What is cost to do your own cafe seat?

[Autotek]

Not sure I am understanding your question but if you are asking how I will attach the seat to the pan I used inserts from West Marine and glassed them in. West Marine is btw a great place to get hardware for bikes.

 

[bradj]

Kriced, a 3000 dollar seat

 

[bradj]

Do you have access to a welder?

If so I made a seat out of sheet steel with zero experience before (making stuff out of metal or welding). Total cost about $20

well done

 

[neevo]

well done

Cheers brad. Ignorance is a virtue when it comes to these sorts of things, gets you thinking creatively

 

[bradj]

Im not gonna lie to ya i really like that^ ive been thiniing about tring it ever sence i saw you post

 

[bradj]

Here is my latest seat

 

[bradj]

A few more pictures

 

[shane7513]

nice work brad!

 

[bradj]

Thanks man

i got 20 bucks in it total

 

[Brian lee]

Do you have access to a welder?

If so I made a seat out of sheet steel with zero experience before (making stuff out of metal or welding). Total cost about $20

now that is cool as hell. Awsome job

 

[facefirst35]

Do you have access to a welder?

If so I made a seat out of sheet steel with zero experience before (making stuff out of metal or welding). Total cost about $20

Damn! You did that for your first time ever working with metal or welding? You're some sort of natural!

 

[neevo]

Damn! You did that for your first time ever working with metal or welding? You're some sort of natural!

Hahahahaha, not sure about that. I do love working with sheet metal though, I find it therapeutic and I've got loads of time to play around with it. Get something wrong and just cut it out and melt more metal in, it's quite a simple and organic process.

A mate also sold me (cheap ) a set if hammers and dollies which I love to use too, gently persuading the steel into shape.

I'm pretty sure you could cut, weld, hammer any shape with enough thought and patience.

I'm going to have a go at a whole tank one day.

 

[facefirst35]

Hahahahaha, not sure about that. I do love working with sheet metal though, I find it therapeutic and I've got loads of time to play around with it. Get something wrong and just cut it out and melt more metal in, it's quite a simple and organic process.

A mate also sold me (cheap ) a set if hammers and dollies which I love to use too, gently persuading the steel into shape.

I'm pretty sure you could cut, weld, hammer any shape with enough thought and patience.

I'm going to have a go at a whole tank one day.

Well it turned out great. It gives me hope!!