advice on re-core fuel cell hatch

[phatdaddy]

Skunk, i was going to do one piece, I think this is at least 5 ply, not sure.

I did notice on the fishbox lid, they added a stiffener down the middle

[phatdaddy]

made a little progress past couple of days. found some 1/2 marine ply, so went with that.



even managed to get the "Ferm" bevel on it



we are going out tomorrow, so needed a tempory hatch. this is some old 3/4 shelving i had in the shed.


V20 looks good with a dance floor

[phatdaddy]

never did like the way wellcraft had sheet metal screws holding down the hatch, too easy to strip out, kept loosening up, etc. decided to see if i could improve on this. screwed some aztec board to the stringers, going to drill and tap and put some 1/4-20 stainless screws in them. for the ones on the forward side i had to epoxy some starboard on the lip, bulkhead was to far away.

the "clamps" are pieces of 2" pvc, work great




when i changed out the tank 3 years ago, i had to cut the lip off one side. replaced it with aztec also



epoxy supplies should be here tuesday, tying to get it back together for snapper season,

all 3 days of it

[wellcraftv20step]

Looks like it will work well phat, love the pvc clamp!!!!!

[phatdaddy]

supposed to rain today, so i started this phase:



well, weatherman lied, but i was already committed,



waiting on epoxy to cure now. not too happy with work, ply had more warp in it than i thought, hope i got a good bond

[RidgeRunner]

Weight, shoulda added weight to the plywood to press it into the adhesive. My .02 probably a little late now.

[SkunkBoat]

Thats one reason why they use little squares instead of a full piece