Pure class swear this thing doesn't want me to finish

[ingola]

Shaped and sanded then treated

Still can't bolt it in there a stick going in there

 

[Jude Ephesus]

Shaped and sanded then treated View attachment 235326View attachment 235327View attachment 235328View attachment 235329View attachment 235330View attachment 235331View attachment 235332View attachment 235333
Still can't bolt it in there a stick going in there

Beautiful!

 

[JA331]

I really need to improve my wood working skills. Very nice work.

 

[ingola]

Trying would burnt monarch head badge next

 

[OddJob]

That tank fits your build really well! I like the 'preserved aged' look you achieved.

One thought on the wood burning of the head badge. Maybe 'transfer' the image from paper to the wood, either tracing it, or carbon paper copy, and then burn out the dark background parts and let the logo / letters be the natural wood color. Like a layman's laser engraving.

 

[ingola]

Doing something along that line making a stencil with my cutter then using ammonium chloride on the negative space. Apply then pass a heat gun

 

[ingola]

https://birdzofafeather.ca/diy/wood-burning-with-ammonium-chloride/

 

[kingfish254]

I don't think I noticed the cool cracks and valleys in the tank wood before. They really pop out and add so much character to the tank now.
That chemical wood burning looks pretty sharp. This should be fun.

 

[ingola]

I don't think I noticed the cool cracks and valleys in the tank wood before. They really pop out and add so much character to the tank now.
That chemical wood burning looks pretty sharp. This should be fun.

It wasn't in it before I didn't like the first one so I did it twice

 

[ingola]

This just in

 

[ingola]

Started the seat

Knee foam and spray glue
Cut the the seat out wish I had the rest of the

cow so @Slow-Rider could make a hamburger
Wet it to stretch 5oz leather works best for this

Sorry no photos of me stretching this hands were busy.

 

[ingola]

Time to age this thing tea light and felt pad

Rub the wax on the pad and rub the leather

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Cool aging technique on the leather!

 

[ingola]

Cool aging technique on the leather!

You get a stencil and you can actually burn images in the leather. The friction burns the leather

 

[Captain Awesome]

Time to age this thing tea light and felt pad View attachment 236097
Rub the wax on the pad and rub the leatherView attachment 236098View attachment 236099View attachment 236100View attachment 236101

Never seen that technique before

 

[ingola]

Never seen that technique before

Rubbing alcohol works really well to, rubbing dry sand works excellent to. Thats a natural belly so plane veg tan I met the cow it came from

 

[ingola]

Seat mounted

Added shim

And the shifter so soon I can mount the tank

Got a flat haven't got around to fixing it

 

[ingola]

Spent the rest of the day geocaching with young guy

Here hes diving in

 

[ingola]

Well this is a problem inspected the weilds before paint then this happened today

Can't see it well in the photo but the weild broke

 

[kingfish254]

That seat came out great. Cool technique.
Hate to see that the weld broke though.