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Shicks,

If the wood is ipe, you would know it. Another name for it is ironwood, but a better name would be leadwood. It is a dark red and has attractive grain. It is relatively indestructable. Won't burn, float, or rot. I am now thinking of making a bow pulpit out of ipe and have some under seat storage made of MDO plywood with ipe trim on the drawing board. Probably won't be this season because of a leaky 60 gallon fuel tank and some critical regular engine maintenance that I put off last year.

Ed G.

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I believe they used to make propellor shaft bearing for submarines out of Ipe (ironwood), it self lubricates in saltwater, machines like steel and is harder than woodpecker lips. Also used it to make wooden gears out of it for sidewheel paddle steamships.

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Phat, thanks for asking, the rod boxes came out pretty damn good I gotta say. I wasn't expecting any miracles but the fiberglass repair was relatively easy because they were just cracked,what made it look good was the paint. It was the Interlux polyurethane. Pricey, 30.00 for a quart, but it brushed on like glass. I tinted the white down[shoulda gone w/the off-white instead] with a black tint, so now the color is a snow white or very very light grey. It is a compromise between the grey floor and the already off white interior. Also redid the fire extinguisher box as well. I have taken pictures, they're in the camera just gotta get em over to the computer. Soon....?

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Phester, good job on the rod boxes. They actually clean up pretty good and the redone teak sets them off well.

Geek, I'd like to see your ideas. I've tried to come up with under seat storage, but I still want to have the pedistal sets that swivel. If I cut the pipe as close as I can and mount it on top of a cabinet, I will net only about 10" of storage. Seems like alot of trouble with not much gain.

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Wow phat!!! Are we on the same wave length or what!!! I am looking for another Todd pedestal seat for the port side. I now have a low back to back seat on the port side where I would like to have my new storage box/pedestal seat. I want to cut down the pedestal to mount on top of my yet to be designed storage box. If that works, I will do the same on the starboard (helm) side. If, if, if, if. Unfortunately, I have some very necessary maintenance items to get done and after that some stripers to catch. Hopefully the stripers will be spring run, not fall run!!!

Geek

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Phat, I considered the low (10"/12") clearance problem and have not come up with a final solution. I am considering a stepped storage box that will mount a cut down pedestal and still allow full rotation of the seat. That idea would have some limited storage under the pedestal seat and higher storage behind the pedestal seat. I want the rotation of the seat retained because more times than not I end up fishin' from the helm seat when the stern fishin' spots are taken up by LOML, Superstars or other VIP's. I am also thinking of just building behind the seat and leaving the pedestal and seat as is. I have a live bait well that is in the middle of the floor to consider also. I have Autocad SW and have some limited design capability with it. The problem with cad sw is that you need to accurately put the boat design into the computer and modify it from there. Not sure what century that will happen!!!

Geek

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I currently have a 105 gott cooler behind the helm seat and a deck chair behind the passenger seat.It has been like that for 15 years, so that tells you how high on the list this project is. I like some of the seating on grady whites and makos. but don't know if they will adapt to the V-20. We'll keep thinking.

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HEY MACOJOE!!!
I DID THE SAME THING LONG AGO, BEFORE STARBOARD
WAS WELL KNOWN I SAW IT IN A BOAT SHOW AND BOUGTH MATERIAL AND DID ALL MY TEAK EXCEPT THE DOOR (I LOVE THE LOOK OF TEAK) NOW,I'M A HAPPY MAN

LESTERUS