I know that someone gave really good advice on getting that contour with sand paper adhered to the hull of the boat, I have another possible try. powder the bottom with chalk (blue for chalk lines, red and yellow are permanent), and lay the foam on there gently to indicate sanding areas. Shawn Baker has an excellent method of making a fiberglass seat referenced on my outfitting site: http://www.studiofurniture.com/diary/kayak/outfit/outfit.html there is also a link to Ken's site Ashton Treadway wrote: > > Hi: > > I'm midway through my "build-my-own-seat-from-minicell" project, and in > high annoyance. > > I've had minimal luck sculpting the foam on the bottom of the seat to > actually *fit* my boat's hull. We followed the instructions given at the > (wonderful) kayakfit.com website, but tiny variations are making life > hellish. Is there any easy way to do this, or am I doomed to just getting > it as close as possible and coping? > > We used a flex curve to measure the hull of the boat, and found that the > flex curve's plastic ends introduced problematic variations in the flex. > We then tried solder, with the same problem; you just can't get the bloody > thing to actually *form to the hull* without it "rebounding" a bit when > you take it off. Subsequently, you wind up with variance in your cardboard > templates. > > What I'd dearly love to be able to do would be put some sort of liquid > foam down that'd actually form to the hull, but I think that's out of > range. :> > > Basically, I'll trim a little, and discover that not only have I not > corrected the previous poor fit, but introduced a new anomaly. > > Thanks for any help/advice, > > -ashton -- ¤ Gabriel L Romeu ¤ http://studiofurniture.com + /diary or + /paint *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 11 2001 - 05:53:55 PDT
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