David Posted November 5, 2008 Report Posted November 5, 2008 (edited) A customer sent me a photo of a shirt purchased at Sturgis. She liked the cross but wanted to add some.........skulls (what else? With wings no less!) Now I'm not a skull kind of guy but hey, she is the customer after all. I did a sketch for her which she liked. The drape on the cross changed from an American flag to just a cloth drape..... so here we go with the latest seat. The first day I cut my patters and I traced the design onto the leather. That was about all I finished that first day. Edited November 5, 2008 by David Quote
David Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Posted November 5, 2008 Day two, was a Saturday, so I had all day to work on it and I cut the entire design and finished the tooling. It was a long day. Quote
David Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Posted November 5, 2008 The seat was requested to be for a "show bike" so to me that means decorative lacing. So a lot more holes were punched in the front and rear leathers. The name was added to the rear leather. And the decorative lace was added to the front on day 3. Quote
ArtS Posted November 5, 2008 Report Posted November 5, 2008 That is awesome David. I'd hate to sit on it. I'd hang it up on the wall. Art Quote Art Schwab "You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself." – Galileo Galilei
David Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Posted November 5, 2008 Day 4, the only thing remaining to do before the pan arrived was to add the decorative lacing to the rear leather. Don't hesitate to ask questions.... This may be as close as I get to a tutorial again. Dave Quote
Members twofour878 Posted November 5, 2008 Members Report Posted November 5, 2008 Very nice. I love the step by step pics, they will help alot in understanding how the whole thing goes together. Quote
Members MatthewD Posted November 5, 2008 Members Report Posted November 5, 2008 David, I love how clean you have your carving lines... What weight of leather do you use for this seat? Quote
David Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Posted November 5, 2008 (edited) David, I love how clean you have your carving lines... What weight of leather do you use for this seat? Matthew, The leather is 6-7 oz (closer to 7 oz.) both top and bottom. I purchase from Wickett and Craig. David Theobald Edited November 5, 2008 by David Quote
Members MatthewD Posted November 5, 2008 Members Report Posted November 5, 2008 Matthew,The leather is 6-7 oz (closer to 7 oz.) both top and bottom. I purchase from Wickett and Craig. David Theobald I think I might have to check them out for buying leather... this latest stuff I got in the 6-7 oz range wasn't that great IMO Quote
David Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Posted November 5, 2008 I think I might have to check them out for buying leather... this latest stuff I got in the 6-7 oz range wasn't that great IMO Give them a try, I've always been pleased. David Theobald Quote
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