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Get busy. Mopar’s in the Park is only three months away :rofl: Which reminds me I need to sign up.

I bought three rolls of tool box drawer liner and black duct taped them together as a work bench protector. Also use a drip tray for the assembly and disassembly.

Now that the upholstery job is complete I, I converted over to a regular work bench. Decided it was time to pull my Suzuki TC125 engine and transmission apart and refresh it. Found another project ‘74 Suzuki TC125 Prospector Will add more to that thread in a bit.

You may see a theme here. If I have a pattern I can easily figure it out. I am starting to learn to take into account the previous stretching of the fabric and correct for it. Also mirror image is important from side to side. If one side is over stretched, you can usually use the opposite side...

Now the rebuilding. (Winter 2020) I think after this project I got my new sewing machine. The trick with the rolls was to use a little bit of tack spray to help hold it in place, but not too much so that you can’t massage out the lumps.

Here’s another project that I did a year or so ago. My wife found a chair she liked on Marketplace. It had the true ‘70’s vibe and smelled like it was the official smoking chair. So instead of leaving it there she gave them the $10 and brought it home. The fabric felt that if you were to sit on...

Finally finished the last one. 2:14 for the full turn around from stripping off the old and putting on the new covers. Overall I am very happy with the results. For the six stools I have about 30 hours from tracing the patterns, to stitching up the covers and installing them. Next time maybe I...

My fingers feel like they have been tucking and rolling. You don’t realize how much you use your fingers to remove the staples and to hold the fabric to staple it. I am learning with every project. And on every stool. Stool 5 took 2:28. So cut about 15 minutes off. Eventually I guy should learn...

On stool number four I decided to time myself from start to finish including taking the legs off and putting them back on. Disassembly took 1:13. Putting the cushion wrap another :18 minutes. Installing the seat cover. 1:14 I did start putting the back panel on upside down so had...

Another thing of note that works pretty slick are the tack strips to finish the back panel. They go through a foam piece and then the back panel piece. Then you flip it upside down stretching the fabric and use a small tack hammer to hammer in place. I used a piece of old fabric to keep the...

I have a total of three complete. Last one took 2-1/2 hours to pull off the old cover and re-install the new. It is getting quicker on the installation, but removing the old staples is about the same time. Even if I can cut the change time down to two hours, I still have six hours remaining to...

I now have the final five covers completed and ready for installation. I still have to remove the old covers from four stools. So about another 4 hours worth. Some key things I learned in sewing the covers together. The first cover was a good idea to fully complete and install. That way if...

Looks great. Yes I am restoring it. I bought it off a buddy when I was in high school in ‘84. I rode it to hell and back across the fields and hilly Montana pastures. Then it sat in the shop at the farm from ‘88 until 2019. Ironically I found seat covers online for cheap, with the silk...

One totally finished. 5 to go. Probably about the same amount of sewing as a set of car seats. Used about 6-1/2 yards of material for the six.

Sewed one completely together and tried it out. I think it went pretty good. Five more to assemble and staple together.

Six covers ready to sew together. Completed the decorative French seam on the back cover a the edge seams on the seat and seat back. The contrasting color really makes them pop, but really have to pay attention to detail as screw ups are hard to hide. Two things you need that will save you a lot...

Making progress. I hope to finish sewing up all 6 covers today. I have 6 bottoms sewed, 6 back cover panels sewed and have 3 seat backs sewed up. Today plan is to finish the other 3 seat backs, add the decorative white stitching, sew the seat and backs together, add edge piping and stapling...

Here’s where the indexing notches come into play. If you think about your sewing machine and adding small panels going around corners to larger panels it is directional. Meaning you on one side of the panel you start at the bottom of the panel and see to the top, but on the opposite side you...

Doing a quick check of the panel sizes before I start to sew. Wanted to make sure I was close.

I got pieces for all 6 stools cut out and ready to start sewing together. But before I started sewing together, I decided to take one more apart to verify what pieces needed to be sewn first. Man there are a lot staples. It took a little over an hour to remove all the staples and disassemble...