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Practice makes perfect and I soon have the other seven knocked up.
Redux potted around the edge of the washers to avoid fixing the bolt, then when half-cured a twist on the bolts to make sure contact is good. Once fully cured they seem to be pretty well fixed and more important- all eight bolts still turn.]]> Jeroen Glazener photo Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:50:47 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5250.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5250.JPG.html
The manual wants you to make holes in the ceiling panel to enable removal of the doors. I feel that is a very inelegant solution. Wouter comes up with the idea of putting anchor nuts on the washers. Very fiddly since the holes are very near the edge, but he succesfully makes an engineering prototype and then leaves me to it.]]> Jeroen Glazener photo Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:15:03 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5229.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5229.JPG.html
All tied up and sprung.
TIP: avoid pressing down the window before putting on the webbing. The redux gets pushed out but the window will come back out and suck in air. Then even more pressure is needed.]]> Jeroen Glazener photo Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:56:19 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5227.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5227.JPG.html
Applying the redux with the big syringe.]]> Jeroen Glazener photo Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:51:47 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5251.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5251.JPG.html
The port door had a gap at the front edge, yet inside at the point of the bolt guides they nearly touch. The stbd door has neither issue. Go figure.. Anyway, I need to fully recess the front guide to make the door fit. To compensate I put ten layers of bid reinforcement behind it instead of four. Sanding down the door side guide slightly completes the fix.]]> Jeroen Glazener photo Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:44:18 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5220.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5220.JPG.html
Dry run for bonding. Indispensible, you don´t want to think this up on the fly. Trick is to get the pressure on the bonding edges, not the middle as that spreads the window outwards. Webbing and foam on the sides, strips of wood on top and bottom.]]> Jeroen Glazener photo Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:45:07 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5217.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5217.JPG.html
Masking window on the inside. Flexible PVC tape to get around the corners.]]> Jeroen Glazener photo Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:40:02 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5154.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5154.JPG.html
The view is about as clear as my planning for finishing the plane.]]> Jeroen Glazener photo Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:46:11 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5152.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5152.JPG.html
Fitting the window. Used front edge as a reference and then trimmed the other three sides to fit. Definitely easier with four hands as you can trim on the go. Belt sander is ideal here.
The plexiglas is 1mm thicker than the flange is deep. Apparently one or the other was wrongly specified by Europa. The windows will therefore stick out. Scuff sanding the rebate as deeply as realistic helps a bit.]]> Jeroen Glazener photo Sun, 24 Sep 2017 09:14:45 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5141.JPG.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Glazener/Doors/IMG_5141.JPG.html
Bracket fixed in place with rivets and Araldite.]]> Jeroen Glazener photo Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:23:24 +0000