by WarPony » Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:49 pm
I'm the last one that should be giving advice on hatch supports because I have no galley but if I had a hatch held up by rods, I would make the bottom of each rod held secure to the floor/wall by some sort of mechanical device (chain, pin, bolt, etc.).
I have seen how alot of you guys/gals have toiled on the making of your hatch...... sometimes twice. It would pi$$ me off to no end if a big gust of wind blew the hatch up, one of the supports came undone and it came down on the remaining leg. I can only imagine what THAT would do to a galley hinge and the spar underneath, let alone the integrity of the hatch:thumbdown: .
Remember: The amount of "force" by air and water is multiplied 4X by whatever speed air/water is moving.
10 MPH = 40 LBS of force
20 MPH = 80 LBS of force
30 MPH = 120 LBS of force
Now, I don't want to get into a big flame war with any engineers. I just wanted to make aware the considerations into using legs to hold up the hatch.
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