Cheap Seats on the TourMaster

[pcorbett]

This was a seat project for my TourMaster that I had in my mind when I built the bike. A month ago I bought the materials in a Craft-Cloth type store for 20 dollars. There is enough there to make three seats. The final project was done today and it didn't take more than a half hour to complete.

Stuff you need: premade seat from your TourMaster (or other project).
Some 18 gauge narrow crown staples for pneumatic staple gun (borrow one).
Some densified polyester batting used for patio furniture (NU-Foam).
Some covering material (I wanted a sheep fleese look and found it in gray).

The TourMaster has a steel frame around it's edge so I had to trim the wood to give it a 1/4" gap all around. I cut two pieces of NU-Foam for the bottom and one piece for the back.
http://home.comcast.net/~ppcorbett/pwpimages/TM-Seat-01.jpg

Place enough material for the seat, business side down followed by the two pieces of NU-Foam and your seat with the back facing you. I brought the front edge of the material over the front leading edge about an inch and stapled it good. Then I put my knee on it to compress it and stretched one side and stapled and then the other side saving the corners for last. Flip the seat over and fold the material under and staple it near the hinge. Then flip it back over and do the corners.
http://home.comcast.net/~ppcorbett/pwpimages/Folds.jpg

I hope you can follow this diagram, It should be clear if you mess with it long enough. Have at it with the staple gun and repeat for the back of the seat using one piece of NU-Foam.
http://home.comcast.net/~ppcorbett/pwpimages/TM-Seat-02.jpg

I would think you could do the seat from a discarded patio furniture cushion, cloth and all. I'm going to try it when I find the cushion. Here's a shot from the field.
http://home.comcast.net/~ppcorbett/pwpimages/2-15-02_SheepPond_a.jpg

Do I look like Chainsaw's brother?

That's all there is to it. Cheap and neat.

IMMHO

Pete

[Richie Rich]

Good description, Pete....Thanks...!!

Now I know who to look for when I'm cruising the Canal this Summer...!! :)

....Richie....
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[SirJoey]

Nice job on the seat, Pete!
Man, that ride looks comfy!

BTW, is that gray stuff the "Nu foam", or is that the cover?


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[rickairmed]

Joey if I'm lookin at it right the gray stuff is the cover and the white stuff is the newfoam . Pete went for sheepskin ( the gray stuff ) to keep his backside cool in the summer and warm in the winter :D.

Rick

[SirJoey]

Joey if I'm lookin at it right the gray stuff is the cover and the white stuff is the newfoamOkay, so how does this "nufoam" stuff perform?
Does anybody like it?
If so, where & how much is it?


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[greenevegiebeast]

Joey if I'm lookin at it right the gray stuff is the cover and the white stuff is the newfoam . Pete went for sheepskin ( the gray stuff ) to keep his backside cool in the summer and warm in the winter :D.

Rick

I hope its the real sheep skin, the fake stuff sheds. BAD.

[Greenhorn]

Did you weigh the seat by any chance?

[pcorbett]

RR.......... Thanks for that input. I wondered if anyone would understand the instruction. I confuse myself sometimes.

SJ..........Thanks. It is comfy. I like it better than duct taping the whatever density foam that I always use. In the first picture the NU-Foam is in the upper right viewed edge on. Almost fiberglass insulation like. I hope it holds out, I like it so far. That seat cost less than 7 bucks at Jo Ann Fabric. My wife GOOGLED NU-Foam and came up with the stats and I believe her, seeing that she had no cause to harm me.

RICKAIRMED..........Jury's still out on that point. We can hope. Sure is nice now!

GV............Nope fake. It has not shed yet. It's not BAAAAAAAAAAD.

GH............Weight is a mute point when your dealing with a TourMaster seat as done in the plan. It is Brad's heaviest seat (not including boatseats) that he's come up with. It's rimmed in angle iron and all those bolts and things. It adjust fore and aft very well and I like that part of it and is a good seat for this bike. The HighRoller has the lite setup and this method of seat cover would work well. Not much more weight than the plywood itself. Next time I take the seat and steel frame off, I'll weigh them but I know it will weigh as much as a VW bug. Sometime I'd like to try making a square tube backbone attached it to the plywood seat as a complete unit and bolt it on an ajustable mount like whats there on the TourMaster but slimmer. Still for what it is it's CHEAP!
Beer + Bikes is my favorite combo too.


Pete