First job this week was final painting of the emergency door window frame, this is now complete and awaiting glass. Next job was to cut the steel strip for the leading edge of the door; I had to weld a short piece on to the material I had in stock to save buying more steel but this was no problem. Next, I painted the emergency door wooden frame with primer. Whilst that dried I trimmed and drilled the steel edge strip, using the rusty original as a template. I then used the new strip to drill the holes in the emergency door frame then painted the frame side and fitted the strip to the frame. Next I cut the aluminium panel to size for the lower emergency door cladding, including the edge folds. This has to be wrapped around the steel strip edge, a bit tricky. A trial fit of the panel enabled me to mark out the cut-out for the emergency door handle and bezel. I then primed and painted the steel edge strip. When that was dry, I started to fit the external cladding, with a layer of waxoyl between the steel and the aluminium. I had pinned the top and bottom edges by the end of play. The glass for the last offside window was finally ready so we were able to collect it from Dunmow glass, an experience that leads me to think we will not buy glass there again. I finished most of the aluminium work on the emergency door by the end of Saturday, the penultimate piece is cut and folded but not yet attached. That will be the first job for next week.
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15/720/24
Started the week by applying a second coat of grey paint to the back of the new window frame. I noted that the weld-thru primer did not adhere well to the bare metal on the frame so I had to to rub it off. At this point I decided to glaze it, then repaint it with red oxide. Before I started to put the glass in, I removed the remaining seat cushions, cleaned them and loaded them in the car with the moquette for delivery to Ifor, which I did on Wednesday. Attempting to put the glass in revealed that the pane was just too big, so the original template was adjusted and a new piece ordered from Dunmow glass. I sprayed the frame with Jenolite red oxide then started on dismanting the emergency door; this gave me some difficulty with screw removal, requiring some drilling. It also revealed how rotted the emrgency door window frame was.
10/3/2024
Only two days work this week owing to other commitments. Finished wrapping the horizontal bars for the fixed lights windows and started chroming the repaired droplight, much easier to just apply the vinyl to a flat surface! New glass is ready to be collected from K. W. Glass in Braintree.