Members HarleyChef Posted August 13, 2009 Author Members Report Posted August 13, 2009 How was the party? I saw the thread on the JJ. Are you going to the WI. State Fair?Oh yeah, nice work! The party was a blast, the vendors were great, and the bikes were even better than last year! Yup, I'll be at the fair, not as a vendor though...I can't afford the vendor fees, but you can bet I'm going to try the chocolate covered bacon! Thanks for the compliment! Quote
Members bustedlifter Posted August 13, 2009 Members Report Posted August 13, 2009 MMmmm, chocolate covered bacon sounds yummy! I grew up in Milwaukee and have an aunt and uncle that live a few blocks from the fairgrounds. Lots o' cool stuff there. Quote
Members KenE Posted August 14, 2009 Members Report Posted August 14, 2009 Hello, Nice looking seat. I like how it is dark, but has complex color shades in it. Regarding the question about the holes from another post'er, I also had this problem and solved it a slightly different way (but close...) on my seat. I made a paper pattern on the bottom which was larger than the seat pan (so as to wrap up the sides a small amount so that I could lace it). I then layed down paper on the top (some people use butcher paper but I don't have any yet) and then carefully trimmed it such that the two patterns touched. Make sure you have a centerline drawn on the seat and the patterns, and line everything up. You probably want to throw some tape on there to keep it all from moving. Now make tick marks every 1.5" - 2" on both patterns while it is on the seat. Try to make your tick marks an even number of hole spacings. Now you can fill in the space between the marks with evenly spaced holes when you lay it out on the leather. This prevents you from having error stack-up like you would have if you just used a divider to measure hole to hole. I've found that just using dividers you can be off by a hole or two by the time you get to the end of a long piece. Take it for what its worth, I've only done one in my life! ~Ken Quote
Members VonFuct Posted August 17, 2009 Members Report Posted August 17, 2009 Hello,Nice looking seat. I like how it is dark, but has complex color shades in it. Regarding the question about the holes from another post'er, I also had this problem and solved it a slightly different way (but close...) on my seat. I made a paper pattern on the bottom which was larger than the seat pan (so as to wrap up the sides a small amount so that I could lace it). I then layed down paper on the top (some people use butcher paper but I don't have any yet) and then carefully trimmed it such that the two patterns touched. Make sure you have a centerline drawn on the seat and the patterns, and line everything up. You probably want to throw some tape on there to keep it all from moving. Now make tick marks every 1.5" - 2" on both patterns while it is on the seat. Try to make your tick marks an even number of hole spacings. Now you can fill in the space between the marks with evenly spaced holes when you lay it out on the leather. This prevents you from having error stack-up like you would have if you just used a divider to measure hole to hole. I've found that just using dividers you can be off by a hole or two by the time you get to the end of a long piece. Take it for what its worth, I've only done one in my life! ~Ken Great advise Ken, thanks a lot! I'm gonna try that hole spacing trick on my seat! Quote Cheers, VonFuct ------------------------------------- http://www.facebook.com/VonFuct http://myspace.com/vonfuct http://vonfuct.blogspot.com/ http://vonfuct.deviantart.com/
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