Been busy...

I've been busy with some family obligations, so I haven't got too much done lately. I have been able to do a few things in between.

I got some 1x10 mahogany boards for the seats and seat backs, borrowed my brother's biscuit joiner, and got to joining. I only have 2 clamps long enough to clamp the pieces together, so I can only glue up one set of boards at a time. I've been varnishing more interior panels while I wait for the glue to dry.

Next, I dry-fitted the first set of boards with the bases that I built before, just to make sure everything fits. It does, so far. I'll have to scribe and cut the ends of the seat and back boards to fit the contours of the inside walls of the boat. I'll also remove the hinge, when I stain and varnish the wood.

After that, I took the base out to the boat, and dry-fitted it into the boat, trimmed it up a little and got it into place. I marked out the shape onto the floor and cut the floorboards to go around the base of the seat. The seat will be sitting direcly on the stringers. That way, if I need to get under the floorboards, I will not need to remove the seats.

Lastly I took the aft bench seat and seat back out to the boat and put them in. The are not attached yet. I just needed to get them out of the way. Putting a nice clean bench seat into a dusty boat reall shows off the dirt. I'm going to have to do some cleaning.