Date:         Fri, 6 Oct 2017 18:17:46 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: RnR Sliding Door Panel
Comments: To: Ryan Perry <rjdperry@GMAIL.COM>
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Hey Ryan,

I’m probably not telling you anything you don’t already know. The stock panel holes are oversized and that gives the plastic clips some freedom to align with the deadly placed holes in the door.

If you are using the stock type clips on your new panel there might be enough leeway wit those oversized holes to make your new panel work, if holes are same size and in same position.

If not, then the other way would be to make a paper template. Some brown paper, oversized, and taped to door. Then you can make a rubbing, transferring the hole location and the limits of the depressed area in the door that the panel fits to. Align the rubbing to the new skin and transfer the centres of the holes with a punch, etc etc .

Alistair


> On Oct 6, 2017, at 2:21 PM, Ryan Perry <rjdperry@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Hey everybody hoping you can help me out on re-doing my sliding door panel

> that broke.
> 
> I have some eighth inch birch plywood cutout have it fitted everything
> looks good except now I need to drill it for the fasteners.
> 
> I think I have found some Fasteners at Lowe's that work. Problem is my new

> panel doesn't exactly line up in the same place as my old panel. So I'm
> concerned that if I drill out the holes for the Fasteners based on the old

> panel they aren't going to line up exactly and throw everything off.
> 
> So my question is do you guys know how I can transfer the true position of

> the Fastener holes on the sliding door to the back side of the sliding door
> panel so I have a good gauge of where to drill the holes?
> 
> Any help is appreciated looking forward to literally buttoning this one up.
> Thank you
> 
> Ryan Perry
> Asheville North Carolina