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Posted by: Dinesh
« on: August 30, 2019, 12:22:15 PM »

Great detailing on the seats. I would need your guidance when I start working on seats for my1953 cj3a.
Posted by: Rus Curtis
« on: August 29, 2019, 10:36:11 PM »

Time to find a bumpy road and test!
Posted by: stony
« on: August 29, 2019, 09:52:56 PM »

Done and in.  Not perfect but they feel really good!
Posted by: stony
« on: August 27, 2019, 09:07:59 PM »

OK, all of my springs for the passenger seat are done.  So here is a photo of the seat back, done properly.  The first one was kinda screwed up because I uses stainless steel safety wire for the binding springs and it was too soft.  Even though it feels great, I wanted to do this one right, and it worked out pretty well.  Turned out that what looked to be a complicated nightmare was really pretty simple to do (I said simple not easy LOL).  Pretty happy with the results.
Posted by: stony
« on: August 26, 2019, 06:52:55 PM »

Got the driver seat done.  Made lots of mistakes sewing the cover, but it ended up OK.  I made the back a little thicker than original.  The springs are 2”.  I used hard foam, canvas and cotton batting for padding.  Was a little worried that after all this work they would be uncomfortable, but they feel fantastic!  Working on the passenger seat now, it is going much more smoothly.
Posted by: Bob W
« on: August 16, 2019, 07:06:34 PM »

Looking good!!
Posted by: stony
« on: August 16, 2019, 10:34:05 AM »

So, after a few more mistakes, mainly making the boxing (sides) too short (almost) I got one seat together.  The new springs are 4� high and I used the old cover as a pattern, well after sewing in the drawstring I had very little room for padding.  The originals didn�t have much either, so had to change my plans of using a couple of inches of foam.  I wound up using a old floor mat to cover the springs and then 1/2 inch hard foam and several layers of cotton batting.  Was a little worried that it would be too stiff.  Put it on the drivers side seat and went for a drive.  Turned out that it is pretty comfortable, firm but some spring to it, like it a lot.  It wound up looking pretty good too.  Still need to do the backs but so far so good.  Anyway here it is:
Posted by: stony
« on: August 08, 2019, 06:51:04 PM »

So, it rained today, so got the old Singer out and tried my hand at upholstery, sewed a couple of seat bottom covers.� Made a few mistakes and my stitch lines are not perfect, but not bad for a first try� ;).� The key is go S.L.O.W a lot of turning the balance wheel by hand on the corners.� Red Naugahyde Universal.
Posted by: 1955CJ-5
« on: August 06, 2019, 02:00:14 PM »

Really nice!

I have foam inserts in my 3a..the thick ones....a little stiff to say the least.

The CJ-5 still has its original springs...a little saggy but a much better ride!

Nice work....looks a little to complicated for me...:)
Posted by: stony
« on: August 06, 2019, 12:45:04 PM »

So!  Got the seat bottom done.  Came out pretty well.
Posted by: stony
« on: July 23, 2019, 04:20:46 PM »

OK, have not posted in a while, but making progress at last.  Bending and putting the springs together turned out to be a real PATA, so I kinda let it drop for a while to figure out how to do it.  The reproduction CJ2A spring sets that Walcks sells were put together with three prong clips so I tried that and it did not turn out well.  So I went back and looked at how the originals were put together with coil springs wound around the seat springs.  At first it looked like a complicated nightmare, after studying it while a while it dawned on me that it was really pretty simple.  I gave it a try and was surprised how simple it is.  I have put together a jig to hold the springs when I tie them together and should get a back done pretty soon.  My goal is to be able to make some seat spring sets to sell, but that is still a ways off.  I however have gotten better at bending springs and making binding coils (that what I call them) so if you need to replace some broken parts I can probably make them for you.  Anyway here is where I am.
Posted by: squidtone
« on: June 04, 2019, 08:48:04 PM »

NICE
Posted by: stony
« on: June 04, 2019, 01:06:00 PM »

OK, A little progress report:� I have figured out how to make a perfect (almost[ch128540]) replica of a CJ3A seat base spring, and I think I can do it fairly quickly, so I am pretty sure that I can reproduce the base springs pretty accurately for anyone redoing there seats they are the correct height (4�) and length, they probably will not be cheap, but I should be able to figure this out in a few weeks.� Also for anyone that is looking to repair there old seats I don�t see any reason that I shouldn�t be able to provide individual springs to replace broken ones, we�ll see.� Anyway for now here is what I have:

OK I went ahead and made a set of springs, need 5 sets for a bottom.  It is interesting that the lower springs are 1 loop shorter than the uppers, so there is a bit of an overhang in the back.
Posted by: Bob W
« on: May 31, 2019, 08:22:31 PM »

I measured a well used original spring and it is 4" tall.
Posted by: stony
« on: May 30, 2019, 08:21:19 PM »

OK, so the right spring came today.� You can see that it matches the original pretty well, so good to go there.� I made a couple of springs and they came out pretty well.� I think they will duplicate the feel of the original fairly closely.� I figured out how to bend them, problem is figuring how to do it quickly.� Will need 25 per bottom.� I measured mine at 4� high, do you all think that is correct?