doug hodder wrote:Len I was wondering what your plan was for the door hinge and are you planning on a screen door as well. I'm almost there. Doug
Doug, I don't really 100% know yet. Other than the fact that I will be making it my self.
I have all the components available to me.
A Good Hardware company, A Brake and a screen window outfit that can make (or supply me the materials to make) a screen door.
To start with I'm using a 3" aluminum piano hinge and making a 1 1/2" thick door.
I will probably cut the hinge on the door side so there are 7 separate hinged pieces leaving the jamb side of the hinge the full legnth of the door. 3, 2" sections for the screen door and 4 for the main door, 2, 4" sections top and bottom and the other 2 will be apx 30".
Then I'll extend w/aluminum the 3, 2" sections for the screen door and bend them at a 90 Degree to be attached to the screen door. and mount the door to the remaining 4 sections of hinge.
This will let me hinge 2 doors, the outside and the screen doors on the same hinge.
Once that is done I can establish the thickness of the jamb, it should be about 2 1/2".
By building the jambs on my brake they will have to be installed separately on the trailer first, then the hinge and doors mounted after the jambs are in.
Kind of Bass Ackwards but that's the only way I can see of doing it making it myself.
Somebody out there makes and sells single offset hinges that will do the same thing, but there not continuous. And I feel that it will work and look better with a continuous hinge.
Its tough to enplane, I'll try to make a drawing and post it.
On my first Scotty I had the door jamb and screen door parts w/the offset hinge for the 2 doors and all I had to do was build and mount the new outside and screen doors.
Happy Trails
Len
Please excuse the quality of my preliminary "Napkin style" drawing. Many details are missing as decisions must be made as I go along.