Jeffs FS14 LS

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Re: Jeffs FS14 LS

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VT_Jeff wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:08 pm
bamaguy0 wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:23 pm Big difference between you and I! I picked mine up in shorts! :lol:
Now that just ain't fair!

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It was a chilly 50 degrees today so I had my Florida Winter coat on...a light pullover. :D

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bamaguy0 wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:11 pm
VT_Jeff wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:08 pm
bamaguy0 wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:23 pm Big difference between you and I! I picked mine up in shorts! :lol:
Now that just ain't fair!

:lol:
It was a chilly 50 degrees today so I had my Florida Winter coat on...a light pullover. :D
I just don't know how you guys get any boats built with nice weather in February!
There are only two seasons in Vermont: boating season, and boat-building season.

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Got 3/4 hatches hinge-mortised. Spent a few nights after work this week practicing the procedure on scrap and it paid big dividends. By the third hatch, I knew about how many chisel strokes were needed to clean the corners.

For the 30mm wide hinges I bought, I used a 30mm forstner bit to create a template out of 3/4 mdf
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which I screwed to the deck/lid. The template had brad holes along the x axis to make alignment easier. Once the template was screwed down I removed the brads.

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I made a second template to cut the deep section at the edges, screwed to the deck/lid through the same holes to ensure alignment.
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To set the right depth for the 2 router passes, I first used the hinge body
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and then a scrap of 9mm ply
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I spun the dial up a half turn on the hinge and a full turn on the ply to get a little extra depth

A centering drill bit made the screw holes a snap.
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I eased the edges with some 60grit and they're about done.

The complete cast of tools is shown below.
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The 3 separate drills made things go smoothly without the need to constantly move bits around. I used some brad's through scrap to set the lid spacing on all sides before marking/attaching the template.
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There are only two seasons in Vermont: boating season, and boat-building season.

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That's a lot of fiddly work but sure satisfying to do it right, I think.
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Great overview! I'm not skilled woodworker by any stretch of the imagination so I would be racking my brain on how to do that with any degree of repeatability. I'll be saving that post for sure.

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Are those friction hinges or are you to have to put stays in as well?

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Nice!!!! Jeff

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bamaguy0 wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:38 am Are those friction hinges or are you to have to put stays in as well?
They are not. Friction hinges cost more than I could bring myself to spend. These can open 180 degrees and lie flat on themselves so stays not really needed and no plans now to add any.
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cracked_ribs wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:54 pm That's a lot of fiddly work but sure satisfying to do it right, I think.
Agreed. I didnt really have any choice. I tried freehanding the router shy of the traced line and finishing with a chisel but was totally unable to get the radius clean. With 16 radius's, the fiddling was the far lesser evil.
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Re: Jeffs FS14 LS

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Looks Great! I used a similar process to recess the hinges on the FS 19 I built. Really makes a difference on the finished boat. Remember to account for the thickness of the epoxy, primer and paint coats, other wise the hinges will end up being a bit proud of the surface.

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