Vlakvark Posted February 15, 2017 Report Posted February 15, 2017 Good evening guys. Does any one have templates to make a leather yoke. Im swining by an hide shop to buy some hide and want to try to make my own leather yoke. Thx. JT
FBCK Posted February 17, 2017 Report Posted February 17, 2017 Don if you don't mind I'd be really interested as well, greatly apppreciated.
Vlakvark Posted March 15, 2017 Author Report Posted March 15, 2017 Don, Im getting some doe skin tomorrow. Will keep you to date.
LANCECASPER Posted March 15, 2017 Report Posted March 15, 2017 I'd like to see this as well, pictures would be great. I wouldn't mind spending the money to have Aero Comfort cover my yokes, but I hate the thought of all of those wires having to be de-soldered and then re-soldered. It sounds like a good chance of maintenance induced failure waiting to happen. If there's a way to get it looking good without removing the yoke I'd be interested. However I wouldn't want it to look like the picture below. (This is a Warren Gregoire slip on yoke cover that was for sale on Ebay). It looks like Mooney meets the Michelin Man . . tacky.
Brandontwalker Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 I'd like to see this as well, pictures would be great. I wouldn't mind spending the money to have Aero Comfort cover my yokes, but I hate the thought of all of those wires having to be de-soldered and then re-soldered. It sounds like a good chance of maintenance induced failure waiting to happen. If there's a way to get it looking good without removing the yoke I'd be interested. However I wouldn't want it to look like the picture below. (This is a Warren Gregoire slip on yoke cover that was for sale on Ebay). It looks like Mooney meets the Michelin Man . . tacky. No thanks. That's like a Walmart steering wheel cover. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
PTK Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 On 2/14/2017 at 11:52 PM, Vlakvark said: Good evening guys. Does any one have templates to make a leather yoke. Im swining by an hide shop to buy some hide and want to try to make my own leather yoke. Thx. JT Had some nice Spinneybeck full grain left over from my interior and used it to cover the yokes. I did this freehand with no templates... 3
FBCK Posted March 16, 2017 Report Posted March 16, 2017 What kind of glue did you use to glue the leather to the yoke?
PTK Posted March 17, 2017 Report Posted March 17, 2017 Contact cement through an air gun. Incidently, here's one very unhappy camper and a good example of what can happen if not done properly.
LANCECASPER Posted March 17, 2017 Report Posted March 17, 2017 13 hours ago, PTK said: Contact cement through a gun. Incidently, here's one very unhappy camper and a good example of what can happen if not done properly. The stitching looks nice but it looks like a small animal got trapped in there during installation.
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