Still more doors

I made the top section for the aft door frame, in the same manner as that for the forward door, last weekend so the first job on Monday morning was to shape it to fit it into the door opening so that I could then mark the inner radius from the door.

Trial fitting of top frame section after marking the inner radius

I finished up the day by fitting the catch plate for the forward door I had forgotten to take the sketch home with me last Friday so I had made it from memory, unfortunately my memory is not what it was so there was some adjustments to be made. I took the top section of the frame home with me so that I could cut out the inner radius with the jig saw, I find it easier to do this sort of thing in the workshop.

On Wednesday I made the right hand vertical part of the door frame and then glued and screwed it in place along with the top section and left it to cure, to finish up the day I had a good clean up as it was a wet and windy day I had to work inside so there was a lot of dust and wood shavings to clear up.

Today I made and fitted the left hand vertical section of the frame and once I was happy with the fit it was screwed and glued into place.

Door frame in place

There was not much else I could do until the epoxy had cured so I finished up by plugging the screw holes around the frame  and having another clean up. Over the weekend I aim to make a new catch plate for the aft door latch, the original had gone missing and in any case it was only a piece of stainless steel or chromed brass strip so I think I can produce something better then next week the aim is to get the door hung, it will be nice to get them out of the way. There will still be a bit to do to complete the work the biggest part being the architrave/cover strip which will be required on both sides of the doors also an infill piece will be required at the bottom of both door openings as can be seen on photographs of the forward door but this will be just a simple piece of plywood.