everybody mad from eastwood here and this text series we're going to show you
how we take the tired old bench seat from Project pile house and we turn it
into a custom bomber inspired seat using some Eastwood tools and the flat sheet
metal the original seat in project pile house was just as bad as the truck was
the springs in the seats are all rusty tired and broken
they're not really worth replacing i decided to utilize the original seat
frame and given a new lease on life
I started by sketching out a rough design on shipboard paper for the seat
and then transfer the measurements to some 18 gauge sheet metal and use the
electric shears to cut out the patterns then I drilled some holes in the sheet
metal and the seat frame and install quick goes around the perimeter to keep
the panels and places we work on them
lastly i drew out my final pattern on the seat base and back the lines
represent the beads that will be rolling with the eastwood bead roller and the
circles represent simple cut holes
not only do these look cool but they also give the metal a ton of strength
let's start by removing the first panel and begin rolling some beads in it
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here's a tip when you have a project that you need to roll multiple beads and
you want them all look the same
here's a pair of locking pliers like so on the eastwood bead roller and notate
the number of turns it takes to get the desired depth on your first bead and use
that on every Beach from their forward and you have them all look alike
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welding up this custom seat for project pile house
Eastwood's welders a nice patter spray really came in handy and keeping the
metal looking nice
eastwood a nice pattern is a water-based protectant that provides a quick and
efficient coating that keeps excess weld spatter from sticking your workpiece it
saves time and makes clean up easy
eliminating the need to chisel or grind spatter after welding the thin film is
easily removed with a rag and some free weaving a surface that's ready for paint
or protective coatings
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as you can see the seat turned out pretty nice as close to the original
design that we showed you in the beginning of the video using the
original seat frame from eastwood tools and a little bit of creativity
I think we've got a pretty killer custom seat for project pile house for now I'm
going to throw the seat back into the truck so i can finish marking up the
interior but in the future I do plan to paint the seat to match the final color
scheme for future installments of project pile house and everything that's
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