My Old Town Discovery 146k canoe's cane seats had become brittle and were in need of replacement. I have gotten good service from them since purchasing the canoe in the mid 90s. Though cane seats were original equipment with this model, I did not want to put cane seats back into this craft. I wanted to go with web style seating. After pricing the web seats at my local canoe dealer, I decided that I could make my own web seats much cheaper. The web seat new was right at $50 each. I repurposed some child car seat webbing to use for my seats. This webbing I obtained from my sister-in-law for no cost to me. I used the same wooden seat frames that I had in the cane seats. The wooden seat frame is just flipped over so that the cane reed channel is on the underside. I attached the webbing to the frame using heavy staples, similar to the dealer's replacement seating. I had plenty of staples to hand so I did not have to purchase any for just this project.
As for the photos of the project, I apologize as it did not dawn on me to photograph this process until I was well into the second seat.
Anyway, here are the photos that I did take:
Part of the brittle cane I removed from one seat frame.
The web fitting in progress.
A finished seat.
One web seat installed into the canoe.
Both seats installed into the canoe. I think they look pretty good.
All in all, a fun little project that saved me a $100 bucks. Thanks for looking.
As for the photos of the project, I apologize as it did not dawn on me to photograph this process until I was well into the second seat.
Anyway, here are the photos that I did take:Part of the brittle cane I removed from one seat frame.
The web fitting in progress.
A finished seat.
One web seat installed into the canoe.
Both seats installed into the canoe. I think they look pretty good.
All in all, a fun little project that saved me a $100 bucks. Thanks for looking.
Child car seat webbing, I'll remember that one.
