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I have an extra seat from a C172 along with an extra pair of rails. My shop has a handful of chairs, none of them match. I'd like to add the 172 seat, thinking of keeping it on the rails, somehow build a platform or weld metal on the base, attach wheels. I can come up with a junkyard looking solution but prefer something nicer.

What and how would you do this?
 
Find a good metal fabrication shop in your area that will do exactly what you want.
 
Mooneymayhem said:
Find a good metal fabrication shop in your area that will do exactly what you want.
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Find a good metal fabrication shop certified mechanic in your area that will do exactly what you want.
 
dbahn said:
Find a good metal fabrication shop certified mechanic in your area that will do exactly what you want.
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Unless I misunderstood OPs post, that would be a bit overkill for a piece of shop furniture..
 
4RNB said:
I have an extra seat from a C172 along with an extra pair of rails. My shop has a handful of chairs, none of them match. I'd like to add the 172 seat, thinking of keeping it on the rails, somehow build a platform or weld metal on the base, attach wheels. I can come up with a junkyard looking solution but prefer something nicer.

What and how would you do this?
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just about any AP that maintains a couple of cessnas should be able to find a red tagged set of rails for you to use, there are plenty of them red tagged.
 
unsafervguy said:
just about any AP that maintains a couple of cessnas should be able to find a red tagged set of rails for you to use, there are plenty of them red tagged.
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I HAVE THE RAILS

my main issue is design, even if I went to a fabricator/welder
 
The answer is, as always, to get a Bonanaza.

What’s the use case for the chair? Sitting and drinking a coffee, working at a desk over a maintenance manual or weather report, or something else? I would probably keep it simple and just mount the rails on a simple pair of crossbars with leveling pads or casters.
 
No case other than to sit in. Might keep it in my SIM room should anyone visit.
 
Mooneymayhem said:
Unless I misunderstood OPs post, that would be a bit overkill for a piece of shop furniture..
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Looks like I misunderstood, although I'm not sure why you might take a potentially serviceable piece of equipment to make a shop chair.

But with that in mind I'd probably just make a simple dolly with a non-destructive clamp system to hold the chair on it.
 
dbahn said:
Looks like I misunderstood, although I'm not sure why you might take a potentially serviceable piece of equipment to make a shop chair.

But with that in mind I'd probably just make a simple dolly with a non-destructive clamp system to hold the chair on it.
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I'm changing my first officers seat to fully articulating, will have the non articulating available.
 
My ears are burning.

This is easy peasy. C-channel base. Locking casters under. Some supports for the seat rails. Maybe some rice bar aluminum tread in between seat rails.
 
A 172 seat?
Why not just find an old church pew, about as comfortable.
 
Visit an airplane junkyard and cut the cockpit floor out of a wrecked 172, attach legs and feet to it.
 
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