ROAD TRIP

Sunday update

Really getting right after this little beast.
The weather has been very uncooperative the past couple days though.

The door was a mess, with loads of rust, crud and such.

Got quotes on the glass pieces @$50 for the 3

This is quite reasonable for the Neo Ceram stuff.

The door exterior came out nice, but all the glass retention screws were either broken or were after trying to remove them.

Took a bit of time and drilled out all of them and re-tapped the holes.
The retention clips were quite usable and cleaned up OK.

As of a bit ago the door is ready to go, unless I decide to machine the glass channels in the mill to get a better surface.

Jury still out on that one.
I don't want to break the new glass when snugging the clips back down.
A few little dips won't hurt anything, but there are some areas that are just ugly.

We shall see.

The wooden latch handle was missing, so a new one is in order.

The new factory ones are $17 ++| depending.
A nice 3 foot piece of 1-1/4" oak dowel is about $8 at the Depot.

A few minutes in the lathe and poof a new handle.

One more warm day and I can have the chassis looking spiffy in and out and the beast can go back together.

This little critter is going to look just like new.

Here are a pile of piccy's I shot as the process on the door proceeded.

 

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