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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
'71 Valco Mod - Just about finished!
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<blockquote data-quote="aeviaanah" data-source="post: 266675" data-attributes="member: 6493"><p>Hey hows it going. Thanks for the compliments. </p><p></p><p>I used aluminum piano hinge on my hatches. I formed it using a leaf break to the proper dimensions. It is also hidden beneath the carpet. See the attached picture to check out how i did it. Yes, I used flat aluminum to edge the hatches. Both hinges and flat aluminum were 1/8" thick and attached to plywood deck using pop rivits. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/aeviaanah/Untitled-6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This is a sideview of the hatches installed next to decking the right side is decking and left is the hatch. The black represents hatch and decking. The blue is carpet and the green is the formed piano hinge. If you decide to take this route buy a few extra feet of hinge and purchase the carpet so you can play around with dimensioning. The right side of hinge will need to be formed differently as it sits below two layers of carpet as opposed to one. If you have any questions let me know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aeviaanah, post: 266675, member: 6493"] Hey hows it going. Thanks for the compliments. I used aluminum piano hinge on my hatches. I formed it using a leaf break to the proper dimensions. It is also hidden beneath the carpet. See the attached picture to check out how i did it. Yes, I used flat aluminum to edge the hatches. Both hinges and flat aluminum were 1/8" thick and attached to plywood deck using pop rivits. [img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/aeviaanah/Untitled-6.jpg[/img] This is a sideview of the hatches installed next to decking the right side is decking and left is the hatch. The black represents hatch and decking. The blue is carpet and the green is the formed piano hinge. If you decide to take this route buy a few extra feet of hinge and purchase the carpet so you can play around with dimensioning. The right side of hinge will need to be formed differently as it sits below two layers of carpet as opposed to one. If you have any questions let me know. [/QUOTE]
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