Making a Curvy Seat Part 6 - The Final Details
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2023
- This video shows how to add the reinforcing strip around the perimeter of the seat, and how the holes are laid out and punched.
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That seat is so gorgeous that it belongs in a museum. 🤩👍🏻
Thanks so much!
Magnificent work Ron! I appreciate your teaching style and thorough description of the tools and process.
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video!
Chris - I just now realized who was commenting on my videos. I am so honored that you enjoyed these videos. I know you have made a LOT of seats like this, and I love your innovative techniques. I saw one of your cars at the Rodeo Drive Concours last weekend - it looked fantastic in the sunlight!
Your encouraging comments on other metal former's channels is the prime example of high class & humility. The dvds are favorites esp. on evenings following a high stress work day, the metal distortion around the punched holes is like a happy little trees in oil paintings. Thanks!
Thanks for the kind words. I actually didn't like the distortion around the first holes, so I hammered and sanded them smooth.
Hi Ron, very nice work. Not only a functional seat but a work of art too. Thanks!
You bet!
I can't wait. I've been a fan and purchased DVD'S from you. I have learned so much from you. Hammer forming was my favorite. Learning to make wooden bucks. You are a genius. Such a legend. You just make it look easy, and it's not. Skills to pay the bills.
Thank you! The more you do something, the easier it gets.
Very nice, Ron. On behalf of asses everywhere, thank you for this 😊.
Thanks - I'm so glad you liked it!
Absolutely one of the best, but most underrated channels on TH-cam.
Wow, thank you!
Greetings from Finland. Extremely great work as always !
Thank you very much!
this series was great from start to finish - great work sir, your presentations are always inspiring
Glad you like them!
This series has been a pleasure to watch!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Your workmanship is second to none, Sir! Thanks for sharing.
Wow, thanks!
Wow Ron, what a great project! I love it. The technique for getting the hole pattern transferred was genius. I bet making and installing the wired edge was a bunch of wirk, but what an amazing result. Thank you for sharing this project. I learned something from every video.
Joe - thanks so much! Using the beading machine to make the wired edges really streamlines the process. I first learned this from Lazze, but I keep finding ways to streamline and improve the process.
Excellent work as always, Ron. Looking forward to your next project.
I appreciate that!
Quick, we need a dozen of those by the end of the weekend! 😂
Masterful execution as always Master Ron, it is a treat to learn from a maker that just refuses to stay "painted in the corner" whatever happens. My proverbial hat is off to You again!
Yes, I can make a dozen - might take a few weeks, though. Maybe we could trade for the Brooklyn Bridge, or the Taj Mahal or something. (Joke, of course)
Glad you liked the video.
Pure museum quality.
Wow - that's a very high compliment! Thanks so much! I'm launching a new video this morning on my artist friend, Mike Cooper.
I'm very sad to see this series ending. But I'm glad seeing this piece of art, absolutely stunning! Thank you for all your videos.
I promise you I'll have some interesting new videos coming up before long!
Great series as always. For drag racing NHRA requires a larger tubing around the outside of the seat. I used 4130 1/2" tube in sectiones nd welding then together, wrap with aluminium, weld that on and finish. Also you need two egg shaped holes, one each side and one submarine hole forseat bolts. Thanks again, Fred Barnes
Fred - thanks so much for the reality check. Obviously, I didn't build this seat with competition in mind, but that needs to be considered for those who actually plan to race with a seat like this!
Enjoyed…awesome discussion/demonstration/build….so many lessons and your craftsmen subtle methods/tips are gems
Thanks so much, Chuck! That means a lot, coming from you - a very talented metalworker in your own right!
An absolute work of art, the pattern is fantastic and the execution brilliant. You are real pleasure to watch, Thanks Ron!
Many thanks!
Ron.
Attention to detail, meticulous planning, and superb execution.
Jere
Jere - thanks so much. Kind words coming from you mean a lot. I know you're a master in many arenas!
That turned out gorgeous.
Thank you!
Great idea, great implementation. Nice presentation of the material. Greetings from Siberia ))
Thank you so much! I get very few comments from people in Siberia!
UEFA Champions League Final on TV, but I prefer Ron Covell!🇸🇪
That's quite an honor - thanks for watching!
Incredible! The finished product is just so perfect. You are a master craftsman and a fantastic teacher 🙂
Wow, thank you!
Such a great video Ron. Thank you for sharing your process. The seat is beautiful!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video as always Ron, thank you for uploading!! 👍👍
My pleasure!
Turned out beautiful, as always 😊
Thank you! 😊
Hi Ron, another great video and a beautifully artistic design, i love it. congratulations on another successful project. best regards, dave
Thanks so much Dave!
The seat really turned out well. Thanks for making the videos to share
Glad you like them!
That's amazing. Thank you for teaching us.
Glad you liked it!
Wow what an incredible result. That edge shrinking looked very tricky, but turned out perfect. Thanks for your patience and teaching Ron!
You are so welcome!
It was a wonderful series, thanks Ron!
👍💪✌
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
@@RonCovell thanks Ron, I love how you teach us how to make great things.
It is so interesting to see a craftsman perform his craft. It's one of the things I enjoy. I will most likely never have the occasion to make something like this. However it is interesting as can be. Thanks you Ron for taking the time to show us these things. Cheers
I'm so glad you liked the video!
Thanks Ron for the helpful video.
Glad it was helpful!
This is absolutely amazing.
I'm so glad you liked it!
What a terrific, organic design. Thanks so much Ron for taking the tremendous time and effort to demonstrate what’s involved in creating such beautiful, functional art. 👍👍😎👍👍
Thank you kindly!
Excellent series, this one is by far my most favorite one... Thank you for sharing your skill and knowledge with us!
Glad you enjoy it!
Beautiful seat!
Thank you!
Awesome! Turned out beautiful.
Thank you! 😊
Absolutely wonderful. True craftsmanship
Thanks so much!
I would love to see you analyze this Seat project from a cost analysis perspective. What could be done to create an approximation of the same seat, but cutting down the number of primary sections and the integral wired edge . There has to innumerable options to cut down the cost if it was needed to outsource something like this to get a project finished.
You might enjoy this video, which shows a greatly simplified seat, with no wired edge:
th-cam.com/video/MaZ_tdqPRAQ/w-d-xo.html
Great outcome, that is impressive.
Thank you! Cheers!
Outstanding workmanship Ron. Great video series thank you.
Thanks so much!
Better than a Rembrandt! True art! Thanks for sharing your wisdom Ron!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing work Ron .... thanks ....
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for watching!
I love this !
That pleases me very much!
Really pretty seat, and the hole pattern looks great! And congrats on making 200k!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Very nice job! Thank you for your videos!
My pleasure!
Amazing job! 👏
Thanks for entering the raffle!
Fantastic Series Ron, enjoyable to watch a true craftsman. Beautiful seat.
Thanks so much, Randy!
impressive as always
I appreciate that!
Terrific work as always Ron. Proud to be a Patreon supporting you in putting work of this quality onto TH-cam.
Thanks you so much Dominic, for your continued support. It helps more than you know!
This Is Art!!
Thanks so much!
Very nice work, Great video, thanks for sharing
I'm so glad you have enjoyed my 'Curvy Seat' videos!
wonderful True craftsmanship
Thanks for watching, and commenting!
Great!!!
I'm so glad you liked it!
Skill & grace in harmony. Thanks Ron.
Idea for a small future project - I don't know exactly. How about something for people into cycling...
I have quite a few videos on my channel about bicycles:
th-cam.com/video/xi1Znkd6Fno/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/d76PFjH1SJA/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/R6-x6M2wj1A/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/wcTkQ_Y_dBA/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/AdJlTLzwCmg/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/H9qXcBG1BxA/w-d-xo.html
And the last two are about building a bicycle-style wheel:
th-cam.com/video/LeP14xNTTrk/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/gC4J1XjabVc/w-d-xo.html
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Thank you. 🌿
Excellent video, Ron! ^_____^
Thanks so much, Andy. You are my most recent Pateron, and I appreciate your support very much!
Wondeful!
Thanks for watching, and for taking time to comment!
Wow
Glad you liked it!
Awesome, looking forward to the new video. I need to finish my aircraft seats. Perhaps this fall I can fly down for some training.....
Sounds great!
Ron, Cool stuff thanks for sharing
-Spanky
Thanks for watching, Spanky!
@@RonCovell I always do. I still use your videos and all of the tips you have shared with me during SEMA week . Having cars on display all week I’ve spent much time in the booth your at some years. Thanks for all you share. I started a channel a year ago to teach my skills to the DIY guys.
-Spanky
Spanky - I just looked at a couple of your videos - very well done!
ah ,, perfect , fresh coffee to hand too
Thanks for watching!
Wow, that made me nervous with the amount of work youve put into this to this point lol
So cool though
Glad you enjoyed the video(s), and there's no need to be nervous. It's only metal!
@@RonCovell hahah. I did youre videos helped me figure out a project I am working on currently
Master at work! To bad it require those machine tools to make.
Glad you liked the video. Here's one that uses really simple tools:
th-cam.com/video/MaZ_tdqPRAQ/w-d-xo.html
@@RonCovell 🙏
The seat looks awesome. Great to see how it's made. How many hours work went into it?
It's very hard to keep track of time when making a video. There is lots of time spent cleaning up, and moving cameras and lights, and I often do several takes of each scene.
I would guess about 60 hours to build the seat, but that's only a guess.
Hi...love your videos...where can i buy these seats...? Can it to be custom to Mazda Mx5 NA seat rail?. 😊
I'm not certain I saw every episode. Did you ever suggest a Navy pilot's seat? No regrets if you didn't. Any pilot building a DCS setup will think of that use.
I have several 'bomber' seat videos on TH-cam, which harken to the days when aircraft seats were available through Army/Navy surplus outlets.
I’m ready to buy my 1st body hammer & dolly set, which is down to your 10 piece set & a Martin set. Do you ever run specials? I’d love to buy your set!
Thanks for your interest in the Covell hammer and dolly set. All of the sales of this set are handled by Trick Tools, and you can check with them to see if any special pricing is available. 641-628-3860
Usually, their pricing for the set is better than what you can get for Martin brand tools.
Doesn't that slight bend around the perimeter stiffen up the seat considerably? I assume that was one of the reasons for it.
Edit: D'oh! Now I get what was happening. I missed that the edge band would encompass the entire seat.
Yes, you got it!
@@RonCovell And the rod/wire is held in tension and therefore resists deformation of the seat. Very elegant, and it really fits with the design of the seat.
It is always a treat to see you in action. I knew of the bead roller prior to finding your channel, but you really use it in ways I would never have imagined.
This is a minor thing, but I just LOVE that tape dispenser you have! What kind is it?
I got it from Uline:
www.uline.com/Product/Detail/H-462/Desktop-Tape-Dispensers/Industrial-Multi-Roll-Tape-Dispenser-3?pricode=WA9710&gadtype=pla&id=H-462&gclid=CjwKCAjw4ZWkBhA4EiwAVJXwqVmHRqMBSiRe8zDDe791HsjEJV00e0xTHsgkZalgIaiQGg9fJEbiRxoCuywQAvD_BwE
23:39 Me: But how do you avoid marring the aluminum doing that?
Ron: *reading my mind*
Me: 😲
Thanks for the Video. How many hours did you work totally on this nice seat?
It's hard to keep track of time when I'm shooting a video, but I'd guess about 60 hours.
Puuhhhh that is a big bunch of hours...are there any cnc-machines which can speed up such a work?
Well, you certainly can use CNC machinery to speed some parts of the process. Here's one example:
th-cam.com/video/A2Pf2WspsTU/w-d-xo.html
I also have a video that shows how to make a simple bomber seat with very basic tooling, and you could probably build this seat in one day:
th-cam.com/video/MaZ_tdqPRAQ/w-d-xo.html
Now that you have completed the seat. If you started on Monday, how many hours would you have in the second one?
Terry - that's a fair question, but SO hard to answer. I'd probably spend two days just making the buck, and probably a week and a half - minimum - making the seat. As you know, I'm a slow worker.
Are the wholes purely an aesthetic choice or do they offer other uses?
I have done a series of videos on 'Bomber' seats, and just after WW2, many home builders used surplus aircraft seats in their hot rod projects because they were cheap, and widely available. In aircraft use, weight is critical, so holes were put in these seats to make them lighter. I use holes as a design element, which I think really makes a project like this more interesting to look at.
@@RonCovell Thank you for the explanation!
That wire around the perimeter isn't really doing anything to add structural support, am I right in thinking its there to stop the folded over edge [that surrounds it]; from collapsing into a fold?
The wire adds a lot of strength to the edge. If you hold two strips of metal in your hands - one with a wired edge, and one that's plain, you can immediately feel the additional strength the wire adds. Most automobiles used wired edges on the fender edges up to the mid-1930's to strengthen them, and help prevent cracking.
WOW! Fantastic, sir! Whether it goes into a layed out ledsled, a souped up buggy, or into the man cave as the new throne of honor, this super bad seat will sure get alot of tail! 😉
How many hours did it take and how much does it weigh, approximately?
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! It's very hard to keep track of time when shooting a video, since I'm constantly moving the camera and adjusting the lights, and I often do several 'takes' of each scene. I'd guess it would take around 60 hours to build a seat like this. I haven't weighed the seat, but I'd guess it's around 7 pounds.
@@RonCovell I very much enjoyed this series. 60 hrs @ a $1000 an hr.... 😉 put your autograph on it and my '77 Malibu station wagon ought to run the quarter in the low 4's! 🏁
You must have a fast wagon!
@@RonCovell the low four minute mark, that is! 😉👍
G'day Ron
Co-incidentally, I have a video coming out late night Wednesday my time (Tuesday afternoon for you?) where I have done some FEA studies on flared holes, showing what benefit they actually give, rather than just looking cool.
A question for you though - around 29:20 you have a battery drill with an annular cutter. I've only seen those for magnetic base drills. Who makes the smaller ones?
Thanks for the heads-up on your video. I will watch it with great interest!
The annular cutters I use are made by Hougen, sold under the name 'Rotabroach'. They are widely available here in the US, I'm not sure who your distributor would be, but I'm sure you can find them with a little research.
www.trick-tools.com/RotaCut-RotaBroach-Sheet-Metal-Cutter-Sets-1094
@@RonCovell I got on to the Australian Hougen distributor; they had never heard of them but will investigate. Wonder if I can get a free set as a spotter's fee?🤔
Well, as a regular TH-cam content generator, you have at least a fair chance of getting a favorable response to a request for a tool donation. I bought my Rotabroaches before TH-cam was invented!
@@RonCovell Ha! I suspect that their reaction will be "Tell him he's dreaming" (Line from a famous Australian movie)
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
I'm imagining you having a computer chair that you made like this.
Well, I don't yet, but that would be a great idea!
Let's be honest. Who is going to make this seat to put in the man cave. not just the car? What a piece of art.
Thanks so much!
I'd like to try to make something like this but I doubt it would look anywhere as good as this, at least the first time... LoL
Weird comment coming but I've been talking to Paul Brodie and he said he'd like to do a collab w/ you on something like you and This Old Tony did when you mailed the parts back and forth... He said he didn't have your number so I figured this was probably the best way to talk to you. You should comment on his latest video and I'm sure he'd answer back... It's my fault too because I kept saying 'I'd love to see you and him do a video' and now I'm trying to get you two to start talking because I'd love to see your style of body work on a bike frame by Paul. 😁👍🙏
I'd love to do a collaboration with Paul Brodie. I watch his channel regularly, and I really enjoy all that he does with bicycles and motorcycles. It you can pass my email address along to him, that would be great! covell@cruzio.com
@@RonCovell- 😱😃 I'll send it to him immediately¡! Thank you... This makes me so excited.
Thank you so much for making the connection!
@@RonCovell - Thank you for the videos and the opportunity to talk to you..... Wish I could get to one of your classes and talk to you in person. Guaranteed I'd be one of the most annoying students because I'd be asking a LOT of questions and I'd be over your shoulder watching how you do stuff... LoL
I'm glad to know you are so passionate about metalworking, and I don't mind receiving the occasional question by email.
Great job. Good lessons.
Trypophobia horror armchair ))
I had to look up the meaning of trypophobia - a malady I didn't know existed. Yes, I guess this seat would be a nightmare for someone who suffers from it!
@@RonCovell This chair is for healthy people ))
Needs mo' rolations!
That might be a good subject for future videos. Do you have a particular application in mind?
@@RonCovell I don't know if rolations apply, but I would love to see smallish dust collector shroud and an impeller build using hobbyist friendly tools and materials like pop rivets, solder and galvanized sheetmetal. A second stage transparent plexiglass baffle would be even more awesome. There's quite a few of these videos, but they look homely and fail to inspire. I believe it would be an extremely popular video and would increase your subs, since woodworkers are a huge part of the DIY market. The addition of the plexiglass baffle would show how your metal working can be applied to other types of materials. At the end of it all, you'll have your very own shop dust collector.
Bob - thanks for the idea. I just looked at a couple of dust collector videos, and I'm starting to think about the issues involved.
I did make a dust collecting system for my Dedicated Disc Maker: th-cam.com/video/daE0Ck37UmE/w-d-xo.html
@@RonCovell The best TH-cam videos are by Mathias Wandel and he gets into the entire science. It's really quite simple. The goal is to maximize CFM, which needs a 3500rpm 1hp motor. A professional looking sheet metal recreation of his wooden one would be great. The shroud and impeller is the hardest one to make and the second stage baffle is the other. Most just build the second stage for their preexisting dust collector. I saw your sander video, but ideally a nice metal, general purpose one is what people want. You might even collab with him. He has over a million subs.
Bob - thanks for the great lead. I hadn't heard of Mathias Wandel before, and he's got a lot of good stuff online!
now put a rolled bead all the way around the outside
hint welding it separate is cheating
I thought about that! Maybe next time.
Cheating, says who?
@@RonCovell LOL, I was told a long while back that the bead on 1/2 ton Dodge WC buckets seats couldn't be done anymore. dont know if thats true or not, but it would be interesting to see someone try.
I don't know what that seat looks like, but I don't see why it could not be done.
An interesting and different approach to seat edge trim: th-cam.com/video/uvjZY-Ep-As/w-d-xo.html (Yours is much better!)
Wow - that was a fascinating video. I've seen many 'Make it Extreme' videos, but I missed this one. There have been many times I wanted to put a long slit in a tube, but I couldn't figure out an efficient way to do it. Now I see it's possible to hand feed aluminum tubing into a slitting saw, with a simple fixture. Brilliant!
@@RonCovell That's one of the truly amazing things about the internet and TH-cam. Sharing ideas around the world in a way we couldn't have imagined back when you and I were youths!