So, can I assume that the ledge cut out of the inner wall plywood would end at the rear portion of the doubled up spar for the galley hinge with sandwich wall aft of that left alone and matching the original template profile?
tony.latham wrote:Yeah, you want the ledge cutout to end at your hatch spar. I'm trying to think where Steve has that 1 5/8" measurement? Is that going to be your roof depth?
kokomoto wrote:Got it. I think.
Which leads me to another question. On the photo of your wall above, is the distance between hatch spar square cut-out and the cut-out for the hatch critical for any reason? Looks like something less than an inch in the photo. I plan on using the "better than hurricane hinge" if Grant still sells them.
kokomoto wrote:That should give me enough Intel to proceed with the walls. Question thrice, measure twice, cut once.
I'm not sure that I wouldn't still be drawing this thing out on grid paper if it weren't for Steve's manual and your guidance. It sure it fun building this thing though.
tony.latham wrote:It's even funner camping.
Tony
tony.latham wrote:Yeah, you want the ledge cutout to end at your hatch spar. I'm trying to think where Steve has that 1 5/8" measurement? Is that going to be your roof depth?
Here's some pics that may help:
I think the next phase, after this photo, is to remove the hatch ends.
This one is from a different teardrop. And as you can almost see at the bottom of the page, the inner wall hasn't been cut to the same level as the skeleton. The next step would be to cut it off with a trim bit that follows the skeleton edge.
Tony
Esteban wrote:My understanding is that the 1-5/8" ceiling rabbit is to provide just enough room for 1/8" ceiling plywood plus (actual sized) 1-1/2" high spars glued on top of the ceiling plywood.
The plywood for the roof then can be glued/attached to the top of the (higher) outside edge of the rabbit and the installed roof spars.
If you use another (height) size spars and/or ceiling plywood your rabbit would need to be calculated to fit them both.
kokomoto wrote:Esteban wrote:My understanding is that the 1-5/8" ceiling rabbit is to provide just enough room for 1/8" ceiling plywood plus (actual sized) 1-1/2" high spars glued on top of the ceiling plywood.
The plywood for the roof then can be glued/attached to the top of the (higher) outside edge of the rabbit and the installed roof spars.
If you use another (height) size spars and/or ceiling plywood your rabbit would need to be calculated to fit them both.
That's the method I intend to use from Steve"s manual for the standard roof spars. However, in the picture that Tony included in his post, the square cut-out for the galley spar is cut deeper than 1 5/8". The top or first picture in his latest post illustrates it more clearly. I guess the question is, should the galley spar be larger than the other roof spars to provide a stronger structure for the galley hatch attachment (besides doubling them up ?
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