Re: P19 workmanship. :-( argh.

Greg Gaston (gaston.actuary@worldnet.att.net)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 11:23:26 -0500


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Hello Eric -

I think the asymetry in the door is intentional, not poor workmanshp. I can't
remember why at the moment. Will be thunking on it.

Greg Gaston
WWP19 #808 Peppermint Patty
Asheville NC

Eric Johnson wrote:

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> Well, I took my expensive piece of marine-grade mahogany plywood and put it
> up against my old companionway door, backside-to-backside to prevent
> scratching, and using a router, cut the profile of the old delaminating wood
> into the new mahogany.
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> I went to test-fit the new piece on the boat. It didn't fit. not even close.
> Took me a while to realize what happened - I basically made a mirror-image
> of the original hatch.
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> NOW, it is perfectly reasonable to assume the profile of the hatch door to
> be symmetrical. It is not :( mine is every bit of a half-inch higher on one
> side (where it meets the sliding top) than the other.
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> Before you all yell "turn it over", i had already made the angled cuts where
> the upper section meets the lower, so that isn't an option.
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> As far as I can tell, at time of manufacture, someone must have just
> eyeballed the curve on either the hatchboard or the sliding hatch, and
> transferred this asymmetric curve to the other piece.
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> I fear that now I've discovered this problem, even if i cut an identical
> piece properly from a new piece of wood, I'll forever SEE the asymmetry that
> I overlooked before. I'm thinking of just taking a piece of varnished solid
> mahogany and screwing it across the back of the sliding hatch, to
> essentially eliminate the arch in the back of the hatch, and cut the hatch
> board straight across too.
>
> I sure hope IM is building boats better these days.
>
> Your thoughts?