Foldable Meditation Bench

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Foldable Meditation Bench

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For my sweetie, the yoga teacher....
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I Like :D
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Nice idea folding legs.

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On Thursday, I received the following notification:
vectric wrote:Hello llwood,

You have received a new private message from "Rarebyte" to your account on
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folding leg meditation bench

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http://forum.vectric.com/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=view&p=17099
When I clicked on the link to view this private message, I saw the following message: "You are not authorised to read private messages." !!! When I try to send a private message to this user, I see the message "You are not authorised to send private messages."

I am posting this here for two reasons. First, to let Rarebyte know that I can't read the message. Please email me directly at andy@clutterfreeservices.com. Second, to ask HOW I CAN GET AUTHORIZED TO READ PRIVATE MESSAGES. If anyone can help, please let me know. Thanks, --Andy

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HI,
I really like this medication stool. Did you make the entire thing on a CNC machine or just the engraving?

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connalj wrote:Did you make the entire thing on a CNC machine or just the engraving?
The entire thing....

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llwood wrote:
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For my sweetie, the yoga teacher....
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Love this, it has so many other uses as well. mind sharing the dimensions you used or the files?

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cnctech wrote:Mind sharing the dimensions you used or the files?
I'd be happy to. Here you go. Enjoy!
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Side Jewel in the Lotus.crv
(1.51 MiB) Downloaded 203 times
Side Om in Flower.crv
(815.5 KiB) Downloaded 174 times
Top.crv
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Thanks for the "Om" Andy!! :D
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Glad this got bumped back up. It is beautiful. I am sure your sweetie loved it. How is it holding up more than 5 years later? :)

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meflick wrote:I am sure your sweetie loved it. How is it holding up more than 5 years later? :)
Yes, she loves it and we both continue to use it from time to time. About 2 years ago, we had a party, and sometime during the course of the party a 190 pound man decided to stand on the meditation bench. I don't know what possessed him to do this--there wasn't even any alcohol at the party! It wasn't designed to take this much weight, so when this happened it bent the hinge. I took the original hinges off and put on bigger, stronger hinges, and now it would be strong enough to stand up to that, even though it should never have to. Other than that, or should I say in spite of that, it's holding up great.

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Andy: What kind of hinges did you use, and where did you get them? My Son-In-Law is also a teacher of meditation (Dr. Brandon Nappi - Copper Beech Institute), and I think he would like something like this for his classes.
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fkrasnicki wrote:Andy: What kind of hinges did you use, and where did you get them?
Frank, I just got 2" hinges at Lowes, like the ones shown at this link: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Gatehouse-2-in ... 1000513859

In an earlier post, I mentioned how the original hinge was bent when someone stood on it. The pictures below show the original, and the replacement, hinges.

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The left side shows the original hinge, and the right side shows how I replaced the bent hinge with stronger ones.
The left side shows the original hinge, and the right side shows how I replaced the bent hinge with stronger ones.
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Both sides replaced.

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I also put some felt furniture bumpers on the inside of the legs so it can be folded silently. This acts as a cushion between the 2 pieces of wood when folded.

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Thank you Andy,
I also like the story that's included.
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