Waiting on Summit Racing to deliver my glasspacks, decided to take a break from wiring for a couple of days. Tired of sitting on an upside down Homer bucket while working on the wiring, thought maybe I would knock out a Vyper shop stool knock-off, entirely out of stuff I have lying around. ( Full confession, I did buy a new open box Vyper seat for ~$60 on eBay a while back, so this project has been rolling around in my head for some time now).
I made a few changes, used the 4" locking swivel casters I bought on Amazon from the link here. I also have the 2" ones if these turn out to be awkward. Couldn't decide whether to plagarize the round Vyper shop stool or the low rectangular detailing stool, so I decided to combine the best features of both- went with an elliptical base to eliminate the ankle-biting corners and infinitely variable height for different uses. .
Had a chunk of 1-1/4" UNF and a couple of matching hex nuts, center column is a 2" S40 pipe drop I picked up at the scrapyard.
The elliptical perimeter frame started life as a expensive piece of patio furniture that someone tossed out. I needed some 5/8 round bar for the shifter, too; that's why I grabbed it.
There isn't anywhere up here on the mountain to buy small quantities of new steel, so I check out the scrapyard occasionally. That's where nearly everything on this build came from. It's more work, but it beats a 3O0 mile round trip to Phoenix. Had some 5/8" rebar left over from the bridge project, so I used it for the column supports arms. The expanded metal has been in my way for over a year, so I took this opportunity to cut it up and use it for webbing on the support arms, with 3/8" rebar for the top chord. Should be plenty strong...
Rolling frame almost finished...ready for casters.
I needed a piece of 1/8" thick 6" x 9" plate for the seat mount. Sometimes you just get lucky .. dug this out of the scrap bin under my bench.
Seat should be finished tomorrow.
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Might be time for a carb adapter machining project. 
