Gizmo needed...

[Arthur Marshall]

Couldn't get a circular saw into the space - it's the side runners of the hatch, which have a groove in them which sits round the angle iron runners. We cut the original groove before screwing it all together by running it through a table saw a few times, just not enough times.

I got a ten quid wood cutting disc from Screwfix and just widened the groove out.  There are two problems - the hatch frame has, for some reason we couldn;t determine, come out slightly warped, but the boat is even more warped so the rail aren't straight or level - if fact one goes up like an aircraft carrier deck.  The boat got craned out about twenty years ago and twisted itself in the process.

Sea Dog will be pleased to learn that it's now sitting in the shed with the primer drying while I play the trombone for the delectation of my neighbour's dogs (for some reason she seems to have gone out) and forty three cows in the field next door.  There seems to be some fellow feeling between them and the trombone.

[WotEver]

1 hour ago, Arthur Marshall said:

There seems to be some fellow feeling between them and the trombone.

Indeed...