[TR] TR3 Seat wood strip

[Keith Stewart]

On Mar 10, 2014, at 6:31 PM, wbeech at flash.net wrote:

>
> I have the TR3 seats stripped down to the frames and need to replace the
> 1/4" x 1" wood tack strips.  I purchased some 1/4" plywood at the local
yard
> but after an hour in the steam box the wood still wants to crack.  I have
> experience steam-bending solid wood but not multi-ply pieces.  Is there a
> secret to replace these strips?

These have been unavailable for quite some time. Alternative upholstery
materials have been used to make the attachment. John Swauger at TRF has been
working with some wood tacking strip material developed to do the job. His
plan is to use the trial fit on his TR3A and also on Charles TR3A. I am not
sure the material is ready to be listed yet but my plan was to use this to do
my TR3 and TR4 seats.

Keith Stewart
keithstewartATexeculinkDOTcom