Cast Iron Decorative Tractor Seat Directions
Cast iron tractor seats are a popular collector's item that has spawned collecting organizations across the country and world. Collectors often travel great distances to acquire favored seat styles and to sell and trade their own seats for others. Interior decorators have picked up on this trend, and images of expensive country homes featuring cast iron tractor seats have become common in country-style magazines. Homeowners who like everything country are now eagerly buying and using these seats in their homes.
Joining a tractor seat to a milk can makes an attractive country-style stool.Place a cast iron tractor seat over the top of an antique milk can. Center the seat and adjust the fit to the position you like. In the center of the seat is a mounting hole (or several). Note the position of the hole in relation to the top of the can.
Build a bracket to attach the seat to the milk can. Use a piece of metal strap that has holes evenly spaced along the strap. This type of metal band or strap is sold in home improvement stores. Cut 24 inches of strap using a rotary tool or metal cutting shears. Bend the center of the strap to fit along the underside of the seat.
Slide a bolt through the top of the seat into the strap. Tighten a nut to the bolt to hold the strap in place.
Measure the width of the milk can opening. Bend the straps down on each side to fit into the mouth of the milk can. Drill a hole through each side of the milk can. Bolt the milk can to the strap on each side. Tighten the nuts with wrenches.
Spray-paint the seat and can to match your decor. Sand the items first if they are rusted.
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