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 Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject: Door Fit - Rabbit w/o pictures |
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John,
We used a router with a "rabbeting bit"
Amana Tool # 49340, www.amanatool.com, David got it a local tool store that sells to the cabinet trade.
The carbide flute was 1.375 dia, the guide bearing was 1.125 dia to produce a .125 rabbit. The depth was set to the thickness of the door edge.
See remarks in the email response below, Mar 14 from me.
Richard Reynolds
March 14, 2008 reply from Richard Reynolds
John,
We put a 1/8 square rabbit in the canopy door frame. it made the door very easy to fit. Make it deep enough for the thickest part of the door. Be careful when trimming the canopy frame in way of the aluminum fuselage frame.
Please note!
After trimming the door to the factory scribe lines, take equal amounts off the forward and aft edges. The temptation is after getting one edge to fit, removing the remainder from the other edge. DON'T, because it makes the inside "jam" unequal. (Ask me how I know)
Also, the top of the canopy door frame really does not need the rabbit, The top edge of the door WILL require a bevel to open properly!
Richard Reynolds
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indigoonlatigo(at)msn.com
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: Door Fit - Rabbit w/o pictures |
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Hi Richard,
Last weekend I spent two hours marking my doors with a scribe. I first scribed a line on the canopy by using the height of the canopy curve(door cut out)as a guide and then used this same distance to trace the line back onto the doors as they are mounted on the canopy. I did the 45 degree bevel all the way around and it took a total of another 7.5 hours of taking the door on and off to perfect the fit. That's one door. Interestingly, my original scribe line was right on.
The entire time I was doing this I was thinking about you previous post about the rabbet.
Two questions I have are:
Did the .125" rabbet stay in the curve of the canopy which is made of resin and microfiber/flow mix, in essense not into glass fiber?
Do the hinges articulate true enough that the door closes inside your rabbet with out it creaping around with each closure and if so, what is the gap distance you created between the door and the canopy. Is the gap distance smaller than the rabbet width so that if there is any door creap, there is not open air gap?
Thanks,
John G.
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From: rvreynolds(at)macs.net
Subject: RV10-List: Door Fit - Rabbit w/o pictures
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:44:46 -0400
John,
We used a router with a "rabbeting bit"
Amana Tool # 49340, www.amanatool.com, David got it a local tool store that sells to the cabinet trade.
The carbide flute was 1.375 dia, the guide bearing was 1.125 dia to produce a .125 rabbit. The depth was set to the thickness of the door edge.
See remarks in the email response below, Mar 14 from me.
Richard Reynolds
March 14, 2008 reply from Richard Reynolds
John,
We put a 1/8 square rabbit in the canopy door frame. it made the door very easy to fit. Make it deep enough for the thickest part of the door. Be careful when trimming the canopy frame in way of the aluminum fuselage frame.
Please note!
After trimming the door to the factory scribe lines, take equal amounts off the forward and aft edges. The temptation is after getting one edge to fit, removing the remainder from the other edge. DON'T, because it makes the inside "jam" unequal. (Ask me how I know)
Also, the top of the canopy door frame really does not need the rabbit, The top edge of the door WILL require a bevel to open properly!
Richard Reynolds
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