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In making the Arts & Craft style oak chair (go here) I had to learn how to upholster a slip seat in leather. Here is the basics of the slip seat upholstery as shown by Rodel. |
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I ordered elastic webbing off the internet... |
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The elastic webbing is stapled to the frame. The webbing needs to be stretched prior to stapling. This is done with a stretcher...there are three types. |
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Rather than buy one...I opted to make one. I selected the spiked version...I believe that it will be the easiest to use as well as the easiest to make. I drew a prototype in Sketchup...the basic dimensions will be 3 inches wide, 8 inches long and 1.25 inches thick.
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The cutoff used is yellow pine left over from the build of the workbench. |
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Laid out and drilled five holes (3/32)... |
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Laid out and cut the arcs that would sculpt out a comfy hand hold. |
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Cut fat...sanded to line. |
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Roundover at router table. |
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Tapped in 5 nails...6d.
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Ground off the nail heads...then used Dremel, diamond files, and small, tapered saw files to sharpen points. |
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Tested points on the material...not easy to pierce but worked. |
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Sculpted, sanding all edges and surfaces only to 100x...wanted rounded edges but stil rough enough to provide decent grip. Padded on one coat of shop mixed "Super Blond" shellac. |
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Then used some leftover Crubber, a composite of natural cork and rubber. Used this product when making faces for Moxon2.
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Crubber cut well with joiners blade. |
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To secure...heated the material with a blow dryer to make it more maleable...wrapped it over the end...3 inch wide by x ~3 3/4 inches long... ...secured with square drive, shouldered # 8 x 3/4" inch long screws |
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the tool |
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Materials to make the leather slip seat. frame, webbing, webbing stretcher tool, cotton batting, muslin fabric, vinyl material, cambric fabric, high density foam |
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In use...setting up angle etc. for webbing tool to pierce the webbing...I have no idea of how this really works, second attempt here...
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Tool is shown here, fulling stretching webbing for the A & C chair slip seat frame...after taut, put in four tacks.
For full webbing, etc. install onto slip seat frame...go here. |
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