Bench Seat Project

[Ryan C]

I was at West Marine asking the guy about marine carpet, he told me to save my $$ and go to Lowes. I paid $10 for all the carpet, it's the outdoor stuff on a big roll with rubber backing. Bought the adhesive and a plastic comb applicator and got to work with a pair of scissors.

very nice, thats an idea i may be borrowing!

 

[Porkchunker]

Very nice...you obviously know what you are doing. Even the gaps between the drawers and the drawers and the edges are equal. I'd never be able to measure and cut that well.

Dave

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[Brent]

excellent project.
Thanks for sharing

I can only make sawdust. :wink:

 

[Brian S]

What holds drawers shut ?

Those look like K-V drawer slides ? or are they stainless ?

They are flush, so you push them in with a little force then they pop out two inches. This was my buddy's idea, I was skeptical at first, but after seeing and using them, there is no way they would be able to pop out on their own.

This is the slides:

http://www.drawerslides.com/p/accuride- ... 832-20hdtr

 

[Brian S]

Aside from cleaning and upholstry being installed Friday, the project is completed:

I had a vision last night, wanted to keep my plano holders and the storage from the old seat. We came up with a plan this morning to hack it up and flush mount it on the right hand side of the pilothouse. It's dirty now, but it looks awesome and is very functional.

Flipped this upside down and reinstalled

 

[Megabyte]

Awesome. 8)

When time permits, I want to take some measurements and design seat bases for both of my helm seats that incorporate storage for multiple Plano boxes.

The present seats would be mounted on top, and the bases would be maximized for storage as well as for the fishing tackle.
My open-back pilothouse would make access to the plano boxes from the 'pit simple, and I think between the two bases, I could pack quite a few Planos in there.

I have an idea of how I want to do it, now I just need to take the time to measure it out and put it on paper.

You've given me a few ideas.

 

[Bryan 2530]

Kev, remeber the X-shark??

You could do a similiar concept without the seaspesion posts, just mount the seat on top.

 

[TopShot25]

Killer job Brian, hope your buddy gets a few trips out of it. It looks like he's earned it.

 

[Megabyte]

Kev, remeber the X-shark??
You could do a similiar concept without the seaspesion posts, just mount the seat on top.

Great idea.
I need to go look at Bobbys project post and use some of his ideas.

Thanks!

 

[Porkchunker]

Will be interesting to see how the steel slides hold up in a marine environment. Guess they are easy enough to replace every 3-4 years.

Dave

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