Baby it's cold outside....

It may be December outside, but it's warm and cozy inside Fillmore. I crank up the furnace for a little while and then just have a space heater keep it up for the rest of the day while I putter away at "the lounge dinette"

It's time to put the foot rests in place. Which is a little trickier than it sounds. Mainly due to the curved wall, the wheel well and the chair which was purposely mounted at an agle to maximize lounge room for each traveler.

So I resort to my fall back method of  cardboard templates.

Followed by a test fit on scrap wood.

The actual facing is to be made from two 1/4" birch plywood laminated together

Once the pieces were cut out, a healthy layer of good ol carpenters glue...

And then clamp the heck out of it. From wall to isle it has a bit of a curve. Once the piece is set I can remove it and clean up all the edges.

While the rear facing seat dries, it was time to work on the forward facing seat. Part of this cabinetry was already roughed out last year, now I just needed to create a cabinet for around the supplemental coolant heater. First order of business is to mount the unit on rubber mounts to decrease vibration and noise.

At first blush things look good, but if you take a close look you can see that the new panel doesn't sit flush with the adjacent cabinet. This is due to the mounting brackets for the seat itself. So I will have to create a rebate to allow for the brackets.

Using my hand help laminate trimmer with a square cut bit allowed me to trim away what was in my way!

A little boxing out of the space to the heater core, and we're done!
Except for sanding, painting etc etc