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Turn it the other way.

What color is it?

Turn it upside down and then yank it hard unless it's the other type, then you have to twist it while you yank it!

I think you are confusing this one with the other type. On this model you may have to push down and twist at the same time.

I feel certain that the OP's foot rest is type three: this requires a pull, grunt, twist, pull sequence. The only other possibility would be the rare green type three, for which the type three process is reversed.

It is possible that I am wrong, but I was responsible for most of the design on type one and type two footrests, and my PhD is in footrest design, so I believe I write with some authority.

I think you need to provide a little more information. What is this footrest on, etc., etc., etc.?

Cultivate some NDE tech or radiologist buddies--then you can get it X-rayed, which might help.

You need a "Smoke Wrench" - it will remove anything!

1931 Emil J. Paidar Barber Chair. How to disconnect Flip/Flop foot rest. Cannot seem to get it apart. Thanks for your help

Why not try some of these?

Antique Barber Chairs | Old Barber Chair Style

GA

Not sure why I still get some red crosses though:-

Anyway, back to the thread: there's an interesting bit on the web site:-

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The Emil J Paidar Barber Chair company was based in Chicago, Illinois. It has been building barber shop chairs since the beginning of the 20th century.

Here's an interesting story about Paidar barber chairs: For many years, local US companies did pretty well selling chairs to the more than 100.000 barber shops in the States. But then, in 1957, a Japanese company, Osaka's Takara Belmont Co. arrived in the States and started competing with American manufacturers.

The firsts models were almost identical models to the chairs produced by Emil J. Paidar Co., which by then was the leading manufacturer. Takara then made an intelligent move: his parts were intechangeable with Paidar Barber Chairs, so if an arm or footrest broke, Takara would just get some spare parts from their distributors network in the US, which were considerably cheaper than original Paidar Chair Parts.

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So the age of the chair in question is probably crucial to finding an answer.

I read that too! I can't see what all the fuss is over these chairs! Do people have them in their living rooms or what? I must be a modern guy who likes to sit on (or slouch) a sofa!! Anyone care to share their fascination?