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« Reply #30 on: November 24, 2010, 06:14:14 PM » |
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chopper....
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« Reply #31 on: November 24, 2010, 06:16:58 PM » |
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and the one on the reliant.... notice how the rear of the seat is much deeper than the nose. This allows the seat to follow down the frame rails but gives a level seat to park my backside on.
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« Reply #32 on: November 24, 2010, 06:18:46 PM » |
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Backtracking slightly, here are the finished side panels.
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« Reply #33 on: November 26, 2010, 06:03:23 AM » |
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Right then, back to the seat and a change of plan.
I was going to re-use the old foam but decided i`d have all new instead.
Lay the foam on a flat surface, place the upturned seatpan on it and then trim to shape with a handsaw.
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« Reply #34 on: November 26, 2010, 06:05:03 AM » |
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Because its so dense, the foam will cut easily with any serrated blade without ripping.
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« Reply #35 on: November 26, 2010, 06:08:07 AM » |
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Now if your unlucky enough not to have a large piece of foam, dont worry, you can use as many single pieces as it takes.
I`m gonna have to have 3 pieces, so i cut a thin strip to fill the gap.
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« Reply #36 on: November 26, 2010, 06:09:05 AM » |
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And when its glued together it will hardley be noticed  |
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« Reply #37 on: November 26, 2010, 06:13:15 AM » |
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To glue the foam together and to the pan, you`ll need a solvent free glue, the stuff you use on foam backed carpet is ideal. It comes in aerosol form, simply spray n stick  |
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« Reply #38 on: November 26, 2010, 06:15:42 AM » |
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A layer of gue on the pan will hold the foam nicely.
Then lay your cover out on a flat surface and centre the seatpan on it, makeing sure you have enough cover to bend up the sides and reach your holes .
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« Reply #39 on: November 26, 2010, 06:19:30 AM » |
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Now for the fun bit! Make a small hole in the edge of your cover and insert a rivet, put the rivet in a hole a rivet the cover to the pan.
I`m adding small washers to my rivets which will effectively double the size of the finished rivet head.
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« Reply #40 on: November 26, 2010, 06:21:38 AM » |
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I`ll put 1 rivet into the nose end and then, pulling the cover taught, I`ll add 1 rivet to each side, leaving the back for now.
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« Reply #41 on: November 26, 2010, 06:26:20 AM » |
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Then its a matter of working your way round the entire pan, pulling the cover taught and riviting as you go.
Working on small sections at a time, i`ll place rivets into the holes where necassary, to hold the cover.
Placing the rivets in the holes means you can pull them out again and adjust the cover as you need to.
When i`m happy with it, i`ll rivet the rivets in!
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« Reply #42 on: November 26, 2010, 06:41:32 AM » |
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I dont use a rivet in every hole as i work my way round, just as and where needed to get the cover on.
Then i can come back and try and address some of the small creases that will inevitably appear.
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« Reply #43 on: November 26, 2010, 06:47:00 AM » |
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I always show you my bad as well as good, so here is a shot of one of the sides.
More ripples than i would have liked, but i should be able to work a few of them out.
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« Reply #44 on: November 26, 2010, 06:49:15 AM » |
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A view of the top.
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