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Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 12/30/2015, 1:37 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat (Brian Nystrom)

I'd at least try to use one seat as a male mold and clamp the individual strips onto it to cool and get the proper shape. It'll take a while, steam a strip, clamp it, let it cool, steam another same process then glue those two and on and on.

It might not be that time consuming come to think of it, steaming time won't be much for strips, generally an hour steaming per inch of thickness, so only in the steamer for a few minutes per strip. They will have to dry before you try edge gluing them though.

Most of the time I suspect will be trying to figure out how to clamp the strips to hold the shape.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: strip built tractor seat
Marc Donnelly -- 12/27/2015, 8:33 pm
Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat
JohnK -- 12/27/2015, 11:12 pm
Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat
Allan -- 12/28/2015, 12:58 am
Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat
Bill Hamm -- 12/28/2015, 1:49 am
Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat
Bill Hamm -- 12/28/2015, 1:57 am
Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat
Marc Donnelly -- 12/28/2015, 8:12 pm
Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat
Bill Hamm -- 12/29/2015, 1:04 am
Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat
dave koslow -- 12/29/2015, 10:30 am
Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat
Brian Nystrom -- 12/29/2015, 11:23 am
Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat
Marc Donnelly -- 12/29/2015, 7:56 pm
Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat
Bill Hamm -- 12/30/2015, 1:37 am
Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat
Marc Upchurch -- 12/30/2015, 6:29 am
Re: Strip: strip built tractor seat
Bill Hamm -- 12/31/2015, 1:16 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 12/29/2015, 1:11 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/29/2015, 4:23 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 12/29/2015, 4:36 pm
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Marc Donnelly -- 12/29/2015, 8:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/31/2015, 9:35 am
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Marc Donnelly -- 1/3/2016, 9:54 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/3/2016, 10:18 am
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Marc Donnelly -- 1/3/2016, 10:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/4/2016, 12:14 am
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Marc Donnelly -- 1/4/2016, 11:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/5/2016, 12:21 am
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Marc Donnelly -- 1/5/2016, 11:43 am
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mac mccaskie -- 1/8/2016, 9:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/9/2016, 7:02 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/9/2016, 9:43 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/9/2016, 10:33 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 1/12/2016, 11:09 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/12/2016, 11:30 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/13/2016, 12:51 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/13/2016, 8:27 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/14/2016, 12:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/14/2016, 12:28 am