now the two doors concept ... this will be long and i will try to explain as much as i can and best way possible :
1. staying into the cockpit looking forward , on the felt bathroom door , on the right cabin door
2. during day time i would like to keep the cabin door open if i want to . if i put the hinges on the right and open the door to the right is not good because it will interfere with the right side sitting place . so i need it to flip to the left side which means i need hinges in the center of the opening .
3. bathroom door same situation ... i want to keep it open if i will take a quick shower in the cockpit and not down into the bath , also for cleaning the bath etc . opening to the left side is not an option ! so again i need it to flip to the right and have a center hinge ...
now comes the interesting part...two doors , one center hinge system , each of the doors to be able to flip on top of the other one ! more than this i need a fixing pole in the center of the opening where to put this hinges and also be strong enough when you leave your weight on it entering the cabin or the bathroom...imagine a butterfly wings
or opposite to a western bar doors !
a pen and allot of paper
)) drawing and drawing ...and drawing ! finally i have came up with a project but this is very difficult for me to explain . it is something like a pipe , sectioned in the two places were i want to have the hinges , so we now have a pipe split in 3 parts. at each split there is an insertion pipe smaller in diameter that goes in the main and in the ens will be welded . so now we have like this looking along : one short large pipe which is one end , after a short smaller diam pipe which will be basicaly the hinge bolt , after again large diam pipe and long till the other end when it is again smaller diam for the other "hinge bolt " and again large diam for the end ... get it ?
. on to the smaller diameter places there will be the insertion of the hinges on which will weld the sheets for fixing the doors ... this is my best way of explaining possible for me in english ...
hope the pictures will demonstrate ...
in this way everything that i need is solved and not forgeting about the design ! for me is one of the most important things that everything has to look right and function as well !!! so cabin door can be flipped on the bathroom door day time , can access the bath opening door after door or even the two together , can keep the bathroom door open onto the cabin door . the only thing which is not possible is to have them both open at the same time and not to be in the way ... but let's get serious this is more than enough for a boat ...it's not a space shuttle !
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