New (old) Chair

I recently found this old aluminum chair at the local salvage store.

It was pretty nasty, with musty vinyl and flaking paint.

 

I found a nameplate on the bottom which read:

"Midwest Fireproofing Company"

 

I took the seat frame down to aluminum and polished/sealed it.

I also recovered the vinyl cushions and painted the base.

 

I'm pretty happy with it and it is now my new desk chair.

 

Car Project Final Pictures

Some pcitures of the fnished car... (see older posts for construction details)

 

The Latest Project - Pietenpol Air Camper

When I was a young kid my dad took flying lessons and my brother and I got to ride along.
Ever since then I've had a desire to fly. Over the course of time I discovered airplane home building (people building airplanes to fly). -See eaa.org for more info on home building.

Once I discovered that I could build my own plane I knew I really wanted to do it.
I had to wait a number of years but now the time has come and I have recently begun to construct an old time airplane.

It's called a "Pietenpol Air Camper." It's an old time type of airplane designed in the 1930's.
It's a plans built airplane - meaning that it's built from scratch following a set of blue prints.

The plane is constructed out of Sitka Spruce lumber and covered in cloth. It uses either a small 4 or 6 cylinder engine.

Right now I've just begun to work on the wings... and yes it's probably going to take a long time to finish.

More to come...

Cafe Racer

For this project I was asked to design and build a cafe racer seat

for a 70's Kawasaki KZ750 (with seating for a passenger).

I hammer formed the seat pan and rear fairing from sheet metal and painted/striped it to match

the original tank. The seat cushion is made of medical grade gel padding which I covered

with cowhide.

I also fabricated rear tail light and license plate brackets to work with the new seat.

Additionally, I installed new and less obtrusive turn signals and bar end mirrors.

Before

Before

Design Process



Car project

A brief overview of how I built a car...