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Unread 10-25-2008, 10:25 PM
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Now let's get moving along. Basically we want to make some posts for the seat so fit over. These will be metric bolts but with the heads cut off of them. Then the holes in the seat that you would normally bolt down with the Allan bolts will fall on top of the posts and be secured down with some clips which will fit through a hole drilled in the posts.

So I put the bolts in the vice and chopped off the heads with a dremel tool fitted with a slim cutting wheel. Then I threw the bolts in the vice on my vertical mill and drilled a hole in each one. Of course I used some new bits and I indexed the posts with a sharp punch so the drill bit would drill right down the middle through it.



I'm sure anyone could do this with some patience and a corded drill. But the vice is certainly a key tool. You can find em pretty cheap at Harbor Freight. Go tool shopping and buy a good one. You'll use it for the rest of your shadetree mechanic life.

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