Members HarleyChef Posted August 12, 2009 Members Report Posted August 12, 2009 Here's a look at a seat I did for a Euro/Chop/Rat bike street party in Milwaukee las weekend. Was a lot of fun to do! Cheers! Gary Quote
Members LAROC Posted August 12, 2009 Members Report Posted August 12, 2009 Very nice work Gary. What colour Brown did you use? Quote
Members HarleyChef Posted August 12, 2009 Author Members Report Posted August 12, 2009 Very nice work Gary.What colour Brown did you use? Thanks! The background is chocolate brown faded into medium brown, then saddle tan. I finished with a medium brown antique paste and two coats of Pecards leather dressing. Quote
Members VonFuct Posted August 12, 2009 Members Report Posted August 12, 2009 That's great! Now my question is, how do you layout the hole pattern for the lacing and get it to line up correctly having two different shaped pieces, top and bottom? Quote Cheers, VonFuct ------------------------------------- http://www.facebook.com/VonFuct http://myspace.com/vonfuct http://vonfuct.blogspot.com/ http://vonfuct.deviantart.com/
Members azrider Posted August 12, 2009 Members Report Posted August 12, 2009 That's nice. Quote Drygulch Leatherworks- Baldwin City, Kansas www.drygulchleather.com
Members HarleyChef Posted August 12, 2009 Author Members Report Posted August 12, 2009 That's great! Now my question is, how do you layout the hole pattern for the lacing and get it to line up correctly having two different shaped pieces, top and bottom? Once I glue the foam to the pan, I make a pattern for the top piece, including hole spacing. If I'm going to use 1/4" lace, then I space the holes 1/4" apart and about the same from the edge. I then cut out a pattern for the bottom of the seat, tack the two patterns together while still on the seat. Mark your holes for the bottom piece from the holes for the top piece...it takes time but this works best for me. Hope that helps! Quote
Members VonFuct Posted August 12, 2009 Members Report Posted August 12, 2009 Okay, that does help a bit. Do you wet form your tops and bottoms since you have more foam in there than a lot of other seat builders seem to use? I'm making my seat very similar to yours, using some foam between the pan and the leather but it's making it difficult to get things to line up. It also might me more difficult because I have the top piece already tooled and stained but with no hole pattern or holes yet. Horse, get back behind the cart! Anyway, you got a great looking seat there... wait, that didn't sound "funny" did it? Quote Cheers, VonFuct ------------------------------------- http://www.facebook.com/VonFuct http://myspace.com/vonfuct http://vonfuct.blogspot.com/ http://vonfuct.deviantart.com/
Members LAROC Posted August 12, 2009 Members Report Posted August 12, 2009 Thanks for the colour info. I'm ordering my dyes for my seat next week and I can't believe how much the colours tend to darken up once applied. I'm going to airbrush the dyes on and will start by using a reducer initially to build up the colours so they fade into each other well. I'll definitely do test samples first as none of the browns appear as you'd think from what I've seen. Quote
Members bustedlifter Posted August 13, 2009 Members Report Posted August 13, 2009 (edited) How was the party? I saw the thread on the JJ. Are you going to the WI. State Fair? Oh yeah, nice work! Edited August 13, 2009 by bustedlifter Quote
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