Mississippi River Skiff update: lilly pads

Seats are edged with the black oak and installed.  We salvaged an old chair with nice turned legs.  Two of these are used as supports for the two rowing stations.

I like the Johnson Wax building by F.L. Wright, so we set the posts with the taper down like his lilly pads.

The Walnut base that was laminated to the sole of the boat is directly under the center of the seats.  We set a laser plumb on the base to find the spot to drill the seat.

This was marked, the seat was taken to the drill press and a forstner bit was used.  The depth was set at half way through the Walnut. 

Installed

Lilly pad

After both holes were drilled we measured for the turnings and cut them to fit.

Once everything fit tightly, an adhesive fiber epoxy putty was used.  Bronze fasteners will be added to the side blocks after everything hardens.