Tag Archives: boot

30/3/2020

Painstaking manufacture of various bits of wood have been the order of the day today, including the spacer block between the RH boot door pillar and the corner pillar and the final pieces of the corner boot floor support and perimeter rail.  I should be able to trim this to final shape tomorrow, for which I have made a cardboard template from the good side.

Also today I cut the wooden piece that forms the boot door abutment on the hinge pillar.  In the process of this I came to the conclusion that the pillar itself is not quite the right profile, which means I will have to add some thin lamination to build it up so I can sand it back to the right shape.  More time lost!

Damage to the base of the first OS pillar

Damage to the base of the first OS pillar, showing gusset plate and corner timbers removed,

27/3/2020

First job today was to make an infill piece to the left of the RH boot door hinge pillar.  Next, I intended to repair the RH corner perimeter rail.  This didn’t look to bad on first glance but once I started poking it I discovered extensive rot in the rail and the filler piece that supports the boot floor.  This was all removed and I started to make up the first section needed to rebuild the corner.  The pictures below shows what is missing, after and before.

RH rear corner with rotten timber removed

RH rear corner with rotten timber removed

Right-hand boot door frame timbers, before removal of rotten wood and plywood boot lining

Right-hand boot door frame timbers, before removal of rotten wood,  plywood boot lining and before repairs to door hinge pillar and frame pillar.

26/3/2020

Still haven’t fitted the wood screws through the reinforcing plates on the outer pillar, must do that tomorrow!

I fitted up the inner pillar today, this really took all day as I had to make several trial fittings with the boot doors in place,  This necessitated  drilling the hinge mounting holes clear for 2BA temporary screws, then rehanging the doors.  Hopefully a good fit will be the final result.

I made up a couple of blocks of Iroko as distance pieces and to repair a missing piece of the perimeter rail before screwing and gluing the pillar into place.  I need to make up another distance piece tomorrow but otherwise the next step is to make the small pieces of wood that the door abuts on the pillar.

Inner pillar fixed and ready for finishing

Inner pillar fixed and ready for finishing