has anyone ever made a welding chair out of an automotive bucket seat ?
i got the idea the other day, when, after welding for 10 hours and my back hurting, how much better i felt when i hopped in my truck for the ride home.
seems like it would be real comfortable when setting for 10 hours a day.
if anyone has made one, please post pics, because i think i am gonna make me one soon.
thanks
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03-11-2010, 04:21 PM #1
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03-11-2010, 05:33 PM #2
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well no. But I do know a guy that built a bar stool with an old tractor seat and put horse shoes at the bottom for foot stands
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03-11-2010, 06:25 PM #3
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You have to wait till Rocky gets back, he had a welding chair.
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03-17-2010, 08:22 PM #4
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This one saved my butt many a time.
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03-20-2010, 09:28 PM #5
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Sorry I don't have any pics. I used to weld in a fab shop and we had crappy chairs. We all talked to the man and he ok us to make a chair. We had a pallete full of chair parts. I made a chair that way better than my old one. Saved my butt for sure!
I gotta see what you make out of a truck seat. You should put a handle on the side so you can swing out the legs on break!
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03-21-2010, 05:15 PM #6
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been working on it a little each night when i can, when not working on my old truck, 1957 chevy.
got the frame made that will bolt to the bottom of the seat and have it hinged so i can rock back some, like any office chair, and got the swivel mounted also, (a cut down old caster wheel).
i still have to make the bottom with wheels, an adjustable vetical shaft and the adjustable arm rests.SyncrowaveŽ 200
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03-11-2010, 09:02 PM #7
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Comfortable Welding chair
Try this chair
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03-12-2010, 12:39 AM #8
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Something I saw at a junkyard near my old house may interest you. The junkyard guys had taken a tire and rim, filled with cement, and attached a Cadillac spindle to it. On top of the post was one of the "captain's chairs" from either an RV or a van, and the footrest was a steering wheel. Because the seat was mounted on the spindle, it turned very easily. (Sorry, I don't have pictures - that particular junkyard is now 900 miles away from where I call home ... )
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03-12-2010, 05:22 PM #9
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That'll work LOL You'll be able to do kind of burning in that..SUNBURNING lol Originally Posted by TerryL
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03-16-2010, 01:50 PM #10
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how about an old office chair... they roll around, swivel, and recline. that's what i have in my shop when i don't feel like standing under the lift.
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