So another busy day, I stayed home from work because I've had a migraine since 9:00 am Tuesday, slept in, woke around 10:00 am, migraine free and went to work, on something I actually care about (I did not go to my place of employment).
Cut some cardboard and counted out some rivets;
and cut two pieces of leather from the ill fated car coat, and cut up an old flexible cutting board;
and what did I do with this hodge podge assortment? Made the rockinest mud flap ever to border on Leatherdaddysville.
While I was in my groove working with softer materials, I did a bit more work on the seat, I think I'll be adding a ridge along the center seam similar to the three on the lower but running vertically, and possibly call it quits. As of today, still unglued, stretched as well as packing tape holds, this is my seat.
Should I add the vertical ridge or just leave the seam visible, anyone have an opinion?
So as the sun moved across the sky, I moved on to something a bit more vexing, the tank plate. I decided to cut two pieces that matched the front of the tank plate, I then drilled them to match the details on the chainguard;
Drilled corresponding holes in the tank plate, after realizing that I probably should have clamped them all together and done it all at once...
I then threw some screws where they won't end up once this things done, just so I could see how it looked put together, and bent some strapping, and wrapped some leather scraps to hold it all in place for the time being.
This is nowhere near done, I'd say maybe a quarter at best, consider this the prepped canvas of tank plates. More often than not, after I get over a migraine I go on these weird creative binges, so stay tuned something way cool is coming.
Cut some cardboard and counted out some rivets;
and cut two pieces of leather from the ill fated car coat, and cut up an old flexible cutting board;
and what did I do with this hodge podge assortment? Made the rockinest mud flap ever to border on Leatherdaddysville.
While I was in my groove working with softer materials, I did a bit more work on the seat, I think I'll be adding a ridge along the center seam similar to the three on the lower but running vertically, and possibly call it quits. As of today, still unglued, stretched as well as packing tape holds, this is my seat.
Should I add the vertical ridge or just leave the seam visible, anyone have an opinion?
So as the sun moved across the sky, I moved on to something a bit more vexing, the tank plate. I decided to cut two pieces that matched the front of the tank plate, I then drilled them to match the details on the chainguard;
Drilled corresponding holes in the tank plate, after realizing that I probably should have clamped them all together and done it all at once...
I then threw some screws where they won't end up once this things done, just so I could see how it looked put together, and bent some strapping, and wrapped some leather scraps to hold it all in place for the time being.
This is nowhere near done, I'd say maybe a quarter at best, consider this the prepped canvas of tank plates. More often than not, after I get over a migraine I go on these weird creative binges, so stay tuned something way cool is coming.
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