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Re: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 8/6/1998, 6:17 pm
In Response To: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips (Pete Ford)

You could spotface the hole on the outside and meke them flush or slightly below. If you do it before laying any of the glass cloth (plan ahead?), it would be less, though still alot of work. Spotfacing the inside would be easier due to the less visible location, but not as elegant.

> I used 3/16" strips with 6oz cloth inside and outside and
> they were just long enough to get the nut on the threads firmly. If
> you used 1/4" strips they might still work or might not - it
> was pretty close.

Messages In This Thread

VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
Bobby Curtis -- 7/31/1998, 2:31 pm
similar hatch problem and solution
Pete Ford -- 8/1/1998, 7:40 pm
Recessed Deck Line Fittings?
Nick Schade -- 8/5/1998, 3:42 pm
I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Pete Ford -- 8/5/1998, 7:54 pm
Re: I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Bobby Curtis -- 8/15/1998, 8:47 pm
Vitudden contact info
Pete Ford -- 8/24/1998, 5:33 pm
Re: I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Bobby Curtis -- 8/15/1998, 8:44 pm
Re: Another Recessed Deck Fitting!
Mark Kanzler -- 8/11/1998, 10:40 am
Re: I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Nick Schade -- 8/6/1998, 5:23 pm
Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Pete Ford -- 8/6/1998, 6:10 pm
Re: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Mark Kanzler -- 8/6/1998, 6:17 pm
Re: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Mark Kanzler -- 8/16/1998, 10:40 am
Re: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Scotty -- 8/17/1998, 12:43 pm
Re: Fittings are just long enough for 3/16" strips
Mark Kanzler -- 8/18/1998, 12:04 am
Re: Show off!
Ross Leidy -- 8/16/1998, 10:37 pm
Re: I Like the Recessed Deck Fittings!
Mark Kanzler -- 8/6/1998, 5:38 pm
Re: similar hatch problem and solution
Bobby Curtis -- 8/4/1998, 8:57 am
Answers to size, material, and building method
Pete Ford -- 8/4/1998, 8:08 pm
Re: Jay Babina's VCP hatch method.
Nick Schade -- 8/5/1998, 3:33 pm
Re: Pete's Kayak Konstruction Zone Website.
Mark Kanzler -- 8/5/1998, 10:41 am
Re: Answers to size, material, and building method
Bobby Curtis -- 8/4/1998, 11:06 pm
Re: similar hatch problem and solution
Jay Babina -- 8/3/1998, 4:38 pm
Re: beautiful work
Ross Leidy -- 8/3/1998, 10:21 am
Almost in the water
Pete Ford -- 8/4/1998, 12:56 am
Re: similar hatch problem and solution
Martin Foil -- 8/3/1998, 9:06 am
Re: VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
Mike Scarborough -- 7/31/1998, 5:18 pm
Re: VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
Bobby Curtis -- 8/4/1998, 8:51 am
Re: VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
CHad -- 7/31/1998, 3:14 pm
Re: VCP Hatches On Chesapeake Kayaks
Bobby Curtis -- 8/4/1998, 8:38 am