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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
Crestliner 1650 Fish Hawk SC Restoration - In Progress
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<blockquote data-quote="thill" data-source="post: 455141" data-attributes="member: 4972"><p>Work has been getting in the way, but got a little time to work on the Crestliner yesterday evening and this evening, and made some good progress.</p><p></p><p>Using 5/8" plywood, like the original, I decided to re-build the front deck. The last person to work on it had not done a good job. The previous hatches had been made from wood, and were severely warped and rotten. I had some hatches salvaged from boats of the past, and it turns out that two of them were about the right size, and would work with the judicious use of an angle grinder to "thin" them out to work with the 5/8" deck.</p><p></p><p>Once I got them to the size I wanted, I wrapped them in the new carpet, so I could determine the cutout sizes.</p><p></p><p>Because of the different size, I had to build aluminum supports for the hatches, so they would be fully supported. Sorry, I forgot to take pictures of this process, but it went wrllThen, I cut everything out and dry fit it. So far, so good...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]98486[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]98487[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]98488[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>-TH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thill, post: 455141, member: 4972"] Work has been getting in the way, but got a little time to work on the Crestliner yesterday evening and this evening, and made some good progress. Using 5/8" plywood, like the original, I decided to re-build the front deck. The last person to work on it had not done a good job. The previous hatches had been made from wood, and were severely warped and rotten. I had some hatches salvaged from boats of the past, and it turns out that two of them were about the right size, and would work with the judicious use of an angle grinder to "thin" them out to work with the 5/8" deck. Once I got them to the size I wanted, I wrapped them in the new carpet, so I could determine the cutout sizes. Because of the different size, I had to build aluminum supports for the hatches, so they would be fully supported. Sorry, I forgot to take pictures of this process, but it went wrllThen, I cut everything out and dry fit it. So far, so good... [ATTACH type="full" alt="20180718_134210.jpg"]98486._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="20180718_135454.jpg"]98487._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="20180719_220103.jpg"]98488._xfImport[/ATTACH] -TH [/QUOTE]
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