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bwestfall
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 Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: 45 degree angle on the door edge |
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Does anyone have any neat tricks for putting a 45 degree edge on the inside of the doors? I’m just about to that point.
-Ben
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Lenny Iszak
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject: Re: 45 degree angle on the door edge |
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I was thinking of keeping it straight, but it looks like it won't work.
So if anyone has a trick to do a perfect 45 angle, i'd be thankful...
Lenny
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Jim Berry
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Denver
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| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:34 am Post subject: Re: 45 degree angle on the door edge |
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My way of dealing with the 45 degree door edge was to eliminate it, as I was concerned that the edge would not hold up well to repeated opening and closing. I squared off the door edge, then built up the adjoining cabin top edge to match.
Jim Berry
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Deems Davis
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 925
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| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:50 am Post subject: 45 degree angle on the door edge |
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I strongly endorse Jim's suggestion. The doors are one of the most
difficult tasks in the build, and I've yet to see a set that match
anywhere close to the way the alum parts do. so you have to do some
composite work anyway to make them fit decent. Sand the doors back until
they clear the cabin cover, then cover the door edges with duct tape,
close/secure the door, and then build up the cabin cover frame by
squeegeeing in a Flox mixture, let it cure, then sand flush with an
orbital sander and some 80 grit. then reverse the process (duct tape on
the cabin cover) and then build up any low spots on the doors and after
cure sand as above. I just helped another builder with this and his
doors are turning out great.
Deems Davis # 406
'Its all done....Its just not put together'
http://deemsrv10.com/
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My way of dealing with the 45 degree door edge was to eliminate it, as I was concerned that the edge would not hold up well to repeated opening and closing. I squared off the door edge, then built up the adjoining cabin top edge to match.
Jim Berry
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ninepapa(at)bendbroadband
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| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:56 am Post subject: 45 degree angle on the door edge |
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Ben
Here is was I used, see attached.
The blocks were cut from 3/4" MDF, one for the door and one for the door frame.
The Perma-Grit sanding boards, one coarse & one fine, are clamped to the blocks as needed.
Clean the sanding boards regularly.
Hope this helps.
John
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Jim Berry
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Denver
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| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:02 am Post subject: Re: 45 degree angle on the door edge |
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And I strongly endorse what Deems said, with one modification. You can build up both the door edge and cabin edge in one step by doing the following;
Place 3 layers of duct tape on the door edge, perpendicular to the outer surface of the door. With a razor blade, trim the duct tape flush with the outer surface of the door. Close and lock the door shut( your door pins and receivers should already be adjusted to their final position). With a plastic spreader wide enough to bridge the low spots on the door and cabin edge, spread flox to fill all the low spots on both the door and cabin side of the duct tape. Unlock the door and open it just enough to to break the surface over the duct tape. This will disrupt the surface of the flox slightly, but it will be easy to fix. After the flox cures shut the door and lock it. Sand with a block long enough to bridge both door and cabin(maybe 12'' long). Open the door, remove the duct tape, and touch up the edges with micro mixed with a little flox( about 4 to 1 ratio of micro to flox. This will give the edges more strength than plain micro, so that the edges won't chip out with use of the door). It is much easier to get a smooth door to cabin transition by floxing and sanding both at the same time. Three layers of duct tape will give you a consistant gap of about 0.020" With primer and paint, that gap will be very small.
Jim Berry
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