Marshall Moser wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:32 pm
Make the "hinge" ride in a slot, and use a stretcher from the front edge of the seat to a point on the upright. So when folded, the hinge point moves downward and the front of the seat moves in. That way, your stretchers can be the same length.
Edited to add:
https://www.greatlakesskipper.com/parke ... h-aluminum
Here's the mechanism I think might work best.
That's pretty slick Marshall. I like how the supports double as arms. appreciate the input!
Immediate plan is to use swing down legs that will nest in the seat when stowed and deploy via gravity. Gives me the most support bang for the buck/best geometry. I'm re-making the frame out of Doug Fir, the seat will have a foam/vinyl cushion and will inset in the frame.
The "slatted" seat idea was not working: that design really needs the slats to overhang the frame by a decent margin and I just don't have room for that.
If all goes to plan*******, the seat frame and legs will be bright-finished, matching the rub rails and cockpit trim. Everything else(meaning the console itself) will be painted oyster white like the hull/deck. I'm going to add a back rest, also vinyl over foam, and possibly a leg cushion that will wrap the deck edge in front of the seat, which I hope will give the whole thing a bit of a "lounge" chair look, we'll see.
Clearly this passenger seat will take longer and cost more than the rest of the boat combined, and will likely never get used, but it's an itch I need to scratch for whatever reason.