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#1
Main Message Board / Re: screen doors
August 03, 2019, 01:17:49 PM
I built a set of doors for my previous boat, an O'Day 23.  They had lift off half hinges.  The one thing I don't like about most doors is the hinges are screwed into the teak trim such that anyone with a screw driver can remove them.  On the 23 I mortised the side sills and epoxied the hinges in.  (Make sure you align them though!)  I did the same to the doors.  The solid inner panel was removable, but I never did make the screen or lexan panels for it. 

The doors were lap jointed in the corners.  The top was two thin boards that left a slot in between for the panels to slide in and out.  Before assembly the inside edges were rabited (? A slot cut the length) to accept the panels and hold them in place.  I lined the slots with aluminum U channel.  Along the bottom outside edge I drilled a few weep holes so rain and such would not build up and overflow the inside edge. 

For our current boat, a Catalina 30, I'm thinking of using the bottom hatch board and building the doors to fit on top.  (Similar to the post with the picture of the 3 part door.)  Two screw inserts in the hatch board slot on each side will hold the frame with the hinges.  That way if needed I can remove the door and frame and return to the hatch boards if required.  I'm also toying with getting a pair of solid brass door hinge from the Big Box store and cutting them in half.  Glueing/brazing the pin in place in the bottom hinge pieces should make a usable half hinge for about $10, instead of the $50/side ($100 total) for the heavy chromed half hinges.
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A Forstner bit is what I use to remove plugs.  Leaves a nice round hole of the correct size and a flat bottom.  Also good when drilling new holes for a bung or when drilling out a hole to fill with glass. 
#3
Fleet 13 / Where is everyone?
September 23, 2015, 02:42:28 PM
Our 1985 Catalina 30 SR 'Pretty Girl' is on 'U' dock at Aqualand.

Where is everyone else located?