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Hi All,
I finally got a chance to get some more pictures scanned. Mike Allen and Ross Leidy asked for a closeup of the deck fitting here it is. The blank is 2-1/4" square and 3/4" thick. The fitting outer diameter was cut with a 3/8" dado bit and is 1-1/2" in dia. and the inner diameter is 1-1/8" and was cut using a 1" round nose bit. I made the inner diameter with several cuts with an end depth of 9/16". The cross piece was added just before I installed it in the deck, after fine tuning the blank. Its about 1/4" thick and is rounded over on the underside. I also have a picture of the jig I built to make them it has an unfinished blank in the bottom corner.
http://ktsyak.tripod.com/KentsKayak/images/KentsKayak/page12.html
There's some other shots of my flush hatch inside, and the cockpit setup on my web site in the photo album: http://ktsyak.tripod.com/index-1.html Hope the photo link works better this time!
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