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Cafe seat plate sheet metal.
Steelworks 24 in x 36 in aluminum solid sheet metal.
Sheet metal to cover the seat area or similar bracing.
Which basically means all the tools i have are the basic sockets wrenches allens a drill and bits aviation scissors rivets and a hand rivetor and duct tape.
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What you need to make your café racer seat.
Anyone have suggestions for a good gauge for a sheet steel pan.
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Steelworks 24 in x 48 in aluminum tread plate sheet metal.
Shrinking actually makes the metal thicker so it takes up less surface area and tends to tuck in so it pops any doming done to the sheet.
It s all the same just make the adjustments needed for your bike.
Shrinking is done by creating tucks at the edges and then hammering them against an anvil because of the shape of the tuck the hammering actually gathers the metal together making it thicker cool huh.
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I m getting started on building a custom seat pan for my cafe project.
Ive been trying to.
Ive been trying to figure out how to make a cafe seat with the bubbled end piece under dorm room limitations.
It s a given some seat pans are quicker and easier to make from sheet metal but for this type i have the seat wrap over the frame so fiberglass is my weapon of choice.
I have found a design i intend to mimic and it is made from sheetmetal.