How thick are your galley doors?

[benzu]

How thick are the ribbs of your galley, mine currently are drawn up to be 2'' and I'm not sure if that is enough or should I go bigger. My problem is if I go bigger then I lose out on galley space.

Mike

[Miriam C.]

Mine are 2" (sort of) there are some jiggy places where they are bigger or smaller.

Can't imagine them bigger..

[madjack]

2"s should be adequate...I reccomend then in the horizontal as opposed to vertical...helps alleviate the dreaded springback...
madjack

[rbeemer]

MJ,

don't you have that backwards????

You want to run them vertical(top to Bottom) not horizontal(Side to side)
Though I should of asked first what are you using for your ribs?
I would not suggest using barbeques sauce though

[Gerdo]

I presume you are talking about your hatch. I have two main ribs, one on each side, that is almost 4" wide. Then I have spars going from side to side that are 1x2s

[Roly Nelson]

Hi Mike, I have built 2 tears, one with laminated 2", 3/4 pine, bandsawed vertical members, which are plenty solid and no springback at all. The other is super-lightweight, just 1/2 inch baltic birch plywood, bandsawn, 1 1/4 at top and bottom, but thicker in the middle. If I were to build again, I would double the 1/2 inch baltic birch, I think it looks nice and is super strong.

Roly......I believe vertical members will result in less (if no) springback

[benzu]

Thank you for that info, I'm going to stick with 2'' it works with our layout.


Mike

[madjack]

MJ,

don't you have that backwards????

You want to run them vertical(top to Bottom) not horizontal(Side to side)
Though I should of asked first what are you using for your ribs?
I would not suggest using barbeques sauce though

oppppsssssss ...your right, I guess I was havin' a dyslexic moment........................

[Micro469]

MJ,

don't you have that backwards????

You want to run them vertical(top to Bottom) not horizontal(Side to side)
Though I should of asked first what are you using for your ribs?
I would not suggest using barbeques sauce though

oppppsssssss ...your right, I guess I was havin' a dyslexic moment........................

You got your computer lying sideways again...... don't you.......