[Public-List] Hinge type for cockpit lockers on pre-liner A30 # 319

[Winslow Ayer]

I used a stainless steel 2”x4” strap type when I redid my seats. Works well and much easier to remove for refinishing. Can’t remember the exact hinge but I think I Googled the type then purchased them online.

Winslow

> On Apr 29, 2021, at 6:38 PM, R Kirk via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Isobar #181 had piano hinges, too. I don't know if they were original bit they certainly were common. When I rebuilt the seat tops I took great pains to reuse those piano hinges.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Tessier via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
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> Subject: [Public-List] Hinge type for cockpit lockers on pre-liner A30 # 319
> 
> Greetings.
> My A30 #319 has piano hinges for the port and starboard cockpit seat locker lids.
> I have made a pair of lids from marine ply sheathed in teak strips and am considering using pairs of SS316 hinges (for example offset hinges like https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stainless-Steel-A4-316-Offset-Hinge-Marine-Sailing-Door-Locker-Freepost-/261821158064 ; or non-offset hinges of similar type) instead of piano hinges. I have found piano hinges rather tedious to install with any precision, e.g., with respect to compressing a compressible gasket material to a target degree for improving sealing.
> 
> Has anyone used hinges other than piano hinges?
> Suggestions, experience and comments on selection and seaworthiness would be helpful.
> 
> Cheers,
> David
> Trois Bouleaux, A30 #319, Georgian Bay, Canada
> 
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