So low and behold my friend Sean, a puppet maker had some extra foam
around his shop that he was able to give me today. It is a firm closed
cell foam that is typically used in kayaks of all places. The foam is
3/4" thick( 19mm) Heres how I did it.
1) Begin with one airseat Take it apart and re drill holes forward to
put rail adapter in a better position for seat in front grip.
[image: http://www.pitt.edu/~mtc26/images/IMG_0129.jpg]
2) Take 2 peices of foam and glue them into one big peice. I used rubber
cement from old patch kits that I didnt use the whole tube.
[image: http://www.pitt.edu/~mtc26/images/IMG_0135.jpg]
3) Finnished larger peice. Make sure you let the rubber cement dry on
both sides before putting the halfs together you get a much stronger
bond this way.
[image: http://www.pitt.edu/~mtc26/images/IMG_0136.jpg]
4) Trace the CF base on the foam and cut out using a sharp box cutter
blade and this is what you get.
[image: http://www.pitt.edu/~mtc26/images/IMG_0142.jpg]
5) So you pack up the foam into the seat cover pull it as tight as
possible, add some bumpers and what do you know? You are done!
Back view shows how low profile the seat now is, usually you'll see a
roach badge here I pulled that slack out of the cover however.
[image: http://www.pitt.edu/~mtc26/images/IMG_0145.jpg]
The side profile shows that the Roach cover is a bit too tall to fully
streach over the foam and baseplate without a bit of excess material.
[image: http://www.pitt.edu/~mtc26/images/IMG_0146.jpg]
I'm expecting a new seat post from Darren in a few days I'll report on
how it rides when that comes in.
Cheers for now
Mike
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