Chris

Chris is the tech that is building my seat. Here is is showing me how the pattented custom spring mechanism is fitted to each seat. The molded seat is cut in half depending on how big and how much spread is needed. As I sit here looking out into the shop, I can see that there is a pretty good size splice that has been added to mine, to fit my butt. Once it is put back together with the splice in it, then a spring is built and fit to the shape of the seat, to support the distinctive "wings" that make it easy to identify a Russell seat. Mine will probably look like the wings of a 747! This picture is not mine. Heathere tells me that the widest seat they ever built was 42 inches wide. I have been assured mine will not be anywhere near the record. :-) Once cut, spliced, sprung and winged, the trimming process begins with a little device that resembles an electric knife. Two occilating blades cut the foam like butter. The final shape is rendered with a foam grinding pad on a drill motor. Pretty intricate work, but as I said before, they have done this a few times before. I love watching true craftsmen at work. They make simple things look so easy!