I’ve been doing other things for a while… but I’m back, baby! Prepare for many more photos…
At first I mounted the axel as instructed, but that made everything waaay too tall with the 12″ wheel option. So we ended up flipping the trailer over and re-mounting the axel inside the leaf springs instead of outside (same as Waterlust did).
Got both doors mounted. I found that some foam-core board made an ideal spacer for getting the doors clamped down for hinge alignment. Then I went out and found some screw posts that happened to fit perfectly in my hinges once I added some nylon washers. Having replaceable bearing surfaces will be a good thing later, I’m guessing. I’ll try to find mylar or teflon washers and nice brass screw posts later. In the meantime, this hardware store junk should work great!
Next, it’s on to the galley hatch. I’ll also be adding nylon washers there. I’ve got a little file-work to do because that makes the hinges wider than the existing holes. To get things lined up, I stuffed the galley with pillows and stuff then squished the hatch down on top. I think this will work great!
I’m a little concerned about the width of the galley side-walls. I think I deformed them a bit in a previous clamping and filleting step. Now the opening is a little bit wider than the width of the actual hatch… oops. We’ll see how things look later this week after I finish the hinges.
