10-19-2021, 03:30 PM | #1 |
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Seat help!
Rebuilding my seats on my 1930 Tudor, everything was going well until I got to the drivers seat bottom. Im not sure what to call it, the best I can describe it is chainmail, it's the thin wire that covers the bottom of the seats, mine is falling apart, I searched some online catalogs but came up empty handed.
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10-19-2021, 11:21 PM | #2 |
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Re: Seat help!
It’s very similar to the spark arresting screen that you would open and close like curtains on old fireplaces. That might be a place to start.
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10-20-2021, 09:16 AM | #3 |
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Re: Seat help!
I doubled up burlap, hog ringed to the springs, 20 years ago I asked about the chainmail and no one knew about the chainmail, I was thinking my A was the only one to have it, L 31 Tudor.
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10-22-2021, 05:08 AM | #4 |
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Re: Seat help!
I heard a trick from one of the old school upholsterers. Use a piece of thin indoor outdoor carpet on top of the springs. It is not original but spreads the weight load and the seat sits better. I think the concept is the same as the chain mail.
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10-22-2021, 09:55 AM | #5 |
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Re: Seat help!
I think it is called woven wire.
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10-22-2021, 02:52 PM | #6 |
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Even if you find a source for the metal stuff, it would still have to have a heavy fabric of some sort on top before the padding is applied. Google metal fabric if you want something same or similar. |
10-26-2021, 09:31 AM | #7 |
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Re: Seat help!
I'm sure McMaster Carr would have something like that.
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10-26-2021, 02:28 PM | #8 |
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Re: Seat help!
What about metal fireplace screen
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