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Topic: Where would I find those fold-down seat legs? |
Scott Denniston
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Hahns Peak, Colorado, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2017 5:00 pm |
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| Many years ago I built my own custom steel seat. I still really like it & it's the most comfortable I've ever sat on. BUT... I think what I did for legs was saw off some card table legs. They're pretty funky & bent. Anyone know where I could find a set of those nice fold down legs? |
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Kevin Fix
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Michigan, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2017 6:29 pm Steel Seat
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| I built one years ago also. I used 3/4" dia copper pipe with 3/4" copper elbows. Sweat them together. I fabricated fold down legs with braces. legs folded into base of case. Used 3/4" conduit clamps to hold leg assmb to stool. |
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Mike Scaggs
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Nashville, TN
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Posted 14 Jun 2017 5:16 am .
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You might find a muffler shop that has smaller dies for the tube benders and make them up. Maybe a Conduit bender tool would work as well. Once you do a set they would be easy to reproduce and sell to folks needing them here on the Forum as well. Win for everyine
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2017 7:33 am
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I'm sure one of the seat makers would sell you a set if you ask.  |
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Tim Russell
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2017 1:39 pm
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You can buy the small size conduit at Home Depot, and they have the benders/dies in the store. You can bend it yourself or have an employee do it for you.
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William Venable
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2017 1:42 pm
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| Some one in the steel guitar builders forum might know. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 14 Jun 2017 2:04 pm
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Crafting the legs is only one part of the operation. For folding legs, you have to brace them to be sturdy and stay open when set up and those have to be the correct length and all.
Crafting or bending those braces might be more difficult than bending the legs.
Unless you have the tools and expertise to design all this, it might be wise to figure your seat width size and buy the leg/brace assemblies already made from one of the seat builders per Erv's suggestion. |
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Scott Denniston
From:
Hahns Peak, Colorado, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2017 4:43 pm
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| I kind of like Kevin's 3/4" copper tubing method with the copper elbows and conduit clamps. I don't really understand how you brace them though. I suppose one could run a couple of steel straps parallel with screws & butterfly nuts. I've already got all that stuff & have sweated plenty of copper joints and they don't leak. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 16 Jun 2017 2:45 am
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| The electrical conduit benders do not have a sharp enough curve. I built about two dozen seats back in late 80's/early 90's. I only found one place in the Kansas City area that had a die that could bend them properly but they wouldn't do it unless I had a large (100) order so that was out. I had a friend that was the welding dept supervisor in a commercial (stainless steel) food processing equipment plant. I had him make legs from 3/4" conduit, welded at 90 degree angles. I made leg braces from stainless steel rod. Several of my seats (ones I know about) are still around. |
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Scott Denniston
From:
Hahns Peak, Colorado, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2017 8:31 am
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| Funny Jack, I never thought of welding up legs and I spent a few years as a fabrication welder! I started this thread thinking I'd just order a set of legs for my old seat. Now I think I'll make a really nice sturdy set. |
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Charley Bond
From:
Inola, OK, USA
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Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 20 Jun 2017 8:41 am
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Charlie, put 250 wiggling pounds on any of those for 4 hours, and see how they hold up. 
or maybe they will.
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Charley Bond
From:
Inola, OK, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2017 8:44 am PSG Seat
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Fred, I have a good seat, I was just answering the original question. Trying to help out.
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Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 20 Jun 2017 9:27 am
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Charley, I was simply trying to add a little humor to the mix, no harm intended.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 20 Jun 2017 10:19 am
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| I built one that the legs didn't fold. I bought a "walker" at Goodwill and used the legs (cut down) from that. |
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