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"Big Butts Up The River..."
By:James Neely
Date: 5/10/2000, 9:35 pm

On that somewhat musical note, (I'm in a punny mood tonight), I have a question regarding seat size. In Nick's book he suggests carving the seat from a piece of 14 X 16 foam, and Rob Mack's instructions give 20 X 20 as the size to start with. Being somewhat large, 5'11" 230# I may need a larger seat than Nick would use, but being stingy I would like to waste as little of the foam as possible. So, what experience have you guys had? Is Nicks' size minimal or is it big enough for most? Has anyone used Rob Mack's instructions and found it to be the ideal size, or larger than necessary? Waddya think, Guys??

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"Big Butts Up The River..."
James Neely -- 5/10/2000, 9:35 pm
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pete czerpak -- 5/12/2000, 8:01 am
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Bill Pendlebury -- 5/11/2000, 7:48 am
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Ray, Port Angeles -- 5/10/2000, 11:21 pm
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Larry Thompson -- 5/10/2000, 10:52 pm
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Hank -- 5/11/2000, 9:07 am
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Shawn B -- 5/11/2000, 10:35 am
hmmm.... how about...
David Blodgett -- 5/10/2000, 10:08 pm
Re: hmmm.... how about...
James Neely -- 5/10/2000, 10:54 pm
Re: custom fitting
Shawn B -- 5/11/2000, 11:15 am
Re: custom fitting
David Blodgett -- 5/11/2000, 2:51 pm
Re: hmmm.... how about...
lee -- 5/10/2000, 11:07 pm