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| bartenderdave | profile | all galleries >> Miscellany >> Custom Seat and Backband: Folbot Cooper | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Full install, skin removed for best visibility. |
 Three inch minicell, another inch glued on each side to make a 5 inch thickness. |
 Cut on the diagonal to form two wedges. Note guide boards. |
 Rough-cut wedges. |
 Bevel gauge takes angles off hull for cuts on wedge. (Note protective strips not on hull yet.) |
 Cut pieces; center pair already glued with contact cement. |
 Stanley Sureform tool carving grooves for rib. |
 The result. |
 All the grooves: longerons and rib. |
 Side view of same. |
 Rough fit of seat; note marking pen outlines of contact with seat. |
 Out of the boat with marking pen outlines. |
 Carving setup; minicell clamped to stool; right angle grinder. |
 Sixty grit on the pad makes a nice tool for finishing the minicell. Some glue on a cloth surface. |
 Completed carving job; takes several test fits to get it all right. |
 End view; not much foam left! |
 Top view. |
 Side view, backband only. |
 Detail of bolt attachment to side of coaming. |
 Detail of snowboard-style ratchet strap. |
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