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Replacement Parker Knoll Castor

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polygonum

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Oct 28, 2012, 4:37:24 PM10/28/12
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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/318411/2012-10-28%2019.41.32.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/318411/2012-10-28%2019.41.44.jpg

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Robin

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Oct 28, 2012, 4:55:47 PM10/28/12
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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.
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Steve Firth

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Oct 28, 2012, 5:07:10 PM10/28/12
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polygonum <rmoud...@vrod.co.uk> 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.

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polygonum

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Oct 28, 2012, 5:12:30 PM10/28/12
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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.

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polygonum

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Oct 28, 2012, 5:13:20 PM10/28/12
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That is what I am beginning to believe.

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F Murtz

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Oct 28, 2012, 5:25:28 PM10/28/12
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http://www.shepherdcasters.com/products_ball.html

polygonum

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Oct 28, 2012, 5:40:23 PM10/28/12
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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.

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Robin

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Oct 28, 2012, 5:42:47 PM10/28/12
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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.)

polygonum

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Oct 28, 2012, 5:50:14 PM10/28/12
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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.

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Steve Firth

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Oct 28, 2012, 4:58:44 PM10/28/12
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polygonum <rmoud...@vrod.co.uk> 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

Nick Odell

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Oct 28, 2012, 6:02:40 PM10/28/12
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:55:47 -0000, "Robin" <rb...@hotmail.com> 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

polygonum

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Oct 28, 2012, 6:03:55 PM10/28/12
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Ha! That is who I have emailed only a few minutes ago. Thanks.

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polygonum

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Oct 28, 2012, 6:07:24 PM10/28/12
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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.

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The Natural Philosopher

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Oct 28, 2012, 6:21:56 PM10/28/12
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that is what the original is. I remember now - me mum had a
parker-bollocks chair.



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The Natural Philosopher

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Oct 28, 2012, 6:22:58 PM10/28/12
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me mum had the push in sort.
'grip neck' blah blah

fred

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Oct 29, 2012, 5:21:26 AM10/29/12
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Thats a glide not a castor. Replace the four of them.

fred

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Oct 29, 2012, 5:22:23 AM10/29/12
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Stephen Mawson

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Oct 29, 2012, 12:00:09 PM10/29/12
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"polygonum" <rmoud...@vrod.co.uk> wrote in message
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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


Bob Eager

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Oct 29, 2012, 2:41:24 PM10/29/12
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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.



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Jun 16, 2015, 5:39:31 AM6/16/15
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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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