Cyberthrasher

If you used a water based dye, I'd be pretty worried about wetting the front. I'm having troubles picturing the exact problem though, so I don't want to tread where I don't really know. I've seen comments both ways about the gluing of the top. Some say it will never form right if you glue, while others say it will sag in the future if you don't. If you can manage to get some pictures up of the problem, that would help a lot. I'd be willing to post them for you too if you want to email them to me. Send me a PM if that's the case and I'll get you my email address. There are quite a few excellent seat builders here so I'm sure someone will have an answer for you.

Like I told you in my email Chris, you gotta do what's best for you (I think I put that in there). Either way, I'm glad to hear that there might be someone to pick up the market share and keep people rolling.

Very nice. I was planning on using a top mounted D ring when I do one for my dog too. That will make it much easier on ALL of us. I'm also curious about the lining too....

Yeah. I was just about to suggest the same thing until I saw he beat me to it. You can pick up really cheap ones - or really expensive ones. I'm sure a cheap one would do you OK for now until you get some cash flow happening.

The part that I noticed was a little bit of black that bled up into the natural brow area. Honestly, only someone as anal retentive as me would ever notice it I'm sure My mom always taught me when i was a kid that you HAVE to put some "mistakes" in your art. One, for the reason you said (it is handmade after all and not done on a CNC or something) and two, to identify it as yours. I remember some of her bead work that had a single red bead in the middle of a sea of orange. Stuff like that is great for the craftsman. Like I said, seeing that stuff in your work just helps me remember that some of that is OK. Now, let's see if I can actually get some work done today......

There were a couple little bleed over spots that would drive me nuts normally, but it doesn't really show through when you step back and look at it as a whole. That's the kind of OCD stuff I was talking about. That's always my biggest problem - sometimes striving so hard for perfection that it sets me back. I think that's a good idea to start the other one now, as long as you're satisfied with the overall scheme now. Right now it probably seems like a lot of overload just focusing on the one panel. Working two at the same time could be like a mental break and help you feel like you're not just doing one thing all day. Plus, that will give you time to soak up what you've done on one and make a good determination of where you're going with it. You know, let it stew for a bit and not over think it while it's fresh.

Nice closeup. Helps me see that I might not need to be so OCD on the details.

Sounds like some cool inspiration for some steam punk stuff. One problem though - NO PICTURES!!! (as if I've never done that before)

Good idea after those words of wisdom. .....and it's not a knucklehead, it's a SHOVELHEAD!!!

Chancey's a MACHINE!! No sleep, no food. Just fill him up with the best high octane around and watch the work fly.

See, I think we have a consensus here - beads are overrated