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Re: Strip: Hatch magnets
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/18/2011, 6:29 pm
In Response To: Strip: Hatch magnets (Al Edie)

: Does anyone install 1/8" thick magnets in 3/16" thick
: hatch lids? If so, do you bury them all the way or leave them
: proud of the hatch surface, and how do you cut the holes in the
: lid?

: Thanks,

: Allan Edie

From what I understand, I don't use magnets, they are buried all the way so they are flush. Someone just mentioned that they use a forster bit to drill the initial hole then another the same size with the point ground off to make the hole flat on the bottom without puncturing the top of the hatch. They need to be glassed into place or they'll rust.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Hatch magnets
Al Edie -- 1/18/2011, 5:57 pm
Re: Strip: Hatch magnets
Bill Hamm -- 1/18/2011, 6:29 pm
Re: Strip: Hatch magnets
Kirk Fredericks -- 1/18/2011, 10:15 pm
Re: Strip: Hatch magnets
Bill Hamm -- 1/19/2011, 4:38 am
Re: Strip: Hatch magnets
Claudia Holderegger -- 2/5/2011, 10:52 pm
Re: Strip: Hatch magnets *PIC*
Kirk Fredericks -- 2/6/2011, 2:29 pm
Re: Strip: Hatch magnets
Kirk Fredericks -- 2/6/2011, 3:20 pm
Re: Strip: Hatch magnets
Claudia Holderegger -- 2/6/2011, 8:08 pm
Re: Strip: Hatch magnets
Kirk Fredericks -- 2/6/2011, 8:14 pm