MGTD15470 » Tub and Wings » Doors

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The door wood looked good from the interior, but I insisted the timbers be removed and checked. Good thing as the wood was soft next to the metal, and was quite perforated from several interior changes. I just couldn't see trying to hang 'used' doors in a new tub.

1 Aircraft quality door brace	2 LH door hinge attach	3 RH door latch	4 Door striker and wedge	5 LH door striker
6 door handle placement	7 door hinge attach rh	8 door handle attach plate rear side	9 threaded wood for side curtain socket	10 hole for door handle
11 Hinges one with crack at screw hole	12 Door hinge crack 1	13 Door hinge crack 2	14 Hinge sandblasted and straightened	15 Flux applied
16 heating the flux and flowing the silver	17 griinding the repair	18 Hinges primed	19 Hinges colored and cleared	20 Inner door brackets at hinge line
21 Door hinge reinforcements primed	22 Door Straps painted	23 door ready for wood replacement	24 Door fit preliminary	25 Door fit from inside of tub0002
26 door wood is outsized0001	27 door wood is outsized0002	28 Doors with new wood0001	29 Doors with new wood0002	30 Doors with new wood0003
31 Second to the last prime	32 Inner door correct shape	33 Right hand door fits perfectly	34 Inside view of right hand door	35 Removing door wood to adjust fit
36 Removing door wood to adjust fit 2	37 Handy hint. The rear channel slips out	38 Test fitting just the skin of left hand door	39 Shaving door wood	40 Clamping the door skin tight against the timber for pinning
41 Installing wood for test fitting 1	42 Installing wood for test fitting 2	43 Finally a decent right hand door fit	44 Right hand door cleared	45 Hinge installation with Moss hardware
46 Hinge installation with Moss hardware 2	47 Checking RH door clearance	48 Door fit RH leading edge	49 Door fitted with a twist RH 2	50 Door fitted with a twist RH
51 Hinge installation LH	52 Hinge installation mixture of hardware	53 Door fit LH from inside	54 Door fit LH outside	55 Maked off tub to give door final clear
56 Removing door for refitting	57 Checking door interference	58 Adding shims to center mounting point of tub	59 Installing turnbuckle	60 Relieving wood at bottom door hinge
61 Relieving wood at top door hinge	62 Removing excess metal	63 Using a clamp to square up the metal to the hinge relief	64 Back for more door work	65 After test fitting restoring flange
66 Bending back the flange	67 RH door not flush at bottom hinges 01	68 RH door not flush at bottom hinges 02	69 RH door aligned at bottom edge 2	70 Moved to Speidels
71 New gap at rear of door	72 New gap at top of door	73 Reworked hinge stiffener bracker	74 Drilling out LH lower hinge	75 Flattening the doors with a long block 01
76 Door fit after paint	77 straightening door checks0001	78 straightening door checks0002	79 door latch repair0001	80 door latch repair0003
81 door latch repair0004	82 door latch repair0005	83 JB welded RH door release0001	84 JB welded RH door release0002	85 JB weld beefed up door pegs
86 A right and left door latch	87 Door check holes	88 Enlarging Door check holes	89 Door check test fit	90 Exterior door handle installed
91 Bracket for door latch hardware	92 Test fitting door latch	93 latch installation LH	94 latch installation RH	95 cable style turnbuckle parts 01
96 cable turnbuckles in daisy chain	97 Cable turnbuckles separated	98 Cable turnbuckles installed 01	99 Cable turnbuckles installed 03	100 Door sill aluminum strips blasted off The MG Company
101 Door sill aluminum strips sanded with 320 grit	102 Door sill aluminum strips Clear enamel coated

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