The Rebuild Continues
Page 6

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decided to attach inner hatch skin
outer skin will come later

locating hinge and latch
.

hinge and latch located - looks good
now to move on to the doors

locating trim molding around door opening.
take your time with this, it'll go smoothly

molding installed - again looks good
now to the door

another view
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doing the final trimming
.

clamp & srew - forming
the 'T' molding around door

Take your time and it will form
without heat. see NOTE *

another view
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fit check to door
opening - looks good

skin strapped down
ready for edge molding

* Note: Forming the 'T' molding was done by hand with no heat applied. It's best to buy your alum. molding from a teardrop parts supplier, not a 'Big Box Store'. Creates less headaches.


with skin straped down
pre-forming edge molding

hammer and nail time - doing
it the old fashion way

looks like rivets, but are nails
turned out good

with roof installed - time to
cut and install the roof vent

inside view of roof vent
inside trim white, outside painted alum.

routed 3/16" in sides c/t hatch
for seal and water deflection

edge molding added -
seal will be on hatch

just another view
*See note below

*Note: Step is to prevent rain from entering galley while driving in the rain.


hinge half located to tear
now to finish and locate hatch

locating the outer plywood skin,
will use glue only to bond

gluing the hatch ply skin
never enough clamps

fit check & looking for spring back
looks good to me, no spring back