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New doors
Oct 10, 2023 12:34:00 GMT
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Post by dogless on Oct 10, 2023 12:34:00 GMT
chacun a son gout
Rog
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New doors
Oct 10, 2023 12:35:09 GMT
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Post by β on Oct 10, 2023 12:35:09 GMT
I haven't got gout yet.
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New doors
Oct 10, 2023 12:36:26 GMT
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Post by β on Oct 10, 2023 12:36:26 GMT
Dogless comes from a part of the world where it is ok to park your scooter on the pavement outside a trendy coffee shop, down south we have to put up with mobility scooters parked on the pavement outside Greggs.... Fewer vespas as a lot of them fail the ULEZ test so will be migrating outside of the 25.
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Post by ianali on Oct 10, 2023 12:45:55 GMT
Security's never been a major concern. We were burgled (as was a nearby boat with portholes) and they simply smashed a window leaving the top opening part in tact. If you're wrong place at the wrong time stuff can happen. The lid holds the doors closed, and the lid is secured by four bolts. It's not a concern but thanks for the thought. Rog With you on this. Any worthwhile security went out of the window the day battery angle grinders appeared. Just a lottery now.
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Post by Aloysius on Oct 10, 2023 12:48:10 GMT
Security's never been a major concern. We were burgled (as was a nearby boat with portholes) and they simply smashed a window leaving the top opening part in tact. If you're wrong place at the wrong time stuff can happen. The lid holds the doors closed, and the lid is secured by four bolts. It's not a concern but thanks for the thought. Rog I am confident you will do the job exactly as you see fit and that I am and will remain unconcerned about your methodology. However, for best results, do not accept DIY advice from anybody who uses setscrews to fix to wood.
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Post by ianali on Oct 10, 2023 12:48:54 GMT
To be sure, portholes are a far better option in every way. Far better if you hate seeing the surrounding countryside, enjoy living in gloom and want to get up to all sorts of dodgy activities without being seen. We have a mix of window types, and keep our dodgy activities to the port holed bedrooms and shower room.
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Post by dogless on Oct 10, 2023 16:11:26 GMT
Security's never been a major concern. We were burgled (as was a nearby boat with portholes) and they simply smashed a window leaving the top opening part in tact. If you're wrong place at the wrong time stuff can happen. The lid holds the doors closed, and the lid is secured by four bolts. It's not a concern but thanks for the thought. Rog I am confident you will do the job exactly as you see fit and that I am and will remain unconcerned about your methodology. However, for best results, do not accept DIY advice from anybody who uses setscrews to fix to wood. I am, as ever grateful for all advice and will consider every single suggestion. The best thing about any advice is that you're not bound to take it. I've never attempted this type of work nor anything like it, so I'm genuinely interested in any suggestions. I'm actually looking forward to 'getting to grips' with it in the spring, although I'll be measuring up and perhaps purchasing the timber in the next couple of weeks. Rog
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Post by Telemachus on Oct 10, 2023 16:30:05 GMT
If I were doing it I would be concerned about putting a sheet of βrealβ wood against steel. Lots of scope for air gaps, condensation, warping etc. bearing in mind the outside will be at or below ambient temperature in winter. Our hatch is lined with something a bit engineered, not quite sure if it is ply or some sort of MDF. Sculpted into panels, painted and decorated of course. If you want a plain wood grain effect then I guess you will have to use plain wood, but do take care to secure it well and in intimate contact with the steel so there is no condensation and it canβt warp.
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Post by Andyberg on Oct 10, 2023 17:54:36 GMT
Heres how Bazβs side doors were done, oak frames made on the bench with routed stand proud top & bottom panels plus centre mitred panel, stuck on with sprayfoam and later trad decorated as the whole boat in plain wood was too stark. Obviously these doors are edged to accept a built wooden framework whereas yours appear flat, I would (or pay my woodworkerπ) make a frame from wood to fit your door size and fill the centre with oakfaced ply glued on with CT1. π
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Post by Aloysius on Oct 10, 2023 18:12:45 GMT
MDF. The connoisseur's choice for moisture-repellent construction board. It would be a laugh to make a boat from MDF, the challenge would be to seal it thoroughly. Maybe MDF would be too easy... maybe cardboard instead. π
One possibility would be to buy the sort of laminate flooring touted as suitable for kitchens and bathrooms, thus the more expensive kind. However it's not terribly thick, as a rule, so two or maybe even three thicknesses would need to be bonded together. Easy enough using some plastic sheet to avoid bonding it to the work surface and a heavy weight or two. Then there's the issue of trimming it to the required dimensions. Easy with a circular saw, although perfectly possible to do it with a jack saw. Buy a new one for the job though, they get blunt quite fast. The smaller the teeth, the better.
If you do buy real wood then something known for it's water-resistant quality is desirable. Iroko always comes top of that list. And a good thing to buy early, as you say, since most offerings will be kiln-dried, which is not dry enough for ideal conditions so this way you would have the opportunity to air-dry it some more before starting the work. Choose the storage area carefully...you can pay a bit more for air-seasoned stuff if you prefer.
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Post by Aloysius on Oct 10, 2023 18:24:17 GMT
Heres how Bazβs side doors were done, oak frames made on the bench with routed stand proud top & bottom panels plus centre mitred panel, stuck on with sprayfoam and later trad decorated as the whole boat in plain wood was too stark. Obviously these doors are edged to accept a built wooden framework whereas yours appear flat, I would (or pay my woodworkerπ) make a frame from wood to fit your door size and fill the centre with oakfaced ply glued on with CT1. π This is very nice but jointing and routing is perhaps outside the scope of a novice, I fear. I expect your woodworker guy has lots of nice equipment including a biscuit jointer... Bets that Rog will abandon the idea of doing it himself...? Sorry Rog. π’
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Post by thebfg on Oct 10, 2023 18:36:43 GMT
Dogless comes from a part of the world where it is ok to park your scooter on the pavement outside a trendy coffee shop, down south we have to put up with mobility scooters parked on the pavement outside Greggs.... Boat thieves don't steal from one of their own.
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Post by Aloysius on Oct 10, 2023 18:39:29 GMT
Dogless comes from a part of the world where it is ok to park your scooter on the pavement outside a trendy coffee shop, down south we have to put up with mobility scooters parked on the pavement outside Greggs.... Boat thieves don't steal from one of their own. Oh really?
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Post by fi on Oct 10, 2023 18:55:09 GMT
Dogless comes from a part of the world where it is ok to park your scooter on the pavement outside a trendy coffee shop, down south we have to put up with mobility scooters parked on the pavement outside Greggs.... Boat thieves don't steal from one of their own. I'd have to check with Dogless about that.....
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Post by Aloysius on Oct 10, 2023 19:05:34 GMT
Joking aside, believing that just because someone is a boater of some sort means that they are good people is a very foolish assumption. A thief is a thief.
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