Homemade backrest

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Homemade backrest

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Showing off my "pretty ok" fab skills on my homemade backrest. Most expensive part was the purchased pad, about $25 on amazon. About $25 for the 3/8 roundstock and 16 ga. Sheetmetal. Pilfered the aluminum from the scrap barrel at work. It will prolly need a bit of tweeking, hoping to try it out later this week if it ever stops raining.
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P.s. please don't be zooming in on my crappy welds!! :gig:
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I am impressed. My fabrication skills are beneath the Grade School level... Cheers!

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