I have this executive office chair which, through an unfortunate turn of events, one of the legs on the base split off and makes it extremely difficult to sit in.I've tried repairing it with simple things like wire, rope, and JB-Weld, but the poor leg always seems to come off no matter what I try.I've looked into buying a new base, but after looking at the prices it seems it would be a whole lot cheaper just to buy a new chair.It just seems a waste to throw out a perfectly good chair just because one of the legs broke off, though. Does anyone have any ideas on what I can use to use to try to fix it? Or maybe is there a store out there (online or not) that sells bases to executive office chairs fairly cheap?Thanks!!!
Good luck! Do you know where you bought the chair? Is there a label on it (under it)? If you know who make it, you might find the company online and a replacement part. No two office chairs are the same, so buying a random base may be a waste of money. If you don't know who made it, order a new one from Ikea. You can order them online.
Many of those chairs use cast legs, which can't even be welded. If you don't want to buy new legs, you'd either need to fabricate new legs, and that would take time and $$ and probably not save you much in the long run. I think it's time for the recycle bin.
The only thing I can think for an easy solution would be, maybe at your office, in the near future, they might throw out a similar model chair with something else wrong and you could save the base from that one (assuming it fits). Even if it is a different brand, it might still fit, I'm thinking a lot of these chairs are coming from the same Chinese factory, they just put different labels on them. You might check with the guys that do clean outs rubbish disposal at your office and see, if they run across a junked chir, if they will save it for you so you can scavange the base. One other way. If the bottom of the legs of your chair forms a relatively flat surface, you might be able to cut out a circle of heavy (like 3/4) plywood that is about the same diameter as the base. Make some cut-outs so the wheels and the center post will clear. Then firmly bolt down the legs to the plywood. It might be better to use U- bolts that go around each leg, (including the broken one), they need to go right through the wood with a metal plate or fender washers nuts on the botttom. Whatever you do make sure it is safe, so you don't lean back and have structural failure, new chairs are cheaper than brain surgury! It might be a good idea to not have the secretary sitting in your lap to take dictation any more.
google the specific chair and brand to see if there is a base cheap enough and try to find it on OKorder. GL
