Charles Eames Eiffel Tower Chair Base Foot

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This Eames Eiffel Tower base foot design is very close to the original. There are similar ones for sale but they are very expensive. After making a number of just plastic designs I finally settled on this version which uses easily available "Nail On Glides" and 3D printed inserts using Flexible PLA Filament. I did this around 6 years ago when I had a very basic printer and no experience printing. I had some Ninjaflex filament which is what I used. The flexible insert is not as firm as the original Eames Eiffel feet / glides. However they are still working perfectly after all this time. The Nail On Glides I used were from the Shepherd company. As you can see from the photo attached the diameter is 1 1/16 inch in diameter. I was not able to find this size now but you should be able to find them with a search. I did find this brand: https://www.allglides.com/naongli2.html After printing out the .stl file with some flexible filament, using your heat gun, heat the Nail On Glides and extract the rubber part with the nail using a vice and vice grip wrench. It should be simple to insert the flexible printed insert into the empty stainless steel glide. Some other flexible filament may be better than what I used, so experiment away. I think you will be very happy with the end result. They slide smoothly along the floor with no chattering like you get with the plastic ones.