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Foam Seat & Backrest
By:Grant
Date: 9/10/2003, 10:11 am
In Response To: Bad pic link. Here is the right one. Sorry :) *NM* *Pic* (Marcel R. in Portland, Or.)

Thanks for posting the photo Marcel. I have just started to carve my seat. I started with a bread knife to trim the foam to size. Then I tried a variety of power tools and attachments for carving the seat. Unfortunately I do not have a grinder which seems to be the tool of preference so I settled for ROS with 80 grit paper. It is slow but works with minimal investment.

I have bent some bendable birch plywood for the "core" of the backrest. I can add some foam to the back rest if required. What I have not completly figured out is putting the backrest in place. Daren Neufeld has a carved seat with a separate backrest. The backrest is mounted on a minicell "post" which wedges between the back of the seat and the bulkhead. Is this Joe Greenley's technique?

grant

Messages In This Thread

Other: Fitting kayak to me?
Scott Gage -- 9/9/2003, 1:11 pm
Re: Other: Fitting kayak to me? *LINK*
Marcel R. in Portland, OR -- 9/12/2003, 10:35 pm
Re: Other: Fitting kayak to me? *LINK*
Mitch Isoe -- 9/14/2003, 6:18 am
Thanks for all the suggestions. Scott Gage *NM*
Scott Gage -- 9/15/2003, 10:19 am
Re: Other: Fitting kayak to me?
Jay Babina -- 9/10/2003, 8:12 am
Re: Other: Fitting kayak to me?
Paul Jacob -- 9/9/2003, 3:44 pm
Re: Instructor vs Tape *LINK*
Brad Farr -- 9/11/2003, 3:19 pm
Re: Other: Fitting kayak to me?
Scott Gage -- 9/9/2003, 3:48 pm
Re: Other: Fitting kayak to me? *LINK* *Pic*
Marcel R. in Portland, Or. -- 9/9/2003, 2:00 pm
Bad pic link. Here is the right one. Sorry :) *NM* *Pic*
Marcel R. in Portland, Or. -- 9/9/2003, 2:04 pm
Foam Seat & Backrest
Grant -- 9/10/2003, 10:11 am
Re: Foam Seat & Backrest *Pic*
Marcel R. in Portland, Or. -- 9/10/2003, 12:04 pm
Re: Foam Seat & Backrest
Grant -- 9/10/2003, 12:15 pm
Re: Foam Seat & Backrest *Pic*
Marcel R. in Portland, OR -- 9/10/2003, 3:19 pm
Re: Foam Seat & Backrest
Chris Moore -- 9/14/2003, 11:31 am
Re: Foam Seat & Backrest
Grant -- 9/10/2003, 3:26 pm
How did you get the foam so smooth? *NM*
Brian Ervin -- 9/9/2003, 4:50 pm
Re: How did you get the foam so smooth?
Marcel R. in Portland, Or. -- 9/9/2003, 6:10 pm
Re: How did you get the foam so smooth? *LINK* *Pic*
GrantG -- 9/9/2003, 7:39 pm
Re: Bad pic link. Here is the right one. Sorry :)
Scott Gage -- 9/9/2003, 3:10 pm