Date: 5/25/1999, 10:30 pm
I like the sound of that - nice and simple. No problems with deforming the edges of the hatch? or twisting? how did you hold the braces in place as the glue cured?
I tried making a jig to bend the hatch covers but ended up with a twist that resulted in leaks. My first simple solution - put the hatch seal on the deck rather than on the cover (believe it or not - it made a big difference), 2nd - silicone to fill gaps on hatch. Now I'm planing on converting to recessed hatches - I'll have to try your method for getting a good hatch curve.
Mark
> I put each hatch cover into 2 pipe clamps and turned the screws on the
> clamps until the cover curved to form the correct radius. Then I glued in
> the hatch cover braces. I used 5 braces instead of 3 for the rear cover
> and 4 braces for the front cover. For a seal, I used mini-cell weather
> stripping for windows found at Home Depot. I now have an AIR-TIGHT seal.
Messages In This Thread
- Hatch covers
Paul -- 5/24/1999, 7:13 pm- Re: Hatch covers
Guy wright -- 5/25/1999, 7:48 am- Re: Hatch covers
Mark Bodnar -- 5/25/1999, 10:30 pm- Re: Hatch covers
Guy wright -- 5/26/1999, 8:06 am
- Re: Hatch covers
- Re: Hatch covers
Jeff Warrick -- 5/24/1999, 10:58 pm- Re: Hatch covers
Paul Jacobson -- 5/24/1999, 8:22 pm- Re: Hatch covers
Pete campbell -- 5/24/1999, 8:03 pm- Re: Hatch covers
Paul -- 5/24/1999, 10:32 pm- Improving sealing
Paul Jacobson -- 5/25/1999, 12:44 am- Re: Hatch covers
Jody -- 5/25/1999, 12:02 am - Re: Hatch covers
- Improving sealing
- Re: Hatch covers
Paul Jacobson -- 5/24/1999, 7:53 pm- Re: Hatch covers
AL BRATTON -- 5/25/1999, 9:05 am
- Re: Hatch covers
- Re: Hatch covers