An Introduction: Chris Collins and Morris Tilly Project

[jack neville]

Next is the legs of the seats. This is made from standard 3mm x 25mm angle iron but is trimmed down to 18mm on one side so first was to cut off the excess on one side. I will do these as eight bends on the lager radius of the template and then weld them in the centre where required to get the correct shape and size.

[jack neville]

With the legs bent up and joined I added them to the base frame and also added the adjusting mechanism and the claws that locate the legs to the floor frame.

[jack neville]

I drilled holes around the edge of the seat base to plug weld to the frame and turned down some half inch bolts to match the stepped bolts that hinge the to seat halves together.

[jack neville]

That almost completes the bottom half. The seat back on the complete set of seats we have are not good enough to use so I will make two sets of those.
There is a reinforced section on the bottom which has two small pressings which take the weight of the seat back against the legs. The first thing to do was unpick the wire edge and fold out the frame for a pattern.

[jack neville]

I had some sheet metal folded and scribed the shape onto it. I cut a piece of 10mm bar the same shape to dress the edge and folded a new piece of 4mm wire into the edge using a pair of pliers.

[jack neville]

I cut a piece for the reinforcing and plug welded it in place

[jack neville]

I then scrapped up a simple die to form the small pressings.