Office chairs & bits of metal

[NiceCupOfTea]

I have a crappy old office chair and a passenger seat from an MX-5 and fancy a challenge

I've taken the runners off the car seat and there are 4 bolts going into the bottom of the seat in the places you might expect. The office chair base has 2 runners each with 2 holes at a similar width apart to those on the seat.

Problem is, the centre of the seat has a lower bit of the frame that goes below the mounting bolt holes and fouls the seat base.

It occurred to me that some 25mm box section could be used 2 create 2 spacers, one each side - bolt to the seat, and then bolt the other side to the chair base.

Does that sound like the best solution? And where to get 2 offcuts of box section from?

(Future plans include wiring the headrest speakers to the PC

[Gaspode]

If there's not a scrapyard or engineering/fabricating company near you that you could go and have a chat with, then you could use wood, it would be plenty strong enough. You'd have to paint it, of course, but then you'd have to paint 25mm box section as well.

[Gaspode]

If there's not a scrapyard or engineering/fabricating company near you that you could go and have a chat with, then you could use wood, it would be plenty strong enough. You'd have to paint it, of course, but then you'd have to paint 25mm box section as well.

[ExChrispy Porker]

Please post photo of the finished contraption!!

[tubbystu]

Hex M8 x 24mm threaded spacers/stand off's at 62p each might be a more elegant solution.



Linky Minimum order is £7.50 but I'm sure you can find other stuff you just need.

[NiceCupOfTea]

tubbystu said:

Hex M8 x 24mm threaded spacers/stand off's at 62p each might be a more elegant solution.



Linky Minimum order is £7.50 but I'm sure you can find other stuff you just need.

Unfortunately the holes don't line up. Interesting thought though, could just use some flat metal bars and those spacers...

Will post pics when finished!

[dickymint]

This may help.........

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/114329-how-make-bride-o...

[NiceCupOfTea]

dickymint said:

This may help.........

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/114329-how-make-bride-o...

Thanks - a metal plate would probably be the easiest way to do it, but there is a bulge in the bottom of the chair that stops it working...

Seat dumped on top of office chair. May retain the arms



Bottom of the seat - four bolts. Note the bulge in the centre:



And the base of the office chair - not much clearance. 4 holes, roughly the same width as the bolts in the chair, but the big problem is that there isn't enough clearance above the seat base for the lump in the chair base...

[B17NNS]

Watching this with interest.

Fancy doing something similar with a Alfa GTV seat in Tan Momo leather.