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Date:         Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:26:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Closet door mod pix
Comments: To: Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <46856481.3010409@gmail.com>
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Thanks, Mike.

I used a Dremel tool with a spiral saw attachment (now behaves like the RotoZip (registered trade mark)) tool. A cut like that requires that you clamp a straightedge to the face of the cabinet in various positions for the long straight cuts. I freehanded the corners by being VERY cautious.

Touched up the finished cuts with a rasp and sandpaper and it was ready for the $20/quart custom-mixed matching grey paint.

It could have turned out much worse, and that thought is unavoidable as you prepare to make the first cut.

Stephen

--- "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Smartly-done, Stephen! Looks like a home handyman > project for this Fall! > What did you use to cut through the side to enlarge > the opening for the > new sliding door? My jig saw work is not real clean. > > In the meantime, I've hung the upper portion of one > of these in the > closet to stash stuff into. > > http://www.stacksandstacks.com/html/20196_10-shelf-mens-hanging-shoe-organizer.htm > > -- > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical > Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan > Capistrano > KG6RCR > > On 6/29/2007 10:33 AM Stephen Grisanti wrote: > > > Sorry, more pix. > > > > This is what actually got me to strip the interior > of > > my Westy. In order to do this I had to remove the > > driver's side curtain rail, the A/C enclosure, the > > upper cabinet and the closet. Heck, why NOT keep > > going and then soundproof and insulate? > > > > Anyway, this was done in the fashion of Frank > > Condelli's mod, but I think he relocated the > center > > divider. I left a large overlap on the sliders > that I > > can trim as needed to further tweak the fit. > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/bike2vcu/ClosetMod > > > > Stephen > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - > their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! > Games. > > http://sims.yahoo.com/ > > >

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