Well I am back on the case again after a bit of a break. Things have got decidedly messy in the workshop now I have moved onto the seat. I guess I am getting a taste of what it will be like to do the bodywork



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You've been watching too much "American Hotrod" on SKY!

You can get that stuff in blue as well, you know. It looks a bit recumbent, if you know what I mean, is there lots of padding to go on top?

Unfortunately in Canada you can only get the pink stuff! Although it might not look like it they are very comfortable. The seats are definately more reclined than a typical seven type seat but not as much as a Radical. You are almost lying down in one of those. I need to add fillets to the inside edges of the seats and generally round everything off. I plan on making a custom insert a la F1 for the drivers seat. If I run slicks I could see pulling 2G's being feasible which from experience makes any seat seem way too big and loose fitting.

That really does look the doggies danglies Paul. Nice workmanship all around.

Quick update, its starting to look like a seat now!



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Nice one...

Looking great.....

had i built that pink sofa i would be proud.......... looking velly good.

very cool, looks like a star wars cockpit or sumfink!!

It puts the furniture in my house to shame!
Ian

Sorry to spoil the moment but wheres the shifter gonna go?

Nice seats>>well shaped

[Edited on 2-7-04 by mangogrooveworkshop]

I will be using a cable operated paddle shifter.

Thats some nice foam work there. What did you use for bonding the pieces together?

And what's the material? Is it the seat himself or a foam mould to make a glassfiber layup? And what for upholstery?
Looks great..

[Edited on 3/7/04 by Aloupol]

[Edited on 4/7/04 by Aloupol]

Thanks all for the compliments.

The foam I used is closed cell polystyrene used for insulation. In Europe I think it is mainly blue in colour.

I used a combination of yellow woodworking glue (technically know as aliphatic resin) and laminating epoxy thickened up to a thin paste with microballons. I prefer the wood glue as it is cheaper and leaves a more sandable edge. However, for very large areas it can take a couple of weeks to fully cure all the way through. In this case I use the epoxy. The microballons stops the resin from soaking into the foam and results in less resin use and a more sandable joint.

This first seat is going to be a working prototype and will be covered with several layers of Kevlar and glass cloth. Once I am happy with the shape after some road testing, I will take a mould from this and layup a more light weight version.