Turn Your Jon Boat Bench Into Storage
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- ADD STORAGE TO YOUR JON BOAT!!!
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In this video I'm going to show you how to turn your jon boat bench into storage!
A customer dropped off a quick turn around project to me at #brigadeboats to work some magic on. This is a "balling on a budget" project. Something simple and cost effective yet adding to the functionality and fishibilty of the boat. The platform is a #trackerboats Topper 15. I'll show you in this video step by step how to add some storage to your jon boat to give you that #jonboattobassboat feel!
In this video I cover everything I do to turn your jon boat bench into added storage! Video includes: how to gut the rear bench, foam removal, how to cut your hand, prepping inside of bench for paint, framing in aluminum and rivets, paint, cutting hatches out of wood, sealing wood hatches with resin, carpeting hatches, installing offset piano hinges, mounting hatches and decking to boat, installing foam floor, carpeting foam floor, finishing touches, all materials and tools needed, final product, and tips and tricks along the way.
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Very nicely done. There’s a few things I would have done differently but I only noticed certain things because I watched you do it. You get better each time and we all learn from our mistakes along the way. You figure out what works best and what is the most efficient way to do things. Needless to say the end result you had was awesome. It’s a lot of work. I buy and build John boats and fish out of them for a year and then sell it and then buy another one and start over. In your head you think you can always bang it out real quick and then once you start sanding and prepping for paint you are quickly reminded of how much work it is to build one. I started out with a canoe I got for free. I refinished it, used it a few times and then sold it and used that money to buy a John boat. I then did the same thing and with that money I bought 2 more John boats and so on and so forth. I try to have 2 at all times so I can finish one and fish out of it while I’m building the other and then I will sell one. I’m working my way up until I have the money to buy a nice war eagle or something without having to take any money out of my bank account.
Excellent information. I came accross this video and have copied step by step and now by jon boat looks great. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this. You are a great teacher.
I appreciate the positive feedback! Glad the videos were of service to you
Very nice job! I'm going for the same thing on my jon boat. Just a tip: A skill saw works great for cutting aluminum sheet. The carbide blades go through it like butter. But just keep a firm grip on the saw in case it bucks back on you. Hearing and eye protection a must! Greetings from Alaska. Oh yeah, plywood is $100 a sheet here where I live. Unreal.
Nice job. Black reveal is OK. Paining the bulk of the inside white will give better visibility especially at night.
Beautiful work and I loved this vid but I have a question. Why would you not complete the entirety of the work on the inside of the storage area before replacing the center section of the seat?
Same
Same?
I was wondering that as well
Probably the same reason we've all been in the same situation. You get ahead of yourself.....get on a roll when things are going good and skip a couple steps......end up painted into a corner so to speak
Naaaa come on this guy does this for a living.
Using the recip saw- hold the saw vertical so that that shoe rides on top of the metal your cutting. This will stop the vibration of the saw and make it controlled cuts easier. 😊
Appreciate it! I upgraded to a circulars on the next one, it worked MUCH better. Not sure why I used the recip saw on this one besides trying to show off I can cut straight lol
You did a really good job on this project! Good video! 👍
I like how you countersink the rivets. I never would’ve thought of that. Also, get a scrolling blade for the sawzall. You’ll be able to cut nice straight lines because you can control the blade without it walking on you. Nice job. 👍
That’s insane!
Thanks for the tip!
Always throw things for extra good luck show the boat whos boss love this video and the carpet install vid.
Excellent video. Good craftsmanship, good ideas. Thanks for the show!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video! Just what I need to do. Thank you.
Amazing work. I'm gonna do something very similar, just wanted to see how another dude would do it, and you gave me tons of ideas. Thanks! I love how you see your hand getting more cut up and mangled as the video goes on lmao. I did the same shit when I cleaned the foam out from my two back side benches.
I loved the video! I made mine a little differently though. The seat lid is just one large piece connected to the aluminum with a piano hinge. It was a lot easier than aligning multiple pieces, and i have more access. It works great on my 14' Jon. I coated with polyester resin and primed and painted with Total Boat polyurethane paint and it turned out great! Thanks for the tutorial :)
I was able to find alucobond at a sign shot for $60 per 4x8 sheet. Did the floor in my boat. 1 3/4" foam in the floor between the ribs. I believe im going to go with a textured paint on the floor. You did a great job trying to get ideas on how im going to do the front deck and put a rear bench back in the boat with storage like you did here. I like how you did the strips of foam under the foam board. For an air gap. Great work.
This is awesome more functional and using what is their very nice.
Nicely done and helpful!
use a washer to drill your pilot hole first using your hole saw on metal. love the content have my own john boat build gonna be the baddest on the Tennessee River
Really like that idea with subfloor form idea great video alot good info
Thanks , appreciate it. Glad it helped
Good job 👏. Can’t wait to try it.
Nice work man🤙🏼
Nicely done! Thanks for the info, will be converting my seats now. Also, that's why you should always wear gloves when working!
Great job buddy!!
Awesome cuz. Good job.
Great diy video! Fish on! 👊
Nice work. But I bet it would have been easier to do all that interior work BEFORE the top was in place. :)
Worked harder, not smarter on this project.
Great clasp. Rigid interior shelves. czcams.com/users/postUgkxBrJOMRANMI82dPOK0qoDtHhP-JpbErUg Yeah the shelves sometimes get misaligned with their supports in the lid if you don't have the lid fully flat, or you twist the shelves as you're pulling them out, but pretty much a non issue; just reseat and you're fine. Some spools of thread are a little too big and cause the shelves to not close all the way, however with the clasp you can still get the lid locked if the shelves aren't completely collapsed without breaking things ... so far.
Clean great job wonder if i can do that in my deep v rear bench without a re pour of foam
I love this video. I just bought an 2007 Alumacraft 1648 and am thinking about doing the storage on the middle seat pods that are on the sides of the boat.
Awesome, good project boat
I’ve never countersunk rivets. Are these a special kind for countersink holes? Nice job
Great video 👊👊
This was very helpful
Cool job. Glad found your channel.
I tried preserving plywood with epoxy resin. Its more flexible than fiberglass resin. It eventually broke down from the wood expanding and contracting. They sell 4'x8' pvc (Azek) board in different thickness's at home depot. It would work great for flooring also.
You're a lot more dedicated to it than I am , I would have brought out the propane torch, melted it all out
Nice job enjoyed your video
Great Video brother! Learned a lot. Jw but would you be able to do that to the front bow as well?
I gashed my hand up too doing the same thing on my middle bench seat!!!
Hope this gets to you, but I’m in the process of building out a brand new Lowe aura. I cut the back bench out and removed the foam and added hatches for storage. The bench flexed a lot now under a load. Did you have that same issue when you did this? If so, is that why you added the aluminum bracing?
hey anthony amazing builds you should try the same jon boat or a tracker adding a console to it.
Awesome job i am looking at ideas for storage in my jon boat
Thanks man! Plenty of solutions to add storage.
😂 the chainsaw was excellent.
Thanks for the great ideas as I am taking on a similar project this winter.
Most definitely! Good luck on the project!
I like this but since I duck hunt out of my jon I'd rather keep the foam in case I get swamped.
That's awesome.
Thank you!
Good job 👏
What are the two metal pieces behind the bench called? Could you also make storage in those two spaces?
What are the screws you're using at 20:56 going into underneath of the carpeted seat you made? Are they just going through the surface of the original seat or is that one of the spots where you have the aluminum crossbars spanning the seat?
The cleanest way to remove the foam is to take some liter fluid and a match. Then vacuum the remains out.
I’m not too sure about gluing carpet to foam. I would have thought you would put aluminum ribs then put the foam in the gaps then sheeted the bottom with carpet covered plywood or aluminum sheet. Thoughts?
Enjoyed the video
Thanks!!
Nice work
My boat is small 14 ft v-hull. Benches don’t do all way down to floor like Jon boat your working on. Any suggestions on what I should do
Nice work!
Appreciate it!
Cool upgrade! However, isnt the room where you placed the storage supposed to give uplift incase it sinks? Hopefully his dock isnt too deep :p
Very nice 👍
I’m going back over some of simple projects to repeat on a buddies boat. For a moisture barrier under the foam, consider corrugated plastic. (Where the budget allows)
Thanks!
I like that idea. I might even put a few louvered vents in the front and back of the bench for more air circulation. I definitely want it to be as dry as possible
@@Dangbo3030 not a bad thought. I’ve seen some run very small 12v dehumidifiers. May be overkill
Great video, just a minor critique. Personally I would have put the divider and the flooring in before I mounted the top center bench back into place.
Your dead on. I got ahead of myself for sure. It still worked out, would do differently next time.
@@AnthonyJonesBrigadeBoats that’s the great thing about building boats. Always a learning experience.
That’s Awesome!! I have the same boat and would love to have that done to it….where are you? And how much did the total bill come out too? Labor plus parts and I have cash 💰
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That looks great but what if it rains and all that carpet gets soaking wet. How do ya cope with that? How long does it take to dry?
Could you upload a how to rivet tutorial and everything from drill bits to rivet guns you use.
What are the measurements for the cuts of wood up top? Or how would you figure that out
That's Awesome! your work is Nice and Clean!
Where did you buy that carpet
Nm i just got to where you said home depot
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very nice video
Thanks for watching!!!
Great how to video! Can't wait to start on my 15' Fisher marine 👍
thanks, good luck on it!
Was there a specific reason you didnt finish out the interior storage place before installing the aluminum top. It seemed to me that it would have been much simpler to install the partition divider and finish out the flooring with the top panel off? It looks great by the way, gives me some inspiration to do my Alumacraft.
No. Was making it up as I went along. It wasn't so bad or I'd simply have drilled the rivets out and removed the top. Take away what you can from it and do as you please.
I'd recommend predrilled g holes in the aluminum before placing the boards and screw it from the bottom. No screw heads to catch your pants.
Where did you get the carper from?
exactly the video i needed . love the vids bro
Thanks bro
What was that weird looking bit you were using to make the rivets flush called?? Also, what kind of rivets were those.
Countersink bit. 3/16 countersink rivet w grip range of 1/4-3/8
Nice job -What type & size rivets & gun do you use? Some sort of drill rivet system?
3/16 inch countersink rivets with 1/4-3/8 inch grip range. I use an impact drill w 3/16 titanium bit to drill hole, a regular drill with countersink bit to flush out rivet head, a Milwaukee m12 battery powered rivet gun for rivets
What would you recommend to protect the foam floors from gasoline if it were spilled in the boat?
Gas eats foam. My advice, try not to spill a whole bunch of it everywhere.
Why do they put the foam there. Does it affect the stability or does it not even matter if it’s there. I don’t know anything about Jon boats so I would like to know if it makes a difference
You got me. Why didn`t put the Foam & Carpet in Hatch before you put the top Skin back on. Very good job
I was making it up as I went along.
Great job, but I would have added a rear live well between both hatch compartments...Yeah, it makes the storage areas a bit smaller, but it looks to me like they are the perfect size for several crank bait boxes, among other things...STILL a Great Job though!!!
Thank you. Yes, livewell would have been nice! This customer didn't need one nor was it in the budget. Just simple storage solution. But you can definitely do a livewell no problem, as have I in the past.
Well get your own damned boat mr picky
Nice
do you have any videos on how to add storage space to a fiberglass jon boat?
I do not unfortunately
What screws are those? With that Milwaukee drill gun
I believe that’s actually a Milwaukee rivet gun. And he’s more than likely using aluminum rivets.
Dr Jones nice work
Thank you fine sir! Good to hear from you!
@@AnthonyJonesBrigadeBoats yeah man been a while I been watching your vids tho...!
I know cuz! Always "Dr Jones" that's why I say, good to hear from you! Thanks👊
@@AnthonyJonesBrigadeBoats yahhhhh u the man Dr jones!!
did you put wood on top the foam or just carpet over the foam in the bottom of the box?
I just carpeted over the 1 inch green foam.. It's solid, closed cell didn't see a need for wood.
@@AnthonyJonesBrigadeBoats gotcha. Planning on doing this to my boat and wanted to see if you did wood over foam or not. Thanks man keep it up!
Looks nice…
much appreciated!
I wonder……….. how hard is the foam to remove from inside the seat???? 🤔 lol just funnin, great job man
The benches in my 14' MirroCraft are filled with Styrofoam that in pretty sure is glued to the sides of the bench. What's the best way to remove it when it has been glued in?
Don't remove the flotation material. That is what will keep your butt afloat when the unplanned disaster becomes the " oh crap what do I do now" right now disaster.
@@frankorosz901 I'm adding in new foam in under the deck. It will actually have a LOT more foam than it has now when I'm done for that very reason.
IM DOING THIS, VERY CLEAN
Thanks man
Will taking out some bench foam effect how the boat floats? I want to be sure before I have a boat so that I know what to do right off the bat. I don’t plan on taking it a place it’ll swamp lol
Only effects it if you flip it or if you try the submarine mod
@@AnthonyJonesBrigadeBoats I don’t plan on doing any of those maneuvers with my boat! Looks like I’ll be making plenty of storage in the benches when I have enough money for the boat I want. I’m halfway there! Only a few more months of grinding until I can get my jon boat and trailer
These tiny boats require a certain area of foam to meet coast guard standards.
I will say your work looks very good, but frankly i was floored by your return comment regarding removing the foam floatation.
Yes, you are correct in your opinion as to it not being necessary unless the boat flips over.
Building codes are implemented for the benefit of the buyer, not the builder.
Having been a home builder for over 40 years as well as a boat owner, i can attest to that.
Hanging onto a boat that wont sink would be a better option than having the boat on the bottom and nothing to hang onto in my opinion.
Coolers stashed in a small cabin have been documented in keeping a boat afloat, and thereby keeping the occupants alive.
My opinion is that if you need more space for storage, get a bigger boat or find a better way than eliminating the floatation.
For the record, boats over 22’ in length arent required to have floatation.
But fact is that many of the better ones do, and for a very good reason.
I do have a 14’ jon boat, and i did create more storage space, without removing any foam floatation i might add.
My response was not meant to "floor" you. I didn't take it as a rude response. The fact of the matter is that I have a large viewership here. A lot of know it alls that feel the need to infere their opinion on my platform. The foam thing seems to trigger a lot of folks. Even though I've proved time and time again on video, it isn't doing what you think it will do. I could go on and on about modifications, weight capacity, howadding extra storage or decking can help it sink if flipped over, ect. We could even talk about modifications and how they aren't universal or regional, depending on the waters and intentions of the boat use. No point really. You do as you please with your boat, others will do as they want with there's. I can appreciate you like the foam. I think boat licenses should be required in all states. I think more guys should wear their kill switch lanyards. I think life jackets will save way more lives than relying on foam in an old aluminum boat to keep you afloat. Just my opinion, apparently, everyone's got them. Thanks for watching even with disapproval of foam removal. Happy boating.
I have a old 14 foot ryan craft there was never foam in it.
Great video Anthony, is it me or are the number of people making videos about how great their new Classic XL is growing exponentially? Does Tracker give them a discount to make a video when they buy one I wonder?
And whats funny is how these same folks brag about their new Tracker, but then spend thousands doing upgrades that Tracker shouldve done from the start.
Anyone can watch your channel and build a better boat for half the money if they really want to, and add the stuff they want from day one, instead of making a 17,000 dollar Tracker into a 23,000 dollar Tracker lol.
Did it change the buoyancy and/or balance of the boat?
No. Unless he flips it upside down in water. Then things will change...
Anthony Where did you get the rivets
tbnation.net/products/rivets?ref=builtforbattle&variant=34317257539719
By doing this, does it affect the buoyancy of the boat?
Don’t know if you ever got an answer to this, so figured I would chime in. As long as the boat isn’t flooded then no, because the hull is displacing water (not the foam). If the boat floods then yes, because the foam would then be displacing the water.
is it wise to remove the floatation foam?
You only need it if you flip the boat. So to me, its wasted space. I carry life jackets and run a bilge pump in case of leak.
Question: Do you apply the resin on both sides?
I used to once upon a time. Over time I realized it really only needed it on the tops where rain water would normally penetrate. For floors you can do top and bottom to protect from flooded boat. It's more material and labor doing the whole thing so you just have to make that decision yourself. Me, I just do tops and sides now. Oil based paint bottoms usually.
@@AnthonyJonesBrigadeBoats I just framed out my casting deck using treated plywood and opted out of using the resin. Is this a bad idea?
How much did you charge the customer for this job. I am interested I live in GA also
Ya I wanted to know as well. Great video ty
Great video. What is the drill bit you are using for where you are adding new rivets to keep them flush?
Countersink bit
I like vidio 👍👍
What was the height of the piano hinge? There are a few options. I assume it was 5/8 as you were using 1/2 plywood.
yes, 5/8
@@AnthonyJonesBrigadeBoats I wondered the same thing. 5/8" for this carpet (the thin Home Depot product) seems to work for sure. For 1/2" ply with 20 oz boat carpet (a.k.a. the good stuff), I reached out to Tiny Boat Nation, because I wasn't sure what to buy. They recommended 3/4"-height hinge to me. This seems to be "on target" if I don't cut out the carpet where the hinge goes. The wood is 1/2", and I get about 1/8"+ of thickness from the carpet squashed between the underside of the wood and the hinge, then the glue and carpet on the top side.
Any other way to do hatches in your bench seat that will keep the lids flat to the bench seat itself instead of raising it that 1/2”??
Yes, aluminum drop in hatches
@@AnthonyJonesBrigadeBoats ok thanks. Wasn’t oooking to spend $300 or more on hatches for this cheap boat I have.
Nice! Just found your channel. Do you have a video on how to make a live well out of the jon boat bench? 60 gal plus?
Yah but it’d make the boats speed and turning radius total crap with that much water in it
60 gal well? How much weight capacity does a boat this size have? 1 gal = 8.33 lbs.
It would be for catfish tournaments. We catch a lot of fish over 40", so most stock live wells are just too small. Hagen Grubbs shows how to make one out of a tool box on his channell, but since I have a jon it would make sense to make it out of one of the benches.
@@fishing_with_TR ya but do the math. 8.33 pounds per gallon x 60 gallon= more than a 14 foot Jon boats weight capacity once you add fishing gear and a motor and gas and an anchor. It’s not logical unless you have a boat designed with one or that can take it. Use your mind before you sink a boat or completely rip the boat in your driveway. That’s putting your life in your hands in a bad way, but you do you boo
@@noahjohns7954 no worries. I have an 18'. I already use a 64 gallon plastic tote that's modified as a live well. The boat can handle it. Just would prefer to mod a bench for more space.
So I was wondering if I remove the middle bench is there gonna be any structure problem for my rivet jon boat? This is my first time and I'm debating if I want to do it or not. If I do it. It would be completely a open floor so I will have more space to move around and not cross over the middle bench .
My boat is a 1542 jon boat
Doesn't Foam just dissolve with a bit of petrol, terps, acetone etc etc?
Idk. Try it. Let me know how it works out.