I used a computer model to develop the seat, but the butt-in-sand method should work. Nick On Aug 18, 2005, at 1:01 PM, John Fereira wrote: > At 12:21 PM 8/18/2005, Nick Schade wrote: > >> On Aug 18, 2005, at 10:23 AM, John Fereira wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Definitely. One of the details that I particularly liked on the >>> Night Heron was the wood seat. That was gorgeous. Any details >>> available on how it was constructed? >>> >> >> I have some construction pictures at: >> >> http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/gallery/Wood_Seat >> > > Thanks. I saw that you had a computer model of the seat to > determine the sections which I assume was used to created the > sectional shape cutouts. Did you use a "real world" model (aka > your butt) to create the shapes for the computer model? > > I'm wondering if you could shape the seat somewhat like this... > > Fill a box up with wet sand and cover it with thin plastic (i.e a > garbage bag) > > Sit in it to create a depression. > > Fill the depression with plaster-of-paris to create a mold. > > Cut the mold into strips to create the sectional shape patterns > > Trace each strip onto paper to obtain patterns that can be glued to > the wood. > > Laminate the wood pieces together and proceed as you did. > > > BTW, I'm making some slow progress on rebuilding my broken Outer > Island. Having a 2 year old tends to limit the amount of time I > can spend on it so I figure it won't likely hit the water again > until next spring. Since I pretty much have to rebuild the cockpit > the possibility for a wood seat and integrated knee clips has been > considered. > Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Aug 18 2005 - 10:37:40 PDT
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