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<blockquote data-quote="Seth" data-source="post: 121656" data-attributes="member: 1022"><p>Here's my front deck. </p><p><img src="https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/seth_turner_04/front.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The hole with the two coolers sitting in it is 53" long x 13" wide. I want to take a piece of 3/4" plywood and put it over the hole with some piano hinge so it opens like a hatch. If I put a 2x4 running lengthwise in the middle of the board, will that stiffen it up enough to walk on it or would I bet off running a 1.5" piece of angle across the middle and split the plywood into two separate hatches? Eventually I am going to redo the deck extension in aluminum to make it even better but this is a temporary solution.</p><p></p><p>I'm just trying to copy what I see boat builders do to reinforace hatch lids. Here's an example.</p><p><img src="https://www.eberlinboats.com/images/awl129IIIIII.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seth, post: 121656, member: 1022"] Here's my front deck. [img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/seth_turner_04/front.jpg[/img] The hole with the two coolers sitting in it is 53" long x 13" wide. I want to take a piece of 3/4" plywood and put it over the hole with some piano hinge so it opens like a hatch. If I put a 2x4 running lengthwise in the middle of the board, will that stiffen it up enough to walk on it or would I bet off running a 1.5" piece of angle across the middle and split the plywood into two separate hatches? Eventually I am going to redo the deck extension in aluminum to make it even better but this is a temporary solution. I'm just trying to copy what I see boat builders do to reinforace hatch lids. Here's an example. [img]https://www.eberlinboats.com/images/awl129IIIIII.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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