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Re: Material: Kayak hatch holdowns *LINK*
By:Jurgen Koppen
Date: 12/17/2004, 8:33 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Kayak hatch holdowns (J. R. Ackley)

Hey JR, thank you for the compliments.
Here is the URL for the brass hatches.
http://www.phoenixlock.com/202.html
I use the polished finish. Besides being easy to clean and low profile, they also have a bit of a spring action in the toggle.
To make even more secure:
In the screw down plate below I sometimes use a dome head screw, and drill a small intentation below the toggle, to ride onto the screw head, when the toggle is in closed position. I will try to find a close-up pic somewhere in my files to illustrate.That will have to be in a future posting,once I find a picture somewhere in my files.So stand by for a minute....Jurgen

: Jurgen: This was a great response. I went to your web site and was bowled
: over by the beauty of your work. It is also an excellent site. You should
: be proud. I have just finished a Guilly L, nowhere near the quality of
: your work. I have had some problems with keeping the hatches on. I tried
: to use rare earth magnets and it was not as effective as hoped. I was
: curious as to which type and number of Pheonix you used. Thanks and Great
: work. JR

Messages In This Thread

Material: Kayak hatch holdowns
Mike and Rikki -- 12/6/2003, 1:16 pm
Re: Material: Kayak hatch holdowns
Jurgen Koppen -- 12/16/2004, 8:33 pm
Re: Whoa!
Paul Jacob -- 12/17/2004, 1:05 pm
Re: Whoa!
Jurgen Koppen -- 12/17/2004, 10:56 pm
Re: Whoa!
Thomas Duncan -- 12/18/2004, 9:34 am
Re: Whoa!
Jurgen Koppen -- 12/18/2004, 11:31 am
Re: Whoa!
Ted G -- 12/20/2004, 10:12 am
Re: Whoa! *LINK*
Jurgen Koppen -- 12/20/2004, 10:40 am
Re: Material: Kayak hatch holdowns
J. R. Ackley -- 12/17/2004, 1:40 am
Re: Material: Kayak hatch holdowns *LINK*
Jurgen Koppen -- 12/17/2004, 8:33 am
Re: Material: Kayak hatch holdowns *NM*
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 12/17/2004, 3:07 am
Re: Material: Kayak hatch holdowns
Don Lucas -- 12/7/2003, 10:23 am
Re: Material: Kayak hatch holdowns
Will -- 12/17/2004, 10:13 am
Re: Material: Kayak hatch holdowns
srchr/gerald -- 12/7/2003, 10:00 am