A Woodworking Project

As a member of BAWA (Bay Area Woodworkers Association), I've committed to a piece for an upcoming show at the Woodcraft store in San Carlos.  I've long been attracted to the common tractor seat as the ultimate seat surface.  It's contoured perfectly to fit the butt for those long days spent plowing or harvesting those crops.  

Today's tractors, being bigger, have eschewed the old-timey metal seat for the automobile-type padded one.  I'm not sure this is progress.  The padded straight surfaces don't fit your butt like the metal contoured ones.  

Anyway, the plan is to build a wood platform on which to mount the tractor seat.  Then fabricate three contoured legs as supports.  My seat research has shown that a height of 28 inches with a 15 degree slope to the front is desirable for ultimate comfort.  This allows the spine to maintain its proper curve and makes for comfortable seating posture.  The curved seat allows the ischail tuberosities (bony ends of the pelvis) to be suspended.  This makes sitting more comfortable.  I hope the end result will be (a) comfortable, and (b) aesthetically pleasing.

Stay tuned.