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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fred M, post: 163830, member: 2722&quot;]Thanks for the answers.</p><p><br /></p><p>@<font size="4">verybrad : </font>Maybe this kind of office chairs are common in the U.S., there are not much of them in France. I would have more chance of winning the lottery than finding the same chair here <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p>My father has made a new spring for me yesterday, 5mm wire instead of 6mm, but wound on a smaller diameter, strength should be about the same.</p><p>I&#039;ll make a sketch of the bolt as I imagine it : rounded head, square nut, and 3/8&quot; UNC thread (the 10mm screw has been very hard to remove, 3/8&quot;=9.525mm), and my father will make a new one from billet steel.</p><p>As far as i know, no casters on this chair (no holes visible on the legs).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a better picture of the broken and fixed armrest :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]44791[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I can correct partially the twist by re-fixing the break. You&#039;re right, the wood can warp with humidity, and when you look at the rusted nails, it sure has been exposed to moisture and even water <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I won&#039;t try to bend it with steam, too complicated!</p><p>If parts don&#039;t line up after break fixing, I&#039;ll sand the two parts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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