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Replacement Parker Knoll Castor
Mother's sofa has a broken castor. As she is a fair distance away, she
posted the broken castor to me so I could try to get a replacement. Parker Knoll as were are no more, wondering if anyone has any bright ideas what is the best approach? Have searched around - eBay, Amazon, web, anywhere I could think - nothing like them yet. From what I received it is not entirely clear what the whole thing should be like. I imagine that a standard prong thing should be there - which goes into a socket on the sofa - but I could be wrong. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.32.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.44.jpg -- Rod |
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Parker Knoll as were are no more
Surprised me a I know someone who bought PK a year or so back. And http://www.parkerknoll.co.uk/ claim the heritage. Do they deny all knowledge of old stuff or have they gone out of business? And FWIW the photo made me wonder if it was definitely a castor rather than a fixed foot. -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
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polygonum wrote:
On 28/10/2012 21:07, Steve Firth wrote: [snip] Generally it is easier to replace all four castors than to find an exact match. That is what I am beginning to believe. OTOH if you look here, I think you can see that your mother's furniture used Shepherd castors, and there's an exact match on this page. Now all you need to work out is what sort of fitting is needed. http://www.rosshandling.co.uk/furniture-castors.asp |
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polygonum wrote:
Mother's sofa has a broken castor. As she is a fair distance away, she posted the broken castor to me so I could try to get a replacement. Parker Knoll as were are no more, wondering if anyone has any bright ideas what is the best approach? Have searched around - eBay, Amazon, web, anywhere I could think - nothing like them yet. From what I received it is not entirely clear what the whole thing should be like. I imagine that a standard prong thing should be there - which goes into a socket on the sofa - but I could be wrong. Generally it is easier to replace all four castors than to find an exact match. -- €˘DarWin| _/ _/ |
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On 28/10/2012 20:55, Robin wrote:
Parker Knoll as were are no more Surprised me a I know someone who bought PK a year or so back. And http://www.parkerknoll.co.uk/ claim the heritage. Do they deny all knowledge of old stuff or have they gone out of business? And FWIW the photo made me wonder if it was definitely a castor rather than a fixed foot. Well - reading around, people are none-too-impressed by the phoenix company's support of older products so I have not (so far) contacted them. I did ask her - and she repeated that it was a castor. But blowed if I can see how it fits as clearly some bits are missing from what I have got. But the sloping "side" does look ever so like some castors - a sort of stripped-out, thinned down version of the old Shepherd ones. Was rather hoping someone would, as you almost did, make an appropriate suggestion. -- Rod |
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On 28/10/2012 21:07, Steve Firth wrote:
polygonum wrote: Mother's sofa has a broken castor. As she is a fair distance away, she posted the broken castor to me so I could try to get a replacement. Parker Knoll as were are no more, wondering if anyone has any bright ideas what is the best approach? Have searched around - eBay, Amazon, web, anywhere I could think - nothing like them yet. From what I received it is not entirely clear what the whole thing should be like. I imagine that a standard prong thing should be there - which goes into a socket on the sofa - but I could be wrong. Generally it is easier to replace all four castors than to find an exact match. That is what I am beginning to believe. -- Rod |
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polygonum wrote:
Mother's sofa has a broken castor. As she is a fair distance away, she posted the broken castor to me so I could try to get a replacement. Parker Knoll as were are no more, wondering if anyone has any bright ideas what is the best approach? Have searched around - eBay, Amazon, web, anywhere I could think - nothing like them yet. From what I received it is not entirely clear what the whole thing should be like. I imagine that a standard prong thing should be there - which goes into a socket on the sofa - but I could be wrong. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.32.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.44.jpg http://www.shepherdcasters.com/products_ball.html |
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On 28/10/2012 21:25, F Murtz wrote:
polygonum wrote: Mother's sofa has a broken castor. As she is a fair distance away, she posted the broken castor to me so I could try to get a replacement. Parker Knoll as were are no more, wondering if anyone has any bright ideas what is the best approach? Have searched around - eBay, Amazon, web, anywhere I could think - nothing like them yet. From what I received it is not entirely clear what the whole thing should be like. I imagine that a standard prong thing should be there - which goes into a socket on the sofa - but I could be wrong. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.32.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.44.jpg http://www.shepherdcasters.com/products_ball.html Don't seem very likely to help themselves - but I did then re-search for UK suppliers and it looks possible that it is one of their products. (Earlier searches had kept coming up with significantly different models.) Thanks. -- Rod |
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Was rather hoping someone would, as you almost did, make an
appropriate suggestion. I am sorry I failed to get the cigar Any better if I suggest you ask the Frederick Parker Foundation if they can help you identify just what you need? (A surprisingly interesting load of stuff if you happen to be in the LMU building in Whitechapel.) -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
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On 28/10/2012 21:42, Robin wrote:
Was rather hoping someone would, as you almost did, make an appropriate suggestion. I am sorry I failed to get the cigar Any better if I suggest you ask the Frederick Parker Foundation if they can help you identify just what you need? (A surprisingly interesting load of stuff if you happen to be in the LMU building in Whitechapel.) Sorry - my response didn't read how it sounded in my head! Very interesting - am looking now. -- Rod |
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:55:47 -0000, "Robin" wrote:
Parker Knoll as were are no more Surprised me a I know someone who bought PK a year or so back. And http://www.parkerknoll.co.uk/ claim the heritage. Do they deny all knowledge of old stuff or have they gone out of business? And FWIW the photo made me wonder if it was definitely a castor rather than a fixed foot. I missed the beginning of this so apologies if I'm repeating someone else's comments. I had a similar problem identifying then obtaining castors for a set of timpani but found what I needed at www.castors-online.co.uk Nick |
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On 28/10/2012 20:58, Steve Firth wrote:
polygonum wrote: On 28/10/2012 21:07, Steve Firth wrote: [snip] Generally it is easier to replace all four castors than to find an exact match. That is what I am beginning to believe. OTOH if you look here, I think you can see that your mother's furniture used Shepherd castors, and there's an exact match on this page. Now all you need to work out is what sort of fitting is needed. http://www.rosshandling.co.uk/furniture-castors.asp Ha! That is who I have emailed only a few minutes ago. Thanks. -- Rod |
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On 28/10/2012 22:02, Nick Odell wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:55:47 -0000, "Robin" wrote: Parker Knoll as were are no more Surprised me a I know someone who bought PK a year or so back. And http://www.parkerknoll.co.uk/ claim the heritage. Do they deny all knowledge of old stuff or have they gone out of business? And FWIW the photo made me wonder if it was definitely a castor rather than a fixed foot. I missed the beginning of this so apologies if I'm repeating someone else's comments. I had a similar problem identifying then obtaining castors for a set of timpani but found what I needed at www.castors-online.co.uk Nick They do have lots - but under the Shepherd name they only have the standard brown paint ones. Think I Steve Firth and I have both found a source - hoping they have some in stock. -- Rod |
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On 28/10/12 21:25, F Murtz wrote:
polygonum wrote: Mother's sofa has a broken castor. As she is a fair distance away, she posted the broken castor to me so I could try to get a replacement. Parker Knoll as were are no more, wondering if anyone has any bright ideas what is the best approach? Have searched around - eBay, Amazon, web, anywhere I could think - nothing like them yet. From what I received it is not entirely clear what the whole thing should be like. I imagine that a standard prong thing should be there - which goes into a socket on the sofa - but I could be wrong. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.32.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.44.jpg http://www.shepherdcasters.com/products_ball.html that is what the original is. I remember now - me mum had a parker-******** chair. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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On 28/10/12 21:40, polygonum wrote:
On 28/10/2012 21:25, F Murtz wrote: polygonum wrote: Mother's sofa has a broken castor. As she is a fair distance away, she posted the broken castor to me so I could try to get a replacement. Parker Knoll as were are no more, wondering if anyone has any bright ideas what is the best approach? Have searched around - eBay, Amazon, web, anywhere I could think - nothing like them yet. From what I received it is not entirely clear what the whole thing should be like. I imagine that a standard prong thing should be there - which goes into a socket on the sofa - but I could be wrong. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.32.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.44.jpg http://www.shepherdcasters.com/products_ball.html Don't seem very likely to help themselves - but I did then re-search for UK suppliers and it looks possible that it is one of their products. (Earlier searches had kept coming up with significantly different models.) Thanks. me mum had the push in sort. 'grip neck' blah blah -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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On Sunday, October 28, 2012 8:37:27 PM UTC, polygonum wrote:
Mother's sofa has a broken castor. As she is a fair distance away, she posted the broken castor to me so I could try to get a replacement. Parker Knoll as were are no more, wondering if anyone has any bright ideas what is the best approach? Have searched around - eBay, Amazon, web, anywhere I could think - nothing like them yet. From what I received it is not entirely clear what the whole thing should be like. I imagine that a standard prong thing should be there - which goes into a socket on the sofa - but I could be wrong. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.32.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.44.jpg -- Rod Thats a glide not a castor. Replace the four of them. |
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On Sunday, October 28, 2012 8:55:49 PM UTC, Robin wrote:
Parker Knoll as were are no more Surprised me a I know someone who bought PK a year or so back. And http://www.parkerknoll.co.uk/ claim the heritage. Do they deny all knowledge of old stuff or have they gone out of business? And FWIW the photo made me wonder if it was definitely a castor rather than a fixed foot. -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid Thats a glide not a castor |
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"polygonum" wrote in message ... Mother's sofa has a broken castor. As she is a fair distance away, she posted the broken castor to me so I could try to get a replacement. Parker Knoll as were are no more, wondering if anyone has any bright ideas what is the best approach? Have searched around - eBay, Amazon, web, anywhere I could think - nothing like them yet. From what I received it is not entirely clear what the whole thing should be like. I imagine that a standard prong thing should be there - which goes into a socket on the sofa - but I could be wrong. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.32.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.44.jpg -- Rod Lyn-Plan do refurbishment of Parker-Knoll chairs, including frames etc not just the upholstery. They replaced a broken castor on a sofa they refurbished for us. Stephen |
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:37:24 +0000, polygonum wrote:
Mother's sofa has a broken castor. As she is a fair distance away, she posted the broken castor to me so I could try to get a replacement. Parker Knoll as were are no more, wondering if anyone has any bright ideas what is the best approach? Have searched around - eBay, Amazon, web, anywhere I could think - nothing like them yet. From what I received it is not entirely clear what the whole thing should be like. I imagine that a standard prong thing should be there - which goes into a socket on the sofa - but I could be wrong. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.32.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012...2019.41.44.jpg I've broken a few like that....the local furniture shop ordered replacements. They just pull out of the socket (the vertical pin on the other part not shown) and you push the new one in. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On Sunday, 28 October 2012 20:37:27 UTC, polygonum wrote:
Mother's sofa has a broken castor. As she is a fair distance away, she posted the broken castor to me so I could try to get a replacement. Hi Rod I've replaced my Parker Knoll castors - which had broken with Kenrick Shepherd castors from Castors UK - Speak to a guy named Russ who was very helpful to me. Don't but the cheap plastic double wheel ones - make sure they are the Metal Kenrick Shepherd items which are all made in the UK not in the far East. Best of luck Ken |
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