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On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 8:16:10 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:

How did you weigh it? The "proper" method if you can't get it all one scale
is to use multiple scales and add them up. You'd know if it was balanced
side to side too. ;-)


I weighed it both ways you described. Placed one rocker on scale, read the result. Placed the other rocker on the scale and added that result to the first. The 2 half weights were about 1 lb difference. Then lifted one end of the chair, balancing the whole chair on the scale to compare to the added results.... same total weight. 92 lb weight included the cushion.

Its more important to balance the chair front to back, not side to side. If you're sitting on one side of the chair, the whole is heavier on that side. It's not difficult to make each side an almost mirror image. Any difference in half-weight will most likely be nominal.

Been doing some rocking. No evidence of creep.

Sonny