The box arrived and was left on my deck. Its heavy. I pushed and pulled and got it in the house. Well packaged! I found all the bits and pieces and the instructions. Straight/forward. Easy/peasy. Well, not quite. Six/6 long bolts/screws hold the sides to the base. First, thread them into the side. Done. Then align the sides and the base and push the bolts thru, into the underside of the base. Important question here: how far to thread the bolts into the base side? Instructions/drawing NOT helpful. If they are not in far enough on either end / the sides or the base, the chair will fail. Oh fun. After experimenting, I tried proportions I thought would make it solid. We shall see in a few weeks.
Matching up the bolts and the holes, its picky but I got them. Tightening the the washers and the nuts is not great since the provided wrench is a bit bigger than the nuts. For one of the bolts, the clearance for turning is smaller than the outside wrench diameter, which prevents it from fitting over the nut. Hence, loose nut. I found a plier I could use to tighten it down.
Legs /perfect. Back / easy but odd. There is a fabric flap that serves no apparent purpose, but gets in the way of the metal plates matching up.
Now its done! Now I sit down! Oh, what was that sound? I weigh 143 lbs. No, seriously. When I sat down, the creaks were obvious. The six (6) bolt/screws were figuring out how to balance the weight, settling into the holes, etc. I hope they are now comfortable and happy and content, cuz I dont want them coming out!
For the price I paid, Im OK. Paying full list would not be cool.
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The box arrived and was left on my deck. Its heavy. I pushed and pulled and got it in the house. Well packaged! I found all the bits and pieces and the instructions. Straight/forward. Easy/peasy. Well, not quite. Six/6 long bolts/screws hold the sides to the base. First, thread them into the side. Done. Then align the sides and the base and push the bolts thru, into the underside of the base. Important question here: how far to thread the bolts into the base side? Instructions/drawing NOT helpful. If they are not in far enough on either end / the sides or the base, the chair will fail. Oh fun. After experimenting, I tried proportions I thought would make it solid. We shall see in a few weeks. Matching up the bolts and the holes, its picky but I got them. Tightening the the washers and the nuts is not great since the provided wrench is a bit bigger than the nuts. For one of the bolts, the clearance for turning is smaller than the outside wrench diameter, which prevents it from fitting over the nut. Hence, loose nut. I found a plier I could use to tighten it down. Legs /perfect. Back / easy but odd. There is a fabric flap that serves no apparent purpose, but gets in the way of the metal plates matching up. Now its done! Now I sit down! Oh, what was that sound? I weigh 143 lbs. No, seriously. When I sat down, the creaks were obvious. The six (6) bolt/screws were figuring out how to balance the weight, settling into the holes, etc. I hope they are now comfortable and happy and content, cuz I dont want them coming out! For the price I paid, Im OK. Paying full list would not be cool.