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Topic: Longer legs for ShoBud Seat |
Jim Shultz
From:
Seneca,South Carolina, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2024 12:12 pm |
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I bought a used pedal steel to learn on from a very short (maybe 5 feet tall) woman who had had the steel sized for her.
I was able to lift it with some new legs and rods, and am using a drum throne as a seat, set at 22 inches.
She included a Sho-Bud seat with the steel but it, too is very short. Not quite 17 inches high and the legs are 6" tall.
Can I just bend conduit for new legs (is conduit strong enough for a 230 pound player?) or is there somewhere to buy new legs? The bends in the legs seem very small radius compared to my bender.
Sorry for the cobwebs - I haven't been using this seat.
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Telecaster, 12 String and now a Taylor, too!
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Mike Preuss
From:
Mount Vernon, Washington, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2024 1:10 pm
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| My steel seat was too short. The legs appeared to be 3/4 EMT conduit. So I bought 4 EMT couplings and cut 4 short pieces of EMT, screwed them together. Now my seat fits me, albeit with less attractive legs. |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2024 1:34 pm
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| There is several posts on raising the seat if you do a search. Standard height is 21 but that can be varied by a players size. 3\4 EMT is fine. I bent a set for my homemade seat and used a torch to help the metal flex. It ain't pretty. Some have them cut and welded back. Others put caps over the bottom with a pin to hold them. I raised a used seat with furniture leveling feet from Amazon. Just a one inch raise. Lots of options. Your bender wont do a back to back bend that close. I believe the harbor freight roller types will do it but you have a one time use expense. |
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2024 8:28 am
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I have to raise everything 2”. For the seat, I used 1” aluminum rod and turned one end for a very light press fit into the ID of the conduit. The slugs insert an inch and a half or so..
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2024 3:46 am
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| Nice work Dave. I take it you have a lathe to work with? |
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2024 8:47 am
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| I did before I retired! 🤣 I was a machinist for 45 years, and spent the last 20 at a local shop where, if I have a small job, I still have some 'shop privileges'. 😄👍 |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2024 5:54 pm
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| Dave that's awesome. |
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