Hatch Update

Anything to do with mechanical, construction etc

Hatch Update

Postby dakippen » Sun Apr 16, 2017 6:16 pm

The old hatch will be history. Had we tried shims or shaving down sides, the hurricane hinge would still have twisted. So..the new hatch build started yesterday. Made a new template, did the cut for a rib and matched it up. Did the same for the other side. So far so good, cut two more ribs for each side and matched everything up. Added 1/4" spacers, placed the ribs and clamped everything together. This afternoon, we measured out and matched up the pieces to create the frame. Instead of building off the teardrop like we did last time, we're building with ribs still clamped to the body and so far, everything is staying where it should..wish us luck...
Attachments
hatch 002.jpg
hatch 002.jpg (700.78 KiB) Viewed 479 times
hatch 001.jpg
hatch 001.jpg (709.53 KiB) Viewed 479 times
Build journal: http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=67862

Doing at almost 60 what I should have done at 20....
User avatar
dakippen
Teardrop Advisor
 
Posts: 79
Images: 1
Joined: Wed Jan 18, 2017 4:15 pm
Location: Blaine, MN

Re: Hatch Update

Postby edgeau » Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:20 pm

Good luck.

Sent from my ZTE T84 using Tapatalk
User avatar
edgeau
500 Club
 
Posts: 509
Images: 2
Joined: Sun Nov 13, 2016 8:21 am
Location: Gold Coast Australia

Re: Hatch Update

Postby dales133 » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:17 pm

Thats the way to do it.
I put packers behind the outher ribs everywhere a spar went in to keep them straight.
Good luck

Sent from my SM-N910G using Tapatalk
User avatar
dales133
4000 Club
4000 Club
 
Posts: 4605
Images: 1
Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:26 pm
Top


Return to Teardrop Construction Tips & Techniques

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 15 guests