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Strip: hatch covers not flush to surface
By:Jay
Date: 11/18/2014, 7:39 am

I made a lip out of a ring shaped piece of 1/8 inch think wood, wrapped in fiberglass and epoxy, adhered to undersurface of the deck, to support two hatch covers. Due to slight irregularity of the epoxy and fiberglass covering that lip, the hatch covers stick up about 1/16 inch above the surface of the deck. Now when I add rubber weather stripping as a seal, which is at least 1/4 inch thick, there is not enough compressive force from the bungee cords to press down that foam, and the hatch covers will be even higher above the deck. How do you get them to sit flush? Thanks for the advice.

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Strip: hatch covers not flush to surface
Jay -- 11/18/2014, 7:39 am
Re: Strip: hatch covers not flush to surface
Jay Babina -- 11/18/2014, 7:58 am
Re: Strip: hatch covers not flush to surface
Rod Tait -- 11/18/2014, 10:37 am
Re: Strip: The Secert *PIC*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/18/2014, 10:47 am
Re: Strip: The Secert
george jung -- 11/18/2014, 11:37 am
Re: Strip: The Secert *PIC*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/18/2014, 12:09 pm
Re: Strip: The Secert
Paul Davies -- 11/18/2014, 12:14 pm
Re: Strip: The Secert
Thomas Duncan -- 11/20/2014, 9:49 am
Re: Strip: The Secert
Jay Stallman -- 11/18/2014, 12:41 pm
Re: Strip: The Secert
Daniel Thaler -- 11/18/2014, 12:49 pm
Re: Strip: The Secert
Jay Stallman -- 11/18/2014, 5:03 pm
Re: Strip: The Secert
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/18/2014, 12:55 pm
Some design thoughts
Jay Babina -- 11/18/2014, 3:33 pm
Re: Some design thoughts
Bob Ten Eyck -- 11/18/2014, 3:49 pm
Re: Some design thoughts
scottbaxter -- 11/18/2014, 4:04 pm
Re: Some design thoughts
george jung -- 11/18/2014, 4:54 pm
Re: Some design thoughts *PIC*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/18/2014, 5:57 pm
Re: Some design thoughts
george jung -- 11/18/2014, 6:21 pm
Re: Some design thoughts
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/18/2014, 7:04 pm
Re: Some design thoughts
Bill Hamm -- 11/19/2014, 1:28 am
Re: Some design thoughts
george jung -- 11/19/2014, 8:39 am
Re: Some design thoughts
Bill Hamm -- 11/23/2014, 1:51 am
Re: Some design thoughts
Paul Davies -- 11/19/2014, 2:06 am