Collective wisdom for a desk chair problem?
 

Hi All,

For years I have been buying cheap ($30) plastic desk-chair-plastic-thingy that go on the carpet to support the casters. I am 145-lb and the chair probably another 20, so not a great load at best.

But, the mat always makes divots where I mostly position the chair, not ideal but not a real problem until I want to roll a little to one side or an inch or so back. The divots are my home and will not let me have my way.

Recently Amazon had a deal on a chair-plastic-thingy that did not give way to divots so splashed the cash. Amazing stuff, but now I have another problem and are wishing for divots again. The chair no longer stays put in anyone position. It slowly moves wherever my most frequent movement is toward and lately that is backwards. So, I find myself eventually typing at stretched arms length over a five minute period.

I am on the verge of tossing this lovely mat-thingy and going back to a Divot-Master 5000.

I love the freedom of movement when I want it, but hate the freedom of movement when I don't. I have thought of stitching some Velcro to my jeans leg and gluing the Velcro other half underneath the desktop. But -- there has to be a better solution. Yes?

Collective wisdom for a desk chair problem?
 

On 3/21/2018 10:20 AM, Dave, I can't do that wrote:
Hi All,

For years I have been buying cheap ($30) plastic desk-chair-plastic-thingy that go on the carpet to support the casters. I am 145-lb and the chair probably another 20, so not a great load at best.

But, the mat always makes divots where I mostly position the chair, not ideal but not a real problem until I want to roll a little to one side or an inch or so back. The divots are my home and will not let me have my way.

Recently Amazon had a deal on a chair-plastic-thingy that did not give way to divots so splashed the cash. Amazing stuff, but now I have another problem and are wishing for divots again. The chair no longer stays put in anyone position. It slowly moves wherever my most frequent movement is toward and lately that is backwards. So, I find myself eventually typing at stretched arms length over a five minute period.

I am on the verge of tossing this lovely mat-thingy and going back to a Divot-Master 5000.

I love the freedom of movement when I want it, but hate the freedom of movement when I don't. I have thought of stitching some Velcro to my jeans leg and gluing the Velcro other half underneath the desktop. But -- there has to be a better solution. Yes?

Â* Get a dog . Their shed hair will collect in the wheels of the chair
and stiffen them up . It will still roll , but not as easily .

--
Snag
Ain't no dollar sign on
peace of mind - Zac Brown

Collective wisdom for a desk chair problem?
 

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 08:20:20 -0700 (PDT), "Dave, I can't do that"
wrote:

Hi All,

For years I have been buying cheap ($30) plastic desk-chair-plastic-thingy that go on the carpet to support the casters. I am 145-lb and the chair probably another 20, so not a great load at best.

But, the mat always makes divots where I mostly position the chair, not ideal but not a real problem until I want to roll a little to one side or an inch or so back. The divots are my home and will not let me have my way.

Recently Amazon had a deal on a chair-plastic-thingy that did not give way to divots so splashed the cash. Amazing stuff, but now I have another problem and are wishing for divots again. The chair no longer stays put in anyone position. It slowly moves wherever my most frequent movement is toward and lately that is backwards. So, I find myself eventually typing at stretched arms length over a five minute period.

I am on the verge of tossing this lovely mat-thingy and going back to a Divot-Master 5000.

snort (after googlinit)


I love the freedom of movement when I want it, but hate the freedom of movement when I don't. I have thought of stitching some Velcro to my jeans leg and gluing the Velcro other half underneath the desktop.

Love the velcro idea. It would give you some exercise, too, getting
stuck and unstuck.

==I think the problem may lie in the 4" shag carpeting you have.==


But -- there has to be a better solution. Yes?

I love the plastic chair mats, and used to buy them until they stopped
honoring the lifetime guarantee and doubled the price to $90. Mine
would crack at the edge, and I had bought the thicker mat for deeper
pile carpet.

If you have a piece of plywood, it would work, or lay some cheap
click-together manufactured wood flooring (or indoor-outdoor carpet)
on top to make it purty.

Or, if you have decent hardwood flooring beneath the carpet, just cut
out a rectangle o' fuzz, pull up the padding, vac 'n wax the floor,
and nail down some metal trim to hold the cut carpet edges.

Or splurge on a more expensive mat. https://is.gd/zAxe3T or
https://is.gd/eDUeV5 or https://is.gd/DKvBFj

Or, get out in your shop and make something interesting for
transitioning your chair into a =real= mobile device with 8" pneumatic
casters which wouldn't even feel the carpet. https://is.gd/pdykZ6
Vroom, Vroom!

--
A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full
description of a happy state in this world.
--John Locke

Collective wisdom for a desk chair problem?
 

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:36:10 -0500, Terry Coombs
wrote:

On 3/21/2018 10:20 AM, Dave, I can't do that wrote:
Hi All,

For years I have been buying cheap ($30) plastic desk-chair-plastic-thingy that go on the carpet to support the casters. I am 145-lb and the chair probably another 20, so not a great load at best.

But, the mat always makes divots where I mostly position the chair, not ideal but not a real problem until I want to roll a little to one side or an inch or so back. The divots are my home and will not let me have my way.

Recently Amazon had a deal on a chair-plastic-thingy that did not give way to divots so splashed the cash. Amazing stuff, but now I have another problem and are wishing for divots again. The chair no longer stays put in anyone position. It slowly moves wherever my most frequent movement is toward and lately that is backwards. So, I find myself eventually typing at stretched arms length over a five minute period.

I am on the verge of tossing this lovely mat-thingy and going back to a Divot-Master 5000.

I love the freedom of movement when I want it, but hate the freedom of movement when I don't. I have thought of stitching some Velcro to my jeans leg and gluing the Velcro other half underneath the desktop. But -- there has to be a better solution. Yes?

* Get a dog . Their shed hair will collect in the wheels of the chair
and stiffen them up . It will still roll , but not as easily .

And the smell. Ooh, la la!

--
A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full
description of a happy state in this world.
--John Locke

Collective wisdom for a desk chair problem?
 

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:36:10 -0500
Terry Coombs wrote:

On 3/21/2018 10:20 AM, Dave, I can't do that wrote:
snip
I love the freedom of movement when I want it, but hate the freedom of movement when I don't. I have thought of stitching some Velcro to my jeans leg and gluing the Velcro other half underneath the desktop. But -- there has to be a better solution. Yes?

Â* Get a dog . Their shed hair will collect in the wheels of the chair
and stiffen them up . It will still roll , but not as easily .


Cat's work too ;-)

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b

Collective wisdom for a desk chair problem?
 

On 3/21/2018 11:20 AM, Dave, I can't do that wrote:
Hi All,

For years I have been buying cheap ($30) plastic desk-chair-plastic-thingy that go on the carpet to support the casters. I am 145-lb and the chair probably another 20, so not a great load at best.

But, the mat always makes divots where I mostly position the chair, not ideal but not a real problem until I want to roll a little to one side or an inch or so back. The divots are my home and will not let me have my way.

Recently Amazon had a deal on a chair-plastic-thingy that did not give way to divots so splashed the cash. Amazing stuff, but now I have another problem and are wishing for divots again. The chair no longer stays put in anyone position. It slowly moves wherever my most frequent movement is toward and lately that is backwards. So, I find myself eventually typing at stretched arms length over a five minute period.

I am on the verge of tossing this lovely mat-thingy and going back to a Divot-Master 5000.

I love the freedom of movement when I want it, but hate the freedom of movement when I don't. I have thought of stitching some Velcro to my jeans leg and gluing the Velcro other half underneath the desktop. But -- there has to be a better solution. Yes?


Simple solution. Works everytime.

First level your house and then go he
http://www.glassmat.net/
find the size you like, order, ship, receive, un-box, lay it down.

Done!!

Collective wisdom for a desk chair problem?
 

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 08:20:20 -0700 (PDT), "Dave, I can't do that"
wrote:

Hi All,

For years I have been buying cheap ($30) plastic desk-chair-plastic-thingy that go on the carpet to support the casters. I am 145-lb and the chair probably another 20, so not a great load at best.

But, the mat always makes divots where I mostly position the chair, not ideal but not a real problem until I want to roll a little to one side or an inch or so back. The divots are my home and will not let me have my way.

Recently Amazon had a deal on a chair-plastic-thingy that did not give way to divots so splashed the cash. Amazing stuff, but now I have another problem and are wishing for divots again. The chair no longer stays put in anyone position. It slowly moves wherever my most frequent movement is toward and lately that is backwards. So, I find myself eventually typing at stretched arms length over a five minute period.

I am on the verge of tossing this lovely mat-thingy and going back to a Divot-Master 5000.

I love the freedom of movement when I want it, but hate the freedom of movement when I don't. I have thought of stitching some Velcro to my jeans leg and gluing the Velcro other half underneath the desktop. But -- there has to be a better solution. Yes?
Metal working solution - lay a one inch steel plate to cover your
maximum range of moves and place your chair on top.

Collective wisdom for a desk chair problem?
 

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 08:20:20 -0700 (PDT)
"Dave, I can't do that" wrote:

snip
I love the freedom of movement when I want it, but hate
the freedom of movement when I don't. I have thought of
stitching some Velcro to my jeans leg and gluing the Velcro
other half underneath the desktop. But -- there has to be a
better solution. Yes?

You can buy soft castor replacements for your chair. That may help if
you currently have the hard plastic ones. I finally went to some big 3
inch single wheel soft castors when I came across a deal on them ($1
each). Those hard plastic jobbers really mess up most household types
of flooring pretty quick. Pretty happy with these so far. They don't
get plugged up with cat hair quite so bad either.

A few examples, don't know if they are worth spit though...

https://www.amazon.com/ZOTO-Office-C...dp/B01L38S6DU/

https://www.amazon.com/Office-Chair-...dp/B01KET1PUA/

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b

Collective wisdom for a desk chair problem?
 

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:57:53 -0400, ABLE1 wrote:

On 3/21/2018 11:20 AM, Dave, I can't do that wrote:
Hi All,

For years I have been buying cheap ($30) plastic desk-chair-plastic-thingy that go on the carpet to support the casters. I am 145-lb and the chair probably another 20, so not a great load at best.

But, the mat always makes divots where I mostly position the chair, not ideal but not a real problem until I want to roll a little to one side or an inch or so back. The divots are my home and will not let me have my way.

Recently Amazon had a deal on a chair-plastic-thingy that did not give way to divots so splashed the cash. Amazing stuff, but now I have another problem and are wishing for divots again. The chair no longer stays put in anyone position. It slowly moves wherever my most frequent movement is toward and lately that is backwards. So, I find myself eventually typing at stretched arms length over a five minute period.

I am on the verge of tossing this lovely mat-thingy and going back to a Divot-Master 5000.

I love the freedom of movement when I want it, but hate the freedom of movement when I don't. I have thought of stitching some Velcro to my jeans leg and gluing the Velcro other half underneath the desktop. But -- there has to be a better solution. Yes?


Simple solution. Works everytime.

First level your house and then go he
http://www.glassmat.net/
find the size you like, order, ship, receive, un-box, lay it down.

Done!!

Cool, only $350 delivered!

--
"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined
and that we can do nothing to change it look before they cross
the road." --Steven Hawking

Collective wisdom for a desk chair problem?
 

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 21:11:29 -0400, Gerry
wrote:

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 08:20:20 -0700 (PDT), "Dave, I can't do that"
wrote:

Hi All,

For years I have been buying cheap ($30) plastic desk-chair-plastic-thingy that go on the carpet to support the casters. I am 145-lb and the chair probably another 20, so not a great load at best.

But, the mat always makes divots where I mostly position the chair, not ideal but not a real problem until I want to roll a little to one side or an inch or so back. The divots are my home and will not let me have my way.

Recently Amazon had a deal on a chair-plastic-thingy that did not give way to divots so splashed the cash. Amazing stuff, but now I have another problem and are wishing for divots again. The chair no longer stays put in anyone position. It slowly moves wherever my most frequent movement is toward and lately that is backwards. So, I find myself eventually typing at stretched arms length over a five minute period.

I am on the verge of tossing this lovely mat-thingy and going back to a Divot-Master 5000.

I love the freedom of movement when I want it, but hate the freedom of movement when I don't. I have thought of stitching some Velcro to my jeans leg and gluing the Velcro other half underneath the desktop. But -- there has to be a better solution. Yes?
Metal working solution - lay a one inch steel plate to cover your
maximum range of moves and place your chair on top.

What do you use to prevent rust, Gerry? Johnson's Paste Wax,
Boeshield T9, or 316 Stainless?

--
"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined
and that we can do nothing to change it look before they cross
the road." --Steven Hawking

Collective wisdom for a desk chair problem?
 

On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:07:27 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 21:11:29 -0400, Gerry
wrote:

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 08:20:20 -0700 (PDT), "Dave, I can't do that"
wrote:

Hi All,

For years I have been buying cheap ($30) plastic desk-chair-plastic-thingy that go on the carpet to support the casters. I am 145-lb and the chair probably another 20, so not a great load at best.

But, the mat always makes divots where I mostly position the chair, not ideal but not a real problem until I want to roll a little to one side or an inch or so back. The divots are my home and will not let me have my way.

Recently Amazon had a deal on a chair-plastic-thingy that did not give way to divots so splashed the cash. Amazing stuff, but now I have another problem and are wishing for divots again. The chair no longer stays put in anyone position. It slowly moves wherever my most frequent movement is toward and lately that is backwards. So, I find myself eventually typing at stretched arms length over a five minute period.

I am on the verge of tossing this lovely mat-thingy and going back to a Divot-Master 5000.

I love the freedom of movement when I want it, but hate the freedom of movement when I don't. I have thought of stitching some Velcro to my jeans leg and gluing the Velcro other half underneath the desktop. But -- there has to be a better solution. Yes?
Metal working solution - lay a one inch steel plate to cover your
maximum range of moves and place your chair on top.

What do you use to prevent rust, Gerry? Johnson's Paste Wax,
Boeshield T9, or 316 Stainless?
Gold plate it?

Collective wisdom for a desk chair problem?
 

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:36:10 -0500, Terry Coombs
wrote:

On 3/21/2018 10:20 AM, Dave, I can't do that wrote:
Hi All,

For years I have been buying cheap ($30) plastic desk-chair-plastic-thingy that go on the carpet to support the casters. I am 145-lb and the chair probably another 20, so not a great load at best.

But, the mat always makes divots where I mostly position the chair, not ideal but not a real problem until I want to roll a little to one side or an inch or so back. The divots are my home and will not let me have my way.

Recently Amazon had a deal on a chair-plastic-thingy that did not give way to divots so splashed the cash. Amazing stuff, but now I have another problem and are wishing for divots again. The chair no longer stays put in anyone position. It slowly moves wherever my most frequent movement is toward and lately that is backwards. So, I find myself eventually typing at stretched arms length over a five minute period.

I am on the verge of tossing this lovely mat-thingy and going back to a Divot-Master 5000.

I love the freedom of movement when I want it, but hate the freedom of movement when I don't. I have thought of stitching some Velcro to my jeans leg and gluing the Velcro other half underneath the desktop. But -- there has to be a better solution. Yes?

* Get a dog . Their shed hair will collect in the wheels of the chair
and stiffen them up . It will still roll , but not as easily .
Bravo! Wonderful suggestion!!


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