PART 2 JEEP CJ5 SEAT FRAME BUILD | Aluminum Willys Seat Frames

Welcome Back! In this two part series, I start the fabrication of the passenger side seat frame for my 1957 Willys CJ5. For this build I decided to use some 6061 aluminum flatbar. I would like to keep the weight down... plus I need to practice my aluminum TIG welding skills. For this seat, the aluminum is 1/2" thick X 2" wide. I used my portable bandsaw to make some relief cuts in the aluminum so I could create as many simple bends as possible.
This 1/2" thick aluminum is WAY overkill for this project. In fact, the thickness made it difficult to weld. My Everlast TIG welder maxes out at 185 amps. And the small #9 torch I typically use was not able to handle the high amperage. Adding a little helium to my mix would have helped, but I didn't want to buy another bottle for just this small project. I was able to make it work with a larger #17 torch and some preheating.
The seats I chose for this project are from Bestop. They are the Trailmax II Classic Lo-Back Vinyl seat. The color is called Spice.

[@robw7205]

Saw the CJ5 content, stayed for the cool seat process. Early CJ5s need more love.

[@bobaganoushe1]

Nice work looks great

[@MrJeep75]

Nice work

[@justinquigley1951]

Man just found your Channel. Sweet seat frame. Would love to see these in my 63 cj5.

[@studevust3100]

Looks Amazing. Im a K10 owner and fell into your channel because of the great videos. Appreciate all the effort you put into your channel and you make a guy wanna learn Aluminum welding now!

[@TheCanadianBubba]

Great work, cool that they mount so different from each other but sit identical.

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[@mikehammer4546]

Quite impressive, man you’ve got skills 👍

[@billpeloquin884]

Any chance you might be manufacturing those seat frames for other folks?

[@tedwpx123]

👍

[@joeadivari8888]

Can you make a set of these and sell them to me