-do chair legs that were done that way when the glue dried out and they worked loose.