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Newbie w/ 12' Jon Boat project HELP!
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<blockquote data-quote="RBuffordTJ" data-source="post: 103527" data-attributes="member: 1385"><p><img src="https://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/RBuffordTJ/JonBoat/snc00021lhelp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>What we did was decided now far to come up off the floor for our deck. We used a small line level on string, placed it on the front of the seat and then stretched the string to where we wanted the floor to go to (ours sat on top of a support rib). Level the string out to the seat and mark. Ours was like 9 inches or so from the floor of the boat, so we marked how much of the seat to cut out. We left 8" of the old seat at the top on each side and cut straight down to our line from the level we used. (confused yet?)</p><p></p><p>By leaving the metal from the original seat on the sides and bottom you have something to screw the wood to and you keep the boat from trying to fold in from the sides under pressure. Remember the seat is a major structural brace.</p><p></p><p>Don't hesitate to ask any questions I will try to help you any way I can.</p><p></p><p>Bufford</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RBuffordTJ, post: 103527, member: 1385"] [img]https://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/RBuffordTJ/JonBoat/snc00021lhelp.jpg[/img] What we did was decided now far to come up off the floor for our deck. We used a small line level on string, placed it on the front of the seat and then stretched the string to where we wanted the floor to go to (ours sat on top of a support rib). Level the string out to the seat and mark. Ours was like 9 inches or so from the floor of the boat, so we marked how much of the seat to cut out. We left 8" of the old seat at the top on each side and cut straight down to our line from the level we used. (confused yet?) By leaving the metal from the original seat on the sides and bottom you have something to screw the wood to and you keep the boat from trying to fold in from the sides under pressure. Remember the seat is a major structural brace. Don't hesitate to ask any questions I will try to help you any way I can. Bufford [/QUOTE]
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