| One of the things I've been debating is whether or not to fab some door hinge covers like Robin Marks and Sheril Hilton did. Up |
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| til today it's been an 'experiment' in that I fabbed some fiberglass covers and sanded then to size and shape. I debated whether |
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| to mount them flush with the cabin cover or whether to route some of the cover out and recess them slightly. in the end I decided |
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| that it would be better to recess them. A quick trip to Home Depot to pick up a couple of attachments and fittings and then I dug |
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| in on one, figuring that if I screwed it up I could always fill it and sand it. I traced the outline with a finepoint Sharpie using the |
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| fiberglass cover, and then CAREFULLY routed out about 3/64" -1/16" of material, I used some needle files to 'true-up' the edges |
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| the result was pretty good and convinced me to proceed. with the covers having a 'dome' I needed to use some stand-offs to get |
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| the proper space between the bottom of the cover and the top of the hinge, Some nylon spacers from Ace hdwr and some thin |
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| washers epoxied to the underside of the cover yeilded the right stand-off. I match drilled the cover and the hinge using #36 drill |
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| bit, then tapped the hinge cover w/ a 6-32 tap. countersunk the cover for the #6 stainless steel screws and Viola! I still need to |
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| cut out a slot between the cabin cover and the door to allow for a portion of the hinge to move upward as the door opens, I'll wait |
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| until I get the forward cover mounted to do that. I've already fabbed 3 covers, and before quitting tonight I layed up the 4th. |
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