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more than 60 year old seat (the owner said so...)

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some fresh paint and plenty of rust...

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don't know what this is...

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more rust and something hairy :head_hurts_kr:

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trying to get the rust off...

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first layer of some special kind of rubbery spunge (don't know how to explain in english)

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here I put 2 more layers of spunge and that rubber type of thing... don't have the photo of the inside but it is like sandwich with two thiner layers (water resistant) on the outside and one 1" softer spunge in the middle...

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nice peice of cow shoulder (vegetabile)

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pfaff 335 sewing machine

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painted and polished edges, nice round and slicky... lacquered and polished all over...

a days work but should last for another 50 years

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cheers,

Silk

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nice work.....silk

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thanx pellegrino!

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another seat from me...

cheers,

Silvio

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A day's work? I'd be weeks! LOL

Question: I don't see any anchor points etc for forming the top to the foam? How do you do that??

"I gotta have more cowbell!" Cristopher Walken - SNL

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A day's work? I'd be weeks! LOL

Question: I don't see any anchor points etc for forming the top to the foam? How do you do that??

:)

I make the top piece of leather larger than the bottom one, get it wet in a warm water (put some glue on the edges and try not to get that wet), bond the upper and lower part just enough to keep in place during hand pressing the shape... at first I was a bit scared that leather wouldn't agree for that kind of action but after a hour of sweat and tooth crunching it turned just fine, looks to me like the top of the dr. martens boot... then I dried the top leather (took it of and dried the inside part also), glued it even better, cut the extra edges, sew it on an old pfaff machine, did the edges, lacquered it, polished and that is it...

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Nice :) Thanks much cheers.gif

"I gotta have more cowbell!" Cristopher Walken - SNL

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no problem!!

btw. I baught a new camera so there will be a short movie next time I make a seat... :showoff:

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excellent - look forward to it :)

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"I gotta have more cowbell!" Cristopher Walken - SNL

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another one from me... I made this one almost two years ago... still looks cool to me...

the one above is the first seat I ever made and this was the second one...

the plate and taking mesures...

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one layer of thin rubbery spunge, one layer of softer spunge and again thin and dense rubbery stuff (not sure how to call it)

the cool thing is when you use the neophrene glue on the edges (you must make the middle spunge thicker and softer and SMALLER)

the air gets stuck in the mid part... I like it like that, the whole seat looks thin but is much more confortable than it looks... (the driver said so)

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engraving before glueing... stamp of my workshop hidden from the eyes of public... (I just didnt want someone to sit on my logo :head_hurts_kr: ) ;)

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softening the edge part with water and shaping it to the plate...

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graphic (from a bikers arm actualy)

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graphic transfered to the main peice of nice cow shoulder...

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few pictures missing...

simplest way not to use the sewing machine :D

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finitoooo!!!

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nice contrast with green in the back...

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cheers,

Silk

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another bike, another seat... average seat but the bike is awsome :gun:

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