Can I Saw The Arms Off My Chair?

[RickyRozay]

I just bought a new office chair, like the kind that is leather and plush and all that stuff... but I hate having arms on chairs. When I'm playing games it like pushes my elbows into the air as my desk is fairly low, so now I can't aim properly.

I'm planning on sawing them off tomorrow, but I was wondering if anybody else has any experience or knowledge about whether there would be metal cores in the arms? As I don't want to cut half way through and then be stopped and just stuck with big saw marks.

Thanks

 

[natr0n]

Some are bolted on and can be removed that way too.

 

[erocker]

I suppose it would depend on the chair. You can cut through metal. Get a Sawzall.

 

[RickyRozay]

Some are bolted on and can be removed that way too.

Well actually I built it myself and bolted on the arms, but unfortunately the structure relies on the arms being present otherwise the back isn't attached to anything. So I'm just planning on cutting off the top parts and leaving the parts that hold the back together.

 

[RickyRozay]

I suppose it would depend on the chair. You can cut through metal. Get a Sawzall.

Don't think they exist in the UK Also I was just planning on using a cheap manual saw, power tools are money

 

[TheMailMan78]

I suppose it would depend on the chair. You can cut through metal. Get a Sawzall.

Sawzall? Really bro?

How about a hacksaw...

 

[RickyRozay]

So am I to expect metal inside the arms, as a standard for most of these types of chairs? Or not really

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6172987.htm

 

[TheMailMan78]

So am I to expect metal inside the arms, as a standard for most of these types of chairs? Or not really

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6172987.htm

Use a darn hacksaw and be done with it.

 

[RickyRozay]

Use a darn hacksaw and be done with it.

You will all be hearing from me tomorrow.

PS. Where can I rent a saw in the UK? I'm poor and don't want to buy one.

 

[erocker]

Jim Duggan!! Favorite wrestler ever!

You will all be hearing from me tomorrow.

PS. Where can I rent a saw in the UK? I'm poor and don't want to buy one.

Forget the saw... YOU DON'T NEED TO SAW ANYTHING. There are two caps/covers on the sides of the chair. Pop those off and unscrew the arms from the chair.

 

[RCoon]

PS. Where can I rent a saw in the UK? I'm poor and don't want to buy one.

Pop by my workplace? I have a few industrial tools in one of the classrooms, including a nice bansaw. I can cut your chair up in no time.

 

[Frick]

Or you can return it and buy one without arms maybe? Those exist you know.

 

[RickyRozay]

Forget the saw... YOU DON'T NEED TO SAW ANYTHING. There are two caps/covers on the sides of the chair. Pop those off and unscrew the arms from the chair.

Yea I know but unfortunately without the arms the chair is not actually together. I built it earlier today, and the back is attached to the arms, which are attached to the bottom. So if I take off the arms, the back and the bottom become 2 seperate pieces

 

[RickyRozay]

Pop by my workplace? I have a few industrial tools in one of the classrooms, including a nice bansaw. I can cut your chair up in no time.

where abouts?

 

[Vario]

Only way to do it is cut those arms off, hopefully it still has enough rigidity from the remaining 'L' of material. As he said, If he just unbolts the arms the back of the chair will come off with the arms. Otherwise you should return the chair.

Hacksaw is usually about $5-10, blades about $5 a pack. Just buy one, they are pretty useful.

I would be worried that the remaining material won't be rigid enough.

 

[RCoon]

where abouts?

Middle of Lincolnshire

 

[RickyRozay]

Middle of Lincolnshire

Wow. That's about 3 hours away If your job is by any chance a helicopter pilot you could bring me a saw?

Basically I got the chair with a £17 discount from 70 to 53, so it's the best I'm gonna get for the price, plus all the armless ones I can find are either expensive or terrible, or both

I definitely think the L shape will be enough !

 

[RCoon]

Wow. That's about 3 hours away If your job is by any chance a helicopter pilot you could bring me a saw?

Basically I got the chair with a £17 discount from 70 to 53, so it's the best I'm gonna get for the price, plus all the armless ones I can find are either expensive or terrible, or both

I definitely think the L shape will be enough !

Hah, sadly not. I'd mail you a few spares saws but with my line of work I'm liable to get arrested and put on a list.

 

[Vario]

Wow. That's about 3 hours away If your job is by any chance a helicopter pilot you could bring me a saw?

Basically I got the chair with a £17 discount from 70 to 53, so it's the best I'm gonna get for the price, plus all the armless ones I can find are either expensive or terrible, or both

I definitely think the L shape will be enough !

You have to have a hardware store somewhere in your town. Hacksaws are great, you can cut just about anything with enough muscle.

 

[RickyRozay]

I will do some hunting and show you all the results if I'm successful

 

[erixx]

Or buy a chair with all adjustable parts! Removing armrests? Heresy!

 

[Frag_Maniac]

So am I to expect metal inside the arms, as a standard for most of these types of chairs? Or not really

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6172987.htm

If ^this is the chair you're talking about, you can't just unbolt the arms via the bolts under the caps (red arrows). Reason being the entire area shown in the red box serves double duty as the arms AND brace to connect the back and seat. It might have an L shaped piece of steal wrapping around the lower back under the seat as well, but if so, that's not enough to hold it rigidly for use.

Take the arm/brace assemblies off one at a time, hold it steady on a bench or table with the flat side that faces the chair down, and hacksaw it on the yellow lines. If you like you can take a knife and trim the edges of the cut ends to make it look more rounded and smooth. Then bolt them back on.

I wouldn't worry too much about metal cores. If it has one at all it would more likely be only on the brace part. The arm part is probably just plastic.

 

[RickyRozay]

That's executive, bitch.

 

[Jetster]

That's a POS. You should return it and tell them you don't know what happen

 

[RCoon]

That's a POS. You should return it and tell them you don't know what happen

"I was checking my emails, and then all of a sudden I had no arms, and saw marks were left. Plz refund"
At this point, have the chair arms in your teeth, and have your own arms hidden inside your top.