We Can Talk

[west coast]

When I worked for a big manufacture back in the 70`s and 80`s I was a framer. I got all the pieces on carts took the amount of sets I wanted of the style we were doing and I would preassemble as much as I could. Not blowing my own horn but I was young and fast, the record for a chair was just under 5 minutes and the sofa record was just under 7 minutes. I worked hard at it though, during coffee breaks I sat on my bench and had a smoke while I grabbed handfulls of screws and turned them all the same way. I built a box big enough to put a block of latex rubber in and filled it with glue so I just had to put the ends of the rails into the latex and poof they were glued.  We had 3 framers supplying 4 springers who supplied 12 upholsterers. I never worked a Friday and most of my pay checks were 28-32 hours the last year I worked there in 81. I made 25000 that year and had the world by the butt my how times have changed. I bought my first new truck in 1976 paid 6995 and the following year traded it in on another new one that was a 4x4 7995.

[baileyuph]

Those times are impressive!

Do you remember if the frames were of quality lumber?  And back then you probably used more dowels?

Impressive, shows it can be done.

The phase I that would be interesting to watch is foam installation in cushions, the air is literally sucked out and the foam is slipped in very easily.

Doyle