Seat Inlays !

[mworthan]

Thought I would put Keith's instructions in a pdf doc like some of the previous instructions that he and others have provided before. Makes a nice "step by step" to print out, hole punch and stck in a reference binder.

thanks,

Mikeseidel inlayed seat.pdf

[Nathan Horn]

I just did an inlay in my first saddle.

Here's how I did it:

1. I cut out the shape in the actual seat leather

2. cut out three 1/8" foam pieces the same size as the cut out

3. Took a little bit of the edge off of the leather piece, then glued the foam pieces on to fit it

4. I inlaid mine in Kangaroo, so I cut out a piece of Kangaroo about 1" or 1 1/2" bigger around

5. I got the kangaroo damp (too help stretch it) then glued it to the foam.

6. Put the whole thing (leather, foam, Kangaroo) back into the the hole I cut out and pushed it down to stretch out the kangaroo and shape it into the hole.

7. Once it dried, I cut out another piece of kangaroo to lay under the seat piece, once again, 1" bigger around than the hole, and glued it in

8. I sewed the inlay piece in. The stitching goes through the thick seat piece and both layers of kangaroo, which sandwiches the padding and leather piece in between them.

Just a note: This is my first saddle, which makes it my first inlay, but it worked good. A guy that's helping me just helped me figure it out, so we kinda winged it. Hope this helps you all. Have a good day.