Console thickness

Please see our tutorials and FAQ before posting.
fallguy1000
* Bateau Builder - Expert *
* Bateau Builder - Expert *
Posts: 10199
Joined: Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:25 am

Console thickness

Post by fallguy1000 »

Any reason I can't build my console with steering and binnacle with 3/4" marine ply?
My boat build is here -------->

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=62495

User avatar
cape man
* Bateau Builder - Expert *
* Bateau Builder - Expert *
Posts: 8269
Joined: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:02 pm
Location: Lithia, Florida

Re: Console thickness

Post by cape man »

Mine is 1/2".
The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before - Neil Gaiman

fallguy1000
* Bateau Builder - Expert *
* Bateau Builder - Expert *
Posts: 10199
Joined: Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:25 am

Re: Console thickness

Post by fallguy1000 »

B71A1657-4522-43BC-939C-3872A48E6CB9.jpeg
cape man wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 7:44 pm Mine is 1/2".
Thing is kinda big and worried it'll sag at 1/2".

And I want to do some cutouts and mount a binnacle.
My boat build is here -------->

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=62495

Dan_Smullen
* Bateau Builder *
* Bateau Builder *
Posts: 912
Joined: Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:02 pm
Location: VA

Re: Console thickness

Post by Dan_Smullen »

It looks the the yellow strip on the bulkhead is a cleat. Right? What’s the width?

If so, then a 3-4” wide vertical apron on the front edge will support the deck, while the clear supports the back, but even still, your suspicions are probably well founded, and some sort of torsion box assembly under the console deck will make it much stiffer.

fallguy1000
* Bateau Builder - Expert *
* Bateau Builder - Expert *
Posts: 10199
Joined: Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:25 am

Re: Console thickness

Post by fallguy1000 »

Dan_Smullen wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:40 am It looks the the yellow strip on the bulkhead is a cleat. Right? What’s the width?

If so, then a 3-4” wide vertical apron on the front edge will support the deck, while the clear supports the back, but even still, your suspicions are probably well founded, and some sort of torsion box assembly under the console deck will make it much stiffer.
The console is on the right.

A bench goes on the left.
My boat build is here -------->

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=62495

Dan_Smullen
* Bateau Builder *
* Bateau Builder *
Posts: 912
Joined: Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:02 pm
Location: VA

Re: Console thickness

Post by Dan_Smullen »

Well then, same should apply. Cleat on the bulkhead, apron on the front. Some lateral supports running front to back, glued to the bottom of the deck, and I believe she’d be as stiff as a weddi... Well, you get the idea.

Interested to see what you come up with.

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 15 guests