pcatterall
Well-Known Member
Our little centre cockpit is short of seating, there is a gap between the port side locker and the foreward bulkhead which is occupied by the chest freezer.
Striving to find space for an extra backside we thought that we could make a temporarry infill over the freezer supported by wooden strips screwed to the locker side and the bulkhead.
Lack of a good DIY store in Cagliari indicated that this was a job to do at home.
I could have just used some ply with a decent face and added some strips to disguise the edges but I had nothing really suitable in stock and, anyway thought it would be nice to ‘match’ the existing locker top. Buying something nice with the ‘caulked look from Robbins was out of my budget.
I DID find some cheap 9mm exterior ply at the back of the garage so thought I would have a go with that.
The seat is 43x43 cm so I just cut 2 squares that size ( minus an allowance for the edges) The nicest looking faced side I cut into strips to suit the existing locker top. These strips were glued and screwed onto the base and the edges glued and pinned in place. A good sanding and 3 coats of varnish, caulking the seams and some more varnish finished the job.
Cost was screws and caulking.
The seat will not ‘live’ outside. if that were the case I would have epoxied the timber and used epoxy to bond the strips. The coarse look on the timber is more the grain than lack of sanding, a better plywood face would have produce a more classy finish.
I’m pleased with the result, hardly craftmanship but it will look ok and serve its purpose.
Striving to find space for an extra backside we thought that we could make a temporarry infill over the freezer supported by wooden strips screwed to the locker side and the bulkhead.
Lack of a good DIY store in Cagliari indicated that this was a job to do at home.
I could have just used some ply with a decent face and added some strips to disguise the edges but I had nothing really suitable in stock and, anyway thought it would be nice to ‘match’ the existing locker top. Buying something nice with the ‘caulked look from Robbins was out of my budget.
I DID find some cheap 9mm exterior ply at the back of the garage so thought I would have a go with that.
The seat is 43x43 cm so I just cut 2 squares that size ( minus an allowance for the edges) The nicest looking faced side I cut into strips to suit the existing locker top. These strips were glued and screwed onto the base and the edges glued and pinned in place. A good sanding and 3 coats of varnish, caulking the seams and some more varnish finished the job.
Cost was screws and caulking.
The seat will not ‘live’ outside. if that were the case I would have epoxied the timber and used epoxy to bond the strips. The coarse look on the timber is more the grain than lack of sanding, a better plywood face would have produce a more classy finish.
I’m pleased with the result, hardly craftmanship but it will look ok and serve its purpose.
