Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2017 11:43:49 +0000
Reply-To: Ryan Perry <rjdperry@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Ryan Perry <rjdperry@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: RnR Sliding Door Panel
In-Reply-To: <3B762AE5-8849-4E06-8EA8-9869116955B7@shaw.ca>
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Ahh, good call. I like the template idea and think I have some paper in the
garage. And the leeway to boot means this comes out nice and clean.
Checked the hardware I got at Lowe's yesterday and its a no go, the clip is
too small to hold by just inserting in the hole. But they looked to have
larger and different options so hopefully can find one that works!
Thanks guys, go team!
On Fri, Oct 6, 2017, 9:17 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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