Aircraft seat how-to

[Turbo26T]

Just a heads-up on a great how-to for building aircraft type seats for a trad rod in Dec 2004 Rod & Custom. Looks fairly simple. Stan

[trey]

i dont know what month rod and custom is in now, it always confuses me. is dec the newest one? anybody got it yet? i can never remember what time frame it arrives.

trey

[kentucky]

My R&C showed up today. The Ego-RAma pics are in it as well. Give 'em hell BobK, DRD57 and Loudpedal!

[thrasherbill]

Another option for bomber seat plans can be found HERE. (http://www.volksrods.com/id61.htm) A warning for those with weak stomachs... the link leads to a (gasp) VW site. The plans are $10 and the cash goes to help fund the site the same way HAMB Auctions work here. The seats look like this...

http://www.volksrods.com/30144400.jpg


Bill

[Rand Man]

I will be looking for it at Wal-Mrt tonight. Then I'll renew that subsciption.

[Tman]

Or you take the $10 and use it on some sheetmetal.

[kentucky]

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My R&C showed up today. The Ego-RAma pics are in it as well. Give 'em hell BobK, DRD57 and Loudpedal!

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I should say the Ego-Rama PICKS as in the contestants, not the pics as in the coverage http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif What can I say I'm an idiot http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[AeroCraftsman]

Haven't seen the magazine artice yet, buy here's one that I made. I made a pair of them for a friend of a friend. Copied an original aircraft seat that was kicking around. Not too hard to make except for rolling the wire around the edge. I ended up with about $60 worth of materials and 12 hours in each seat.

[Radshit]

That seat is perfect Aero C..........I sure would like to see more detail shots of that........is the back side joint to sides rivit together?.........nice work....NEal

[trey]

i made a bench seat for mine. its not quite finished yet. no beads rolled in it. i pounded rivits for a whole day, but it was fun. it might not be pretty right now, but i liked making it, and its very comfortable. ill try to get a picture of it today.

trey

[Turbo26T]

TMan & AeroC :Great looking seats! What gauge material? I'm just before ordering the material for a pair for my 26T Track . I thought of using 5/16" or 3/8" 6061 round rod (welded to edge) instead of rolling /wire edge.

[AeroCraftsman]

I used .040 6061 T3 and annealed it along the edge to roll the wire. If I make some more, I'll probably use 5052 since it's quite a bit cheaper and wouldn't sacrifice any strength. For the wire I used 1/4" mild steel rod. The rod around the edge does more than just round it off, it really ties the whole seat together and adds a lot of strength.

[Tman]

Since mine will be covered, I used 18G steel. My edge is HEMMED flat. I started to wire it and didnt like the test piece I did. It has just the right amount of flex and is VERY comfy. I took my pattern, which looked like the ones in R&C http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif and "tested" it on several sized folks. the base is roughly 16x16. Since I MIGed mine together I had onnly about 3 hours per in em?

I would say that it was the most fun I have had on any recent project and recommendo anyone try a set.

Trey, I wanna see your bench!

[Tman]

BTW, I did mine last month BEFORE the new R&C came out. I was copying the British Sports car look that ScarryLarry has in his truck. Do a search for Bomber seats. We have covered it many times!