Members pzarkov Posted May 3, 2014 Members Report Posted May 3, 2014 Я сделал это сидений 1.6 mm.k пластиковую основе креп skobami.derzhitsya хорошо. Не знаю ,может они не понимают Руский язик....Хорошое сидение на фотке.Ето за меня ,лутшей сайт за нами: http://arnesi.ru Если что та,спрашевай,помогу.Успех... Sorry for my Russian. Good luck!! Quote
Members XISH077 Posted May 3, 2014 Author Members Report Posted May 3, 2014 Wow, thank all of you for the info! I just ordered that book for lacing and stitching. Gorec & Pzarkov thanks for the pics. Those are amazing seats and the pictures will be a HUGE help when completing my project. John D - I don't understand what you mean when you say you don't use rivets on the outside of the leather?! I do not have a staple gun strong enough to get through leather AND into the OEM pan. So I will most definitely be using pop rivets and I planned on just placing them evenly along the border edge of the leather on the underside of the pan, right through the leather, is this not advisable? and Dave - You would recommend 7/8oz leather all the way around the seat? I think the easiest approach to this would be to make multiple "sections" (kind of like the seat Pzarkov posted) and then lace them all together. You would use 7/8 for every piece? Also, if I am not tooling...I should still go with 7/8oz? Thanks Thank you, thank you, thank you Quote
JohnD Posted May 3, 2014 Report Posted May 3, 2014 (edited) I just reread my first post and just wanted to clarify, I meant to write that I never use WASHERS on the outside of the leather and have never had problems. Also, the 2/3 oz is only used for the sides, when wet molding is necessary. As David said, thicker leather is needed for any tooling that will be done. Although I don't go as thick as David, I generally use somewhere around 5-7 oz, depending on the shape that it needs to conform to. If there won't be any toolong on the seat, thinner leather will mold and conform bettter, which will make things look much better in the end. Edited May 3, 2014 by JohnD Quote (rdb):God looked down at the world, and said "See, right there in Witchita, next to the railroad tracks, I didn't put enough dandelions".
David Posted May 7, 2014 Report Posted May 7, 2014 My solo seats are all 7-8 oz. front and back. All of my seats are 2 piece. For a frame mounted seat 7-8 for the top and 3-4 for the sides which are pulled around and riveted to the back. Again check out the posts by Roger for frame mounted seats. The Christian bike seat was my how-to for spring mounted solo seats. Quote
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