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Built my own sliding hatch. Opinions?

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Bort

Junior Member
The sliding hatch on my E27 was an absolute mess. You could poke your finger through it in multiple spots, and everytime we used it, it would rain wood down into the cabin.

I couldn't find anyone that was making these, so I ended up making my own from scratch and I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. I sealed the whole thing in West System Epoxy, followed by UV resistant varnish and some UHMW sliders to help with the stickiness that always seems to develop on the original sliders too.

Please forgive the mismatched color, I need to strip the dropboards and other brightwork and stain them to match too.

When I was building it I had to make up some jigs, which I still have. I know I would loved to have found someone to build me one, so I'm wondering if there would be any interest in me making some more for other boats. I'd put them in the for sale forum, but I thought I'd show off the fruits of my labor and get your thoughts to boot.
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Frank Langer

1984 Ericson 30+, Nanaimo, BC
Bort said:
The sliding hatch on my E27 was an absolute mess. You could poke your finger through it in multiple spots, and everytime we used it, it would rain wood down into the cabin.

I couldn't find anyone that was making these, so I ended up making my own from scratch and I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. I sealed the whole thing in West System Epoxy, followed by UV resistant varnish and some UHMW sliders to help with the stickiness that always seems to develop on the original sliders too.

Please forgive the mismatched color, I need to strip the dropboards and other brightwork and stain them to match too.

When I was building it I had to make up some jigs, which I still have. I know I would loved to have found someone to build me one, so I'm wondering if there would be any interest in me making some more for other boats. I'd put them in the for sale forum, but I thought I'd show off the fruits of my labor and get your thoughts to boot.
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That looks lovely!! Keep going with your idea.:)
Frank
 
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Bort

Junior Member
Tongue and groove tigerwood. I had to cut my own tongue and grooves on some of the pieces after trimming them to fit. A cover would be great! I have a sewing machine, it's on my list of things to learn soon.

I'd kind of like to upgrade to a 38-200 before I completely redo this entire boat, but that's a sizeable step up!
 
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megamankf67

New Member
Bort said:
The sliding hatch on my E27 was an absolute mess. You could poke your finger through it in multiple spots, and everytime we used it, it would rain wood down into the cabin.

I couldn't find anyone that was making these, so I ended up making my own from scratch and I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. I sealed the whole thing in West System Epoxy, followed by UV resistant varnish and some UHMW sliders to help with the stickiness that always seems to develop on the original sliders too.

Please forgive the mismatched color, I need to strip the dropboards and other brightwork and stain them to match too.

When I was building it I had to make up some jigs, which I still have. I know I would loved to have found someone to build me one, so I'm wondering if there would be any interest in me making some more for other boats. I'd put them in the for sale forum, but I thought I'd show off the fruits of my labor and get your thoughts to boot.
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Fantastic work! Sign me up, E-27.
 
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Bort

Junior Member
Thanks everyone!

Sorry for taking so long to reply, between thanksgiving and trying to nail down my time on it, it took me a bit to come up with a price.

I have about 70 hours labor plus materials into mine. Even at half my shop time I don't like punching that into the calculator. But the next ones can be done faster and a bit better. For one thing, if I bite the bullet and break the piggy bank for some better saws I can do a better job.

I could do them for $1250, with a couple changes that I didn't make on mine. I want an interior handle (something small) to make it easier to get a grip and slide it open when inside. I'm also going to add a notch for the padlock hasp to clear the dropboards.
 
saphira36

saphira36

Member II
Eh, I guess it's alright...

In a world where "alright" means "Holy cow! That's some incredible friggin' woodwork!". :) Really, really good stuff sir!
 
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G Kiba

Sustaining Member
I like the inner plastic rails! My E27 hatch would be so hard to open when the mating stainless rails got moist. Good idea.
 
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Bort

Junior Member
saphira36 said:
Eh, I guess it's alright...

In a world where "alright" means "Holy cow! That's some incredible friggin' woodwork!". :) Really, really good stuff sir!
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Hey thanks, that means a lot to me. I'm fairly new to woodworking, my background is in working with copper. I've done a little carpentry, but this woodworking is closer to metal work than carpentry. It's still had quite a learning curve though, so I appreciate that you guys think it looks so good.

This is a picture of my normal work in copper.

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Bort

Junior Member
Jerry VB said:
If you live in California, it is how you make Origo stove fuel.
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Haha that's one way to put it!

Actually it's legal in the United States, it's just like a car, you have to get a license for it. Depending on the area sometimes the license is easier, sometimes there's more hoops to jump through.

You can get a free permit to make fuel, up to 10,000 gallons per year last I checked.

Beverages get more complicated, although they are getting more and more relaxed on it.

Here's a couple more I make.

A 10 gallon:

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Some Essential Oil stills.
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Bort

Junior Member
Sorry, I'm kind of getting off topic here, I'm not meaning to advertise my stills, I just thought you guys might like to see what I normally do for a living instead of wood working.
 
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