Geron wrote:I'm using this hinge for both hatch and doors
Because it is soft I plan to use aluminum bar on top of it to keep it from dimpling.
But, because it doesn't have a "rain gutter" like the hurricane. I plan to put angle (3/4 x 1/2?) on the cabin side. the vertical leg would be toward the middle of the hinge where it bends. (edited) [on second thought the vertical leg could be positioned either way -- toward the hatch or toward the cabin] This would catch the run off from the cabin and divert it to the sides of the tear. Think that is necessary since the hinge is already "waterproof"?
Also, this hinge should extend past the edge 1/2 inch like the hurricane, right?
Geron
Airspeed wrote:I have seen this type of hinge on a friends tool box,I dont know where he got it but it broke the first time he opened it on a cold day. Does this one have any kind of guarantee? I would be afraid it wouldnt last long,unless this one is special? Aaron
Arne wrote:There was another hinge mentioned from Australia that looks better (and is available from Canada)... I don't have the link anymore..lost it when my h/d crashed... but maybe somone else can post it.. looked a lot more rugged...
The flat hinge pictured would need something to keep it from puckering when screwed down.
madjack wrote:Airspeed wrote:I have seen this type of hinge on a friends tool box,I dont know where he got it but it broke the first time he opened it on a cold day. Does this one have any kind of guarantee? I would be afraid it wouldnt last long,unless this one is special? Aaron
Aaron, this is apparently something different...goto McMaster,com and look up their plastic "living" hinge...it has ben used/proved by a few people here on hatches for at least a year or two with no signs of failure...after testimony here and a test we ran ourselves, we are switching over toit as well...
madjack
madjack wrote:...Steve, that is the one...the "living" designation is for a similar product from a different company...sorry for the mistake in name...we used it on the "BedRoll" and were suitably impressed enough to use it on the current build...
madjack
Arne wrote:what distance do you put between the screws so you don't get 'pucker' with a hinge like that...?
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