Taking a Bomber Seat to the Next Level
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- čas přidán 20. 02. 2022
- This video shows you how you can take a simple Bomber Seat to the next level or refinement. Plans to make the seat are available here:
covell.biz/covell-bomber-seat...
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Thanks Ron, the original seat was so simple that I thought to myself "I could certainly make that!" Now that you have expanded on the original seat with the holes and the capping strip, not only have you given me the self belief in making the same seat, you've got my creative juices flowing, lap belt loops? even a head rest? Thank you Ron, you certainly have a gift for teaching. 👍
I'd like to see what you come up with on your own bomber seat!
Ron you are the salt of the earth. The Lord's gift to mankind. Such wonderful attitude to your craft and to pass on your knowledge. You have the calmness of the genius. I cannot thank you enough for your videos. If I ever visit America (it is in my bucket list) I will make sure to say hello in person.
Wow, thank you. I hope we can visit some day!
Very nice Ron. Now I need to build a hot rod I can build these seats for!
You should!
No shortcuts, pure craft.
Thanks for the very nice comment!
This guy reminds me of my neighbour. So calm and collected.
Hey, I'd like to meet your neighbor!
@@RonCovell he's into wood working, so you'd probably make a great pair.
Some of these videos give me a headache. It isn't that their not explained well, it's that I rack my brain trying to figure out how you figured it out. Each dilemma, followed by a successful solution. Albeit, a very articulated and precise solution but a solution all the same that gets the job done as much as it does elude me. Great job as always and thank you for sharing.
Bryan - thank you for watching and commenting.
You know, everyone's mind works differently - that's just the way of the world. May I humbly suggest that you simply enjoy it if you can follow someone else's solution, without needing to understand how they developed it?
I can often figure out how to make shapes from sheetmetal, but never in my lifetime could I develop theoretical postulations on the level of Einstein, or invent a succulent dinner at the level of a Cordon Bleu chef, and I'm OK with that.
I enjoy the way your fixtures are as thought out as the project they are being used for
Thank you! As I'm sure you can tell, I like to dream up fixtures, and very often they are worth the extra time and trouble it may take.
that capping strip was very nicely executed. very slick.
Thanks so much!
I am so glad you got your channel back! I reported it as soon as it happened and made sure to inform as many as I could. So sorry you had to go through that.
Thank you so much! That was a pretty scary time, but I'm very glad that CZcams was able to restore my channel!
Wow Ron, those few changes really made this simple seat look a lot more refined and visually interesting. The little 4-40 flathead screws are a super nice detail too. It’s always interesting to see how you figure out a process for getting any job done, like forming that U-channel into the right shape in two different planes. Thanks so much for sharing these videos, I always learn something!
Thanks, so much, Joe. I learned a few good things through this process too. My initial plan was to crimp the channel onto the metal edges with a beading machine, but when that didn't get the cap sufficiently tight I sought a solution that would work even for people who may not have a beading machine.
I had to make a couple of odd sized flanged holes, far too few to warrant buying or making a press tool, so I took an EAA video trick and used a wooden dowel with a rounded head and a slot. Going around the edge several times, bending it up a bit by bit with the slot each rime, gave surprisingly decent results.
That's a good trick!
Well done Ron. Nice explanation of the importance of using fixtures to get a desired result.
Jere
Thanks so much, Jere. I know that you are a master of fixturing!
Fantastic! The bending of the channel strip looks like a big change. The resort is amazing.
Glad you liked it!
Really glad to see your channel's back up after that nasty hacking. Such a wealth of information to lose, I hadn't even watched them all yet! Best get started!
It's great to be back!
Humbled and educated as each time by the simple yet masterful solutions!
Everyone stay tuned until we have the whole bomber! (i got it all figured: the bomb, the seat(s?)... 👉👈🤪 )
Well, I did make the bomb already!
czcams.com/video/ES2g7OR9bic/video.html
Love how you speak in "highlighter" with all the important test questions highlighted for the test. Your grasp of your art is truly rewarding to watch thankyou
Wow - I take that as a compliment of the highest order! I do make a conscious effort to use as few words as necessary for explaining each concept, and to use words that most people understand. It pleases me very much to hear that my style works well for you!
Excellent attention to detail. So rare anymore. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Dear Ron, I love a lot your patient work without hurrying and bad words while working:) you are the professional worker and more over you are the best teacher!!!! Hi from Russia;)))
I'm very glad you enjoy my videos!
Your videos are so relaxing. I have no desire to do what you do, but I love watching you do it!
Thank you so much!
And now I know why I have a 4-40 tap! Great videos. Thank you!
Yes, 4-40 taps are for making Bomber Seats - and maybe a few other odd things.
Because holes are cool... Love It!
Love you Ron, your videos are a comforting escape from all the BS going on around the world right now, for 23minutes and 28seconds, none of that mattered as I was mesmerized by your calming voice and beautiful craftsmanship.
Wow, thank you!
I really liked the...'This didn't work, that didn't work' beginning. Isn't that the definition of Skill/ Wisdom/ Knowledge, going thru all the things that don't work just to find what does work. Thank you for giving us those shortcuts.
Yes, that's how the process works. I'm very glad you liked this video!
0:29 this guy gets it
Mr. Covel, a true Master! A pleasure to watch! Thanks!
Thank you kindly!
It's good to see you're in the process of getting your channel back. Best of luck.
Much appreciated!
Glad to see the channel back!
Me, too - believe me!
I'll admit, I panicked just a little!
I know the feeling!
I'd been thinking about ways to use the holes to provide additional stiffening, and your punch die did it in one move! Rolling the edges of the holes is useful in multiple ways.
That's a good punch set.
Yes, Mittler Bros makes excellent products!
I liked that you tried other methods of bending the part, and then showed us what really worked in the end. Nice!
Thank you!
Excellent demonstration as usual Ron. Very clever techniques and tools used to get a great end product. Greetings from the Netherlands, Mark
Glad you enjoyed it!
I didn't know that this was a magic show! Super awesome work!!!!
Thank you so much!
I liked the original already, but boy these details here indeed _really_ make seat look beautiful piece of art. Thank you for showing how you made it 👍👍
Thank you very much!
Thanks Ron. You are inimitable!
I appreciate that!
One of the few truly great craftmen still around today... Relying on experience skill and creativity rather than purely technology and computers to make beautiful objects. Thank you very mucg for teaching through your videos and showing that not having all of the fancy tools that cost thousands of bucks isnt an excuse to not make something with your own hands!
Technology and expensive tools are great, but I do like to show what can be done with a more modest tool set.
Looks absolutely stunning Ron
Thank you so much!
Thanks Ron for another great project.
Thanks for watching!
I would have never thought that such good-looking holes in metal could be done in one simple operation. Wow!
Yep, those punch and flare dies work very well!
Thanks Ron
You have the best voice recording on CZcams.
Wow - that's a very high compliment!
I really enjoy watching your videos. It gets me motivated to make things. Thank you.
I'm so glad to hear that you get motivation from my videos. That's the best response I could ask for!
I am truly inspired. Love this stuff.
Awesome! Thank you!
Love your work, especially in how it's thought out.. Thanks for the look and concepts.
I appreciate that!
Ron, you are a wizard! Amazing!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Wow! Very well thought out. You are inspiring. Thanks, Ron
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the video, this is really relaxing and inspiring!
You are so welcome!
The stepped holes also add a lot of strength too.
Yes, they certainly do!
Super cool Ron!!! Thank you for sharing another awesome video!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video! Thank you for doing these. They have definitely helped me become a better metal shaper.
Glad you like them, and I'm so glad you have gotten better at what you do!
Very ingenious methods, thank you. I always learn much from your videos, Ron, and appreciate your sound advice.
Thanks for watching!
Absolutely awesome work! Thank you for video!
I'm so glad you enjoyed this video!
What an astonishingly elegant solution and explanation for that edge banding. There simply isn't a better example of the power of this medium as a tool for learning and what can be done by a master of the medium and your craft. Thank you Mr. Covell.
I'm very glad you enjoyed this video!
You’re a true master at your craft, incredible work Ron!
Thank you! Cheers!
Amazing! Thank you, Ron!!!
Glad you liked it!
Really nice craftsmanship Ron, great jigs and fixtures, all worked out perfect. Really added the custom look to the bomber seat.
Thanks so much Randy! I appreciate your comments.
I love your videos and those of Gene Winfield and Lazze. Your work inspired me to build my own 1932 roadster body from 18ga cold rolled steel. If I had known all the problems of fabricating the body from steel I think I would have used aluminum. I am accomplished structural aluminum and steel fabricator and have done body work in the past but this was my first try at sheet metal fabrication of this size. Right now I am at the point of needing seats so I have been looking thru videos to build the, This seat may be a starting point for me but I want a bench seat which I am thinking this seat could become with some work.
You certainly could modify this seat design to be a bench seat. If you're not familiar with the work of Jamey Jordan, check him out. He makes spectacular bench seats, as well as buckets:
handmadeseatco.com/seats/
I think you’re an awesome master at your craft, incredible fantastic work Ron!!! As always, I totally enjoyed watching!!!!
Thank you very much!
nice work as always Mr. Ron thanks for the great project.
You are very welcome!
I love your art, Ron. And your unique ways of problem solving. It's always interesting and thought provoking. Now, to take a good thing too far, what about hand engraving around those holes? That's and art form I was going to pursue with a gunsmith friend, but he relocated to North Dakota before we got too it. Remember the flungs!
Engraving is an artform in itself, and one I have never explored. I have seen some magnificent engraving on cars and motorcycles, and I would certainly encourage you to learn more about it.
For anyone who is reading this, and is curious about the term 'flungs', I once installed a fuel level sensor with instructions in 'Chinglish', which said to drill holes in the tank for the mounting screws, then hold the tank upside down and shake it to remove the 'flungs' - you know, the bits of metal that fling out when holes are drilled.
Great result and some nice tips and tricks as always.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You are a wizard! Absolutely wonderful 👍
Wow, thank you!
I was waiting for this 🙏🏼
Hope you liked it!
Absolutelly love it!
So glad!
thank you Ron
You bet!
Loving your work Ron
Thanks so much, John. More to come!
Thanks for the video
Glad you liked it, and there will be more to come!
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Hello Ron,
That was a well thought out and well executed project. The results speak for themselves.
It was a very enjoyable video. Thanks for posting.
Joe
Thanks so much, Joe, for consistently watching and commenting!
thanks sir, as always an amazing job
So nice of you!
Once again, Ron, thank you for sharing your techniques and skills. Especially in such an approachable and encouraging way. You are appreciated and I hope you're having a great day as you read this.☺️
Many thanks!
Nicely done!
Thank you! Cheers!
This seat upgrade was amazing. Really inspiring to see everything that could be done by hand with simple tools :)
Glad you liked it!
An AWESOME seat built with many, Many, MANY years of experience and dedication!😀 Well done sir 👏
Thank you kindly!
Thanks for sharing Ron. Always learning from you, you never disappoint! Thanks from the New Paltz NY class you taught in the 90's 😎🏝
Yes, I remember that workshop well! Thanks for staying in touch!
So many lessons in one video. Amazing work as always
Thanks a million!
Awesome seat upgrade Ron!!! As always I am perplexed by how effective your bending fixtures are, you really can make anything it seems!!
Glad you like them!
The Bob Ross of sheet metal
Thanks!
Your the man Ron!! Keep em coming👍
Will do!
FANTASTIC!
Glad you think so!
Another master class. Always learn so much watching these.
Glad you like them!
Un travail précis et minutieux, bravo 👍🏻
Je suis tellement content que ça vous ait plu !
incredible talent
Thanks!
Thanks, an incredible lesson!
My pleasure!
Love your video’s gives me motivation 👍👍
I'm very glad to hear that!
Fantastic work as always.
I appreciate that!
Fantastic!
Thank you! Cheers!
Love it, Thanks
So glad!
Nice work!
Thanks for the visit!
Thank you Ron! Definitely the next level ..... demonstrated expertly and clearly enough that anyone can use these techniques to create beautiful results. I truly appreciate the time you took to share and edit this very tight demonstration - it was incredibly inspiring. Also really appreciate you identifying of how long some of these processes take, even for an experienced metalshaper like yourself. You clearly show that patience and dedication can create whatever the mind can dream 👍👍😎👍👍.
Thanks for the very kind words!
GREAT TUTORIAL AS ALWAYS RON, LOVE THE SIMPLE TOOLING
Thanks 👍
Love all your work Ron! TFS, GB :)
Thanks so much!
That's a very nice seat, Ron. Although you make this all look simple, one can see that you are very very experienced with what you do. Yet it's so nice to watch a true artist work his magic. What I'm trying to say is thank you for another fantastic video.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Thick ness and hard ness of the metal you are using Thank you for your time
I used 20-gauge steel for this demo (.89mm) but 18 or 19 gauge ( 1.14 or 1mm) would be more durable. The grade of steel is 1008, but the more common 1018 would work as well.
Marvelous!
Thanks!
First of all, this build has been awesome! You explain every step so well, and its a joy to watch. I have no need for one of these, buy you make me want to try it! Recently I got the idea in my head that I could build a metal "library card catalog" cabinet. The ones they used in the library with like 27 drawers in it. I have purchased a used one and have been using it as a tool cabinet - it's awesome. After inspecting how the drawers are made, it doesn't seem like too complicated of a build. I would love to see your take on how to build it (if looking for video ideas).......If you'd like to see pictures of the cabinet I bought with details on the drawer construction, just let me know and I'll send them to you
Thanks for the nice comment. I would like to see a couple of photos of your cabinet. It's just possible it could be an interesting future project for me. My email address is:
covell@cruzio.com
Very nice, my boss has decided he wants to build a Bonneville car, so he picked up a 27 T roadster body, this looks like a nice little seat, i may try and build one out of aluminum, thanks for your effort.
Go for it!
Nice job. Very interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very cool! Awesome video!
Thank you! Cheers!
Your craftsmanship always astounds me. Your simple approach is brilliant. I am now trying this project with the exception of the width. I am making mine wider to accommodate my width. Thank you for sharing such amazing work and processes. I only wished I had had an opportunity to apprentice under a master such as yourself.
I'm glad you enjoyed this project, and plan to make your own bomber seat. Yes, people (and bomber seats) come in all shapes and sizes!
If you don't have an in-person mentor, CZcams is the next best thing. I've learned so much from other CZcamsrs!
Beautiful work Ron , I was concerned of the strength of the seat but watching to the end it looks very strong. Thanks ! and thanks for the links
Thank you too!
As always, thank you for sharing the skill set and knowledge. Future generations will also learn from this.
I hope so!
@@RonCovell I know so !