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redfishsc · 02/14/2010, 04:29 PM

Ah, I forgot the doors.

You see the two dark spots on the top of each door? Those are dowels, sanded flush. They poke through the back, and have a mortise they fit into on the canopy. This is tricky top pull off, you have to drill each door while clamped to the board that has the mortise (ie, you drill both the door and the mortised board at the same time). Otherwise, they won't line up right. Even then I had to use some sandpaper to whittle down the tenons for an easy fit.

The doors totally pop off, giving me total access to the hood, with no hinges to rust. Dirt cheap to set up!

In retrospect I should have just used some 50# pull earth magnets, and may still do that later.

I'll see if I can get some pics loaded up after supper.

02/14/2010, 04:29 PM	#18
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	Ah, I forgot the doors. You see the two dark spots on the top of each door? Those are dowels, sanded flush. They poke through the back, and have a mortise they fit into on the canopy. This is tricky top pull off, you have to drill each door while clamped to the board that has the mortise (ie, you drill both the door and the mortised board at the same time). Otherwise, they won't line up right. Even then I had to use some sandpaper to whittle down the tenons for an easy fit. The doors totally pop off, giving me total access to the hood, with no hinges to rust. Dirt cheap to set up! In retrospect I should have just used some 50# pull earth magnets, and may still do that later. I'll see if I can get some pics loaded up after supper. __________________ "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation." Corrie Ten Boom “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins” -- Søren Kierkegaard Current Tank Info: ghetto grad school reef.....11g rimless tank, 36X9X9, lit by Cree and Rebels scobbled together. Stocked mostly with free stuff I got from panhandling my fellow reefers.