15 ft Sea Nymph

[VAbassin]

No sweat! Guaranteed a no answer unless you ask right?

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[VAbassin]

Getting ready for carpet and final wiring connections. Everythings cut and water sealed. Starting to predrill holes for bolt-ons. Might have to add a little more support in a few spots but I'm using 3/4 inch plywood so it shouldn't be much. I'm going to just reuse the rear deck since I don't know how I'm going to setup my live well yet. I don't want to cut hatches in a new piece of plywood and not have the placement right when I come up with a live well plan.

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[VAbassin]

Got some carpet on. It's nice to finally start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel

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[VAbassin]

Still trying to decide on how I want to mount my hinges. Who all just screwed them on top? Anybody screw them in on the sides of the plywood?

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[flex]

Still trying to decide on how I want to mount my hinges. Who all just screwed them on top? Anybody screw them in on the sides of the plywood?

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We always do boat hinges so they are hidden. They lay under and are screwed into bottom of plywood.

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[VAbassin]

Still trying to decide on how I want to mount my hinges. Who all just screwed them on top? Anybody screw them in on the sides of the plywood?

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We always do boat hinges so they are hidden. They lay under and are screwed into bottom of plywood.

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What kind of hinges do you use? The only kind of hinges I know of are the piano hinges. And with those the only way I can think of mounting them are on top or in between the Hatch and the rest of the deck. Are you talking like a cabinet hinge or something?

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[flex]

I'm not sure what they're called. We used them on this boat and all of the wake boats we have flipped. I think we just got them at a hardware store.

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[VAbassin]

Those are what iv been trying to find! Instead of them being just a butt hinge, they have like an L shape so you can screw into the bottom of the plywood vs the side or top

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[flex]

Those are what iv been trying to find! Instead of them being just a butt hinge, they have like an L shape so you can screw into the bottom of the plywood vs the side or top

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Yes sir. And when you use carpet the hinge pretty much gets invisible. Somebody on here has to know what the actual name is. Maybe go to a hardware store and look?

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[VAbassin]

Those are what iv been trying to find! Instead of them being just a butt hinge, they have like an L shape so you can screw into the bottom of the plywood vs the side or top

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Yes sir. And when you use carpet the hinge pretty much gets invisible. Somebody on here has to know what the actual name is. Maybe go to a hardware store and look?

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Iv gone into hardware stores looking. Haven't found anything. And when I ask someone they look at me like I have a nipple growing on my forehead. Iv been looking all over the Internet trying to find them lol

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[LDUBS]

Those are what iv been trying to find! Instead of them being just a butt hinge, they have like an L shape so you can screw into the bottom of the plywood vs the side or top

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Yes sir. And when you use carpet the hinge pretty much gets invisible. Somebody on here has to know what the actual name is. Maybe go to a hardware store and look?

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Iv gone into hardware stores looking. Haven't found anything. And when I ask someone they look at me like I have a nipple growing on my forehead. Iv been looking all over the Internet trying to find them lol

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Google "double wrap piano hinge" or "wrapped piano hinge". I think that will show what you are looking for. I used to get these from Rockler woodworking for heavy tool cabinet door applications. Don't know if they still carry them.

Edit - I see someone is selling aluminum ones on eBay under the title: "Marine Boat Seat Hinge 6 foot W Shape Aluminum New".

 

[jbird68]

I was going to say piano hinge. But someone beat me to it

Sincerely,

jbird68

 

[VAbassin]

Iv found plenty of piano hinges. But the ones I'm finding are the single sided ones that I would have to screw into the sides of the plywood. Which I'm a little iffy about since that's not a strong way to screw stuff into plywood. I would prefer to find something that I can screw in on the bottoms of the plywood. But it's getting fairly difficult to find what I want. Those double wrap hinges are freaking expensive. 40 bucks and 20 to ship. I think I'm going to experiment with some cabinet hinges.

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[derekdiruz]

Frame in the edges of the plywood with aluminum?

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[VAbassin]

Frame in the edges of the plywood with aluminum?

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Iv thought about that. I'm just worried about a big gap between the 2 pieces of wood. I guess I could mess around with it and try it to see if I like it

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[derekdiruz]

Use 1/8 aluminum and countersink flush screws?

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[VAbassin]

Use 1/8 aluminum and countersink flush screws?

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Yea that might work. I'll give it a try!

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[LDUBS]

Iv found plenty of piano hinges. But the ones I'm finding are the single sided ones that I would have to screw into the sides of the plywood. Which I'm a little iffy about since that's not a strong way to screw stuff into plywood. I would prefer to find something that I can screw in on the bottoms of the plywood. But it's getting fairly difficult to find what I want. Those double wrap hinges are freaking expensive. 40 bucks and 20 to ship. I think I'm going to experiment with some cabinet hinges.

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Yeah, even when I used these way back when, they were expensive as heck. Not something to use casually, that is for sure. What I can tell you is they work very well, for whatever that is worth.

 

[VAbassin]

Iv found plenty of piano hinges. But the ones I'm finding are the single sided ones that I would have to screw into the sides of the plywood. Which I'm a little iffy about since that's not a strong way to screw stuff into plywood. I would prefer to find something that I can screw in on the bottoms of the plywood. But it's getting fairly difficult to find what I want. Those double wrap hinges are freaking expensive. 40 bucks and 20 to ship. I think I'm going to experiment with some cabinet hinges.

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Yeah, even when I used these way back when, they were expensive as heck. Not something to use casually, that is for sure. What I can tell you is they work very well, for whatever that is worth.

They Def look like they would work very well. I'm getting to figure out how I could use a cabinet hinge.

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[VAbassin]

Sorry for the lack of updates yall. Had to spend some time working on the most important part of owning a boat... The vehicle to tow it! Man axle seals suck...

Anyways... Got to work on the boat a little today. Got the front fish finder mount installed as well as wired for my bow fish finder. I'll get the transducer on when I install the trolling motor. I also got the transom mount transducer installed for my other fish finder I'll have when running the gas motor. I'll install the mount and finish wiring it after I get the hole drilled and that part of the deck carpeted.

Started working on my switch pannel. I just took an old piece of aluminum plate, scuffed it up with a grinder a little bit to make it look better, then drilled a few 7/8 inch holes.

I also got my LED running lights wired up. Still gotta mount them. They don't say which ones red and which ones green so I have to hook them up to a battery... Go figure.

Got my bilge pump put it but not wired just yet.

Then I finished up the day with making a cover support system. I promise it's easier to set up then it looks! I was just wanting something portable that I can break down and throw in a Hatch when I go on a fishing trip vs a big old pvc pipe contraption.

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