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| 24-Aug-03 |
Picking Up the Seats Part 3 |
A Stitch in Time
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 They have a series of jigs to hold each frame precisely during construction and welding. The jigs can be rotated so they can get at all areas of the seat frame. |
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 The covers are stitched on large industrial sewing machines. Tom tells me that while leather is becoming more and more popular, cloth (tweed) still makes up the majority of their automotive seat sales. |
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| Tea's has a new division they call "Hot Threads" where they do custom embroidery. The computer embroidery machines are awesome to watch! |
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 The detail these machines can put out is unreal! The shading on the shock was accomplished by blending different shades of thread – way cool. |
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 When the seats were finished, Charlie loaded them in the back of our Durango and my co-pilot jumped into one to try it out. I didn't get a chance to sit in one until we got home :(
At 12 years old she's all legs! (just like her old man :) |
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