Glider rocker hardware?

[Mike Berrevoets]

Trying To help some friends find parts to fix a chair that has been in their family. The glider rocker arm keeps breaking. They have tried to repair a few times but it keeps breaking. Attached is a picture of the arm. Does anyone know where to find these? I must not be searching using the right words.

[Doug Hobkirk]

Very poor picture. Is it metal? Cast? I fix furniture, I've done rockers, but I don't remember seeing anything like what I think I see.

[Mike Berrevoets]

Sorry for the poor picture. The bracket/arm is metal and looks to be cast. I did some more searching and the best keyword I could find was a "Hall-Lowentraut" glider rocker. But, that may just be something similar or this is a knock-off of that mechanism.

I couldn't find anything for sale even using those keywords.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Mike,

According to this article https://c1.liveauctioneers.com/columns-and-international/fred-taylor/furniture-specific-lesser-known-lights/ the hardware was still available in 2009 from Van Dykes restorations.

I tried finding online there to no avail. You might try calling them.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Mike...using a different search engine, I found a company that might be worth calling. Their website has some problems but they do sell chair restoration parts.

http://www.williamtellantiques.com/id30.html

Go to the Tell City Chair Parts department.

[Jerome Stanek]

Mike...using a different search engine, I found a company that might be worth calling. Their website has some problems but they do sell chair restoration parts.

http://www.williamtellantiques.com/id30.html

Go to the Tell City Chair Parts department.

I tried ordering from them a few years ago and got that they were not in business anymore.

[Mike Berrevoets]

Thanks Ken. I sent Van Dykes an email to see if they still carry them.

[Lee Schierer]

You might try a local metal foundry. With the old part, they can make a sand mold and cast a new part. It might be costly for one part, but if the restoration is important it could be an option.