86" Seat Frame information

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Originally Posted by garrycol

Is this any help?

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Thanks, that was the picture I found some time back.
Just came back from the local woodwork club where I cut some hardwood down to size.....

Colin

I made mine from western red cedar because I had a lot of it at home. Yes it's soft wood but they've been fine for the past 10 years. Mine have hessian stretched across like the Exmoor ones with the Dunlopillow underneath.

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Originally Posted by numpty

I made mine from western red cedar because I had a lot of it at home. Yes it's soft wood but they've been fine for the past 10 years. Mine have hessian stretched across like the Exmoor ones with the Dunlopillow underneath.

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Is it just the hessian that’s stops the foam falling through the middle of the frame ? I wondered if there was some webbing across the centre, mind you the hessian wouldn’t be needed then.....

Colin

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Originally Posted by gromit

Is it just the hessian that’s stops the foam falling through the middle of the frame ? I wondered if there was some webbing across the centre, mind you the hessian wouldn’t be needed then.....

Colin

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I don't know Colin, as I had an upholsterer remake the seats with my frames. As the foam also sits on the timber all round, the hessian would hold it in the middle.

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Originally Posted by numpty

I don't know Colin, as I had an upholsterer remake the seats with my frames. As the foam also sits on the timber all round, the hessian would hold it in the middle.

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Thanks....I'm guessing they wouldn't use the hessian and also webbing so hessian it is.........

Colin

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Originally Posted by garrycol

Is this any help?

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Checked some measurements today and a few on the drawing are a bit suspect.
I'll make some frames to my dimensions and see how they fit.

Here's a view under an existing seat.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...018/04/887.jpgDSCN4770 by Colin Radley, on Flickr

Whether these are replacements or not I don't know. There are 4 big air holes to let air escape as you sit on the seat, you can just see a couple on the RHS.
Rubber buffers are either side at the front rather than at the back on the frame shown above. This is because the base is flat and the block that stops the seat sliding forward (and holds the strap) would make the seat rock if the buffers weren't there.


Colin

I'm not home until tomorrow Colin otherwise I'd send a picture of the drawing I made of my frames. Mine don't have the fancy leather retainer at the front either.

Perry

Whilst tidying up the garage today I thought I should get a move on with the Series I seat frames.

Some glue and a staple gun and it's on to finding some foam for the seats & hessian for underneath, then I have to make some seat covers.....

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...018/06/177.jpgDSCN4834 by Colin Radley, on Flickr


Colin

Walked into an Op Shop yesterday and picked up several metres of hessian.

Just need to get the foam cut and then buy some vinyl and get sewing......

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1891/...fa4035f5_z.jpgDSCN4925 by Colin Radley, on Flickr



Colin