Cobra gaming chair Day 6'ish... Finished!

So, spent a few more hours in the garage over the last couple of days, doing, well more of the same

Time to do the other side, so found a suitable piece of steel (I had bought a full height rear wheelarch for the van and ended up using just a small 8 inch square for the sill, so it seemed silly not to use it )



Tidy up,



and shape





Weld, and clean up with the grinder.

No pics, but it's like the other side

Then I wanted to tidy up the front, started off with an old VW seatbase, which I chopped up, fiddled with and then put it in the scrap pile.





I didn't like it

That was yesterday, today, I started on the closing panel for the front.

First fit,



Then, I had to figure out how to make it 'fit' underneath. Into the Tonybmw folder,



Then buzzed that in. slight miscalculation, so a bit more bending, clamping and then some welding.....











Think my welding is improving



Give it a whizz with the grinder



And the flapwheel



Tomorrow, it'll get some filler and a coat of paint, the plan being to get it as smooth as possible and lay on some paint from my spraygun. More practice for the van

I'm very happy with it so far ;D

AGREED.

Looking forward to seeing where this goes...

Looks similar to what I was planning to do with the spare Cobra seat I have in the garage, but for car use. They are really shoddily put together aren't they.

Thanks guys, off into the garage to start on the filler in a bit, need to fire the heater up first!



Yep, couldn't believe how curse word they were underneath. And yep, after Bruce's comment I started to think 'I wonder what it would look like in the van.......'

Well, had the weekend away so back on this today. I want to get a coat of paint on so more filler Then it was onto making a template for the seat cushion. I used a Mercedes SLS brochure (had the chance to drive one What a machine!!) Anyway, it's good thick paper, so perfect for what I need. Back first



Then transfer it to the foam. I had a king size mattress topper from my Mum (from Ikea) which seems to be the right thickness, and easy to cut with scissors and a stanley blade.



That'll do for now.



Then it was onto the base. Same method, but using 3 templates to get the height and different sizes.



and a trial fit, 3 layers for the base, and one for the back.



Then I had a think about the base. The TV in the 'boys' room (we don't have kids, think, Xbox, old records and record player and escape from SWMBO and you'll get the idea;) ) is set quite high up on a shelf so to make sure the chair base doesn't damage the floor I had to think of a way to have a base that could 'rock' backwards.

I knew these bends from an old weights bench would be useful



First effort was too short



Second attempt was much better and means the seat will now sit flat without any weight in it.



Final sand, and a thick coat of primer.



It's still not perfect, but I will be starting a new job soon and my time in the garage will be a bit limited and I NEED to crack on with the van!! So, it's drying, I'm having some tea, and it'll get a coat of paint in a minute.......

Looks good mate could you not have used a cut down computer chair base with the wheels so you can still move it about?

Very well done sir. I likeeee