Today I cut the hatches out. I HIGHLY recommend against using a dremel tool with a "high-speed cutter." I tried for about 6 inches and all it did was burn the wood... made a very rough cut. I finished with a jigsaw, which made a very nice, crisp line... so I can still use my hatch cutouts for my hatches (hence the wood grain matches). I did have to sand a bit to remove the burned area, so that hatch will have a slight gap, but not terribly noticable, probably no more so than the other (cut only with the jigsaw).
I also found that making a plunge cut with the jigsaw was easier than I'd guessed..., just keep the speed up, steady the foot with your hand and go slow. You'll know immediately when you break through, then you can stop and restart in the slot. Easy-peasy!
Next step is to fix the hatch braces, do some more glass work on the hull chine (where I sanded through the edge), and I'm ready for primer/paint/varnish! WooHoo!
Pics of hatches:
http://i45.tinypic.com/1etnx4.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/era6m8.jpg
Larry
Larry,
I ended up using the bonzai saw to cut out my hatch for flush mounting. I had been considering a couple of options for the seal material and ended up with a nice method for sealing gaps between the deck and flush mounted hatch cover.
I used a foam gasket material on on my hatch seal rim the hatch pressed down into, and then attached a D-shape rubber gasket to the to the hatch doubler and the deck edge. This closes gaps between the deck and the hatch cover nicely. In fact sits slightly above the deck. Now I have to widen the kerf to make this fit all around. I thought this might work if you have a wide kerf from the dremel.
Jeff
Have been out of work for 2 weeks with the latest "plague" going 'round but was able to get some build time in (Virginia temps are starting to cooperate again)..., was able to finally glue, sand and re-epoxy my coaming last week. Went on much more easily than I anticipated and it looks / feels great. The extra layer of epoxy (there's 4oz glass over the carbon) really smoothed out the weave and a little wet-sanding before varnish should result in a very sweet accent to the boat.
Pic: http://i41.tinypic.com/2e3vqis.jpg
I put the seat in for effect; I've lots of finish sanding work to do before painting / varnish, but that step is now just around the corner!
Larry
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Unfortunately, I'm unable to read your post. Do you have an on-line translater?
Larry
Hey Larry:
It appears to be a link from a ?? Russian ?? PORN SITE.
Reply if you wish.
Ted B
http://thumb12.webshots.net/t/76/76/5/65/70/2676565700100154152nQCkpQ_th.jpg
Ted, I think you're right! What I can't figure out is how this got posted to a posting that was burried 5 or 6 pages back in the CLC forum listings. Very strange!
Oh well, I'm not in the market for a Russian bride (or date!)..., so hopefully that'll be the last I hear from them....
Larry
First couple coats of varnish. Trying the tutorial for posting photos... see what happens:
Lost the nose... guess the image was too long for the board.
