Another tug boat...

[epicxt]

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Lots of storage space in each room.

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Coat locker in each room opposite the storage/shelving area.

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Coat locker door.

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A bit of explanation on why these rooms are constructed the way they are: each stateroom that I rebuilt has a tonnage access door that houses the portlight.  It's necessary for these access doors (basically a steel panel in the bulkhead) to be able to be removed, along with the bunks, in order to replace large items in the house (refrigerator, washer/dryer, etc) which can't make it through the passageway doors.  Hence all the exposed stainless steel fasteners instead of plugged holes, etc.
If I were to do this again I would build things a bit differently but I think that's the case on most jobs...

The doors to the staterooms had to be set in a panel that could be removed as one piece (including threshold, door, etc).  This was accomplished with some angle iron and threaded rod with a bent end which I'll show in the next post...

 

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Entrance to stateroom.

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Oak threshold.

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Threaded rod holding door panel tight to steel bulkhead.  To remove entire door assembly the nuts on the exterior just have to be loosened and then the whole panel can slide out.

All in all an enjoyable job.  Now back to a few jobs I've put on the back burner...

 

[Wonderwino]

Nice looking job!  Could you have cut those threaded rods a little shorter and put pretty castle nuts on wherre they show?

 

[epicxt]

Hah! Yeah, that's in the works. I actually gave the shipyard guys the specs and they made them about 19mm too long. So they get to fix the issue. The pretty nuts are in a drawer.

 

[BMH]

Nice job making thing that will stand up to ocean beating is always a challenge

 

[GPowers]

the stuff you are doing is amazing. all the extra requirements on top of working is such a small space.

 

[Sparktrician]

Question - did you rig the drawers and doors with retention devices to accommodate heavy seas? 

 

[epicxt]

GPowers- thanks! I learn new tricks and encounter new challenges on each job.
Sparky- yeah, I put  little wedges on the bottom of the drawers that catches the bunk frame. The drawer front has to be lifted about 4 mm in order to open. If the conditions are just right they might open up in heavy seas but at that point I think the crew probably has other issues.

 

[leakyroof]

Nice looking job!  Could you have cut those threaded rods a little shorter and put pretty castle nuts on wherre they show?

  I was wondering about that too. Stainless Steel Acorn Nuts,  so no visible threads/bolt ends
[scratch chin]

 

[epicxt]

Yup. The nuts are there and ready. See post 24.

 

[Jasonj888]

Very nice job. Thanks for pointing out some of the parts that are totally unique to boat construction.

 

[epicxt]

Thanks! Sometimes it's a bit of a puzzle. The rooms had been gutted and all the replacement steel work on the bulkheads had been completed before I laid eyes on the job so I had to be a bit creative putting it back together.