Shea Stadium Bleacher Bench

[Bestdj777]

James,

I think it is a great start and has some real potential. My recommendations are as follows:
1. Reposition the light colored bats so that they are placed in a uniform pattern. Maybe have one on the left side one bat in and one on the right side one bat in. The uniformity would add to it a bit.
2. Use a skill saw or some sort of other power saw to cut the bats all straight, and at the same length, along the bottom.
3. Build a frame around the bats running around all four sides and paint it either black or the color of the seat--black to match the bats would probably be easier than trying to match the seat color. I think that would lead to a more polished look.

Whatever you ultimately do, it's a cool project.

[pawpawdiv9]

In the end, you wanna be this guy:

[chalupacollects]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

In the end, you wanna be this guy:

Is this the brother of the guy holding the Wagner card in his dumpy apartment with the mirror behind him? LOL

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

James,

I think it is a great start and has some real potential. My recommendations are as follows:
1. Reposition the light colored bats so that they are placed in a uniform pattern. Maybe have one on the left side one bat in and one on the right side one bat in. The uniformity would add to it a bit.
2. Use a skill saw or some sort of other power saw to cut the bats all straight, and at the same length, along the bottom.
3. Build a frame around the bats running around all four sides and paint it either black or the color of the seat--black to match the bats would probably be easier than trying to match the seat color. I think that would lead to a more polished look.

Whatever you ultimately do, it's a cool project.

All good suggestions.

I'd have left the bats full length, and maybe run them a bit higher, but it's too late for that now. Running a frame across the bottom of them once they're even would be cool. and framing around the sides and top could make it look a bit more finished.

Depending on what you like stylewise you could do a sort of layered border around the bats and paint it in Mets colors. Or do a border with a few different Mets logos starting with earlier ones at the lower left and going clockwise to newer ones. Or a simple border with a corner blocks with the logo you like the best.

Lots of options, and lots of different ways to do any of them.


Steve B

[Head928]

I think I already am that guy in the picture.....

The boarder ideas are great and I will be looking to do something on that end.

I also had intended have the bats horizontal instead of vertical but it didnt really work well to get them attached on the boarding and they didint fit together very well that way either.

I did purposely use the bats show because they were inexpensive and I had no idea what I was doing. I would like to down the road replace this back with some bats of better known Mets players.

Did some clean up work on it today with some staining and added the 2 knob ends.

Will probably give it time as is (at least till after the the holiday) before I add anything anything else on it. I dont want it to get too busy up top either.

[sheamemorabilia]

I don't know if anyone is still looking at this particular thread...but I just saw it ...and I believe that you bought that piece from me at a LI JP's Show. I actually originally purchased all the Bleachers that came out of Shea ..there are many of them out there now...but I love to see what people do with them. I still make benches out of them and have done a number of different leg options. I never did a Back to the benches, as they didn't have backs at Shea...But I think your Bat Back is pretty cool. I'll attach some pics of mine below and you can go to my site to check out my latest. www.sheamemorabilia.com