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<\/a>First up was finish bonding the passenger side door together around the windows and exterior edges.\u00a0 That done, next mount the rough door on the canopy opening.\u00a0 The right picture shows marking a rough\u00a0 cutout line using a special jig tool made by Tal.\u00a0 Worked great!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Open the door for\u00a0the\u00a0first time and check the fit.\u00a0 The edge distances are uniform and the hinge action seems smooth although only two screws hold the door in place.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sanding and fitting door to the canopy have been my main activities over the past few weeks. The work has been tedious, but I prefer taking off smaller increments to slowly get the shape down to cabin contours than accidentally removing too much with a power tool. First up was finish bonding the passenger side …<\/span> Continue Reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rv-10-build-project","category-section-45-cabin-doors-and-transparencies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2334"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2343,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334\/revisions\/2343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Here the custom tool with a very fine point Sharpie marks the upper door edges. The Sharpie line roughly equals the scribe line in the fiberglass outer shell, but differs enough to require carefully measuring all around.\u00a0 As usual, the fiberglass mould used for the canopy is just an approximation, nothing precise at all.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Left picture is a rough trim on the upper door near the hinge.\u00a0 Notice the single alignment tab still the outer edge. The right photo shows a later fit after many, many hours of hand sanding.\u00a0 The last bit\u00a0of shaping used a folded sheet of sandpaper moved back and forth sandwiched between the door and the canopy frame.\u00a0 Makes for a nice fit.<\/p>\n<\/a>Here is a closeup of the door against the cabin center column.\u00a0 The next step was tape the roughed in door into position, get ready to install hinges.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>A two foot straightedge is used to mark the centerlines of the hinges.\u00a0 If the hinges are not aligned just right, they will bind when the door is opened.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Okay. Drill the canopy hinge first, and install four temporary #10 screws.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>The remaining door hinge\u00a0holes are then drilled and screwed.\u00a0 The next major focus of the door build will be contour the canopy gutter edges to the proper geometry for weatherstrip moulding.<\/p>\n<\/a>Some touch up of small edge gaps from the previous bonding process remain before moving on.<\/p>\n