Wooden seats

[TurfwarVSE]

Has anyone ever made one or seen one?
For personal reasons I don't like or support leather, so I am planning on carving out a wooden seats for a project I'm working on now.
I think it would look awesome. I am not sure about comfort but I could sacrifice that.
What's everyone else think?

 

[Wildcat]

I gave that some thought. I was going to get a piece of 1/4 plywood with a nice grain and soak it in water, then shape it to fit a big seatpan and hope it dried in that shape, then attach it to the steel seat pan, glue probably, or small screws. I remember the desk seats in grade school, solid wood about an inch thick, but contoured to fit our behinds. We could sit in them all day. So you could carve it out to make it ridable.

Then I changed my mind, I'm planning on adding a thick piece of leather to a steel seat pan to see how that works out.

 

[TurfwarVSE]

That sounds like a cool idea post something on how it turns out.

I do a lot of wood working at work so when I get
I get my hands on a piece that is suitable I'm gonna give it a try.

The plywood would work as long as you clamped it onto what's shaping it for a day or two.

 

[Wildcat]

I thought of something else also. At bike shops, they have a pad you sit on to measure the exact distance between your seat bones to fit you with the right width seat. If you're going to carve out a seat, you could make it exactly to your "specifications". Then it might be pretty comfortable. I think the base would have to have springs though, or the bike have rear suspension.

 

[user 135]

I did one once to go along with my wood bike. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[TurfwarVSE]

I'll ask the guy at the cycle shop if he has one thanks for the info!

How was that wooden seat for comfort? Sweet bike never seen one like that

 

[SSG]

Some seats like 30's and earlier had a simple upholstered plywood pan.

 

[g-ratter]

you could do what I did but instead of using leather you could substitute some paperbacked wood veneer. I would use some epoxy to glue it on then topcoat with a clear coat.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=25214&p=250473#p250473

 

[deorman]

Nauga's don't mind being skinned.

 

[JoKeR63]

Got a few of those, but they're not very Ratty.

 

[icyuod2]

i budy of mine carved a cherry seat for his 1970's cb 175. the seat rocks!

i'll try and find pictures.

 

[Walker]

You could upholster with Sunbrealla Canvas? It's weatherproof..

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

im making one out of a skateboard deck
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=24528&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=15

its not finished yet