Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

[fulltimin]

Started to look into some water damage in the kitchen of our 83 Pace Arrow. The more I looked, the more I found. I have some pics of the damage so far. Anyone interested in following a rebuild thread?

[ro_sie]

Did everyone get snowed in or iced in? Maybe frozen? Elsie from Frozen was arrested yesterday in Pickens SC for bringing that mess to the state. We did have more snow and ice here than is normal for this area. Our schools have been doing elearning all week because of it. We will be doing it again tomorrow and possibly friday. hope everyone is safe.

[fulltimin]

nohurry wrote:
That came out good. You may still have to put slats, or rods etc at the front of the shelves. Otherwise the contents will end up on the floor when you open one of doors.

Thank you. I agree that I need something to help keep things from falling out. I wanted to get the bigger lumps out of the mashed potatoes first. Lol.

Yeah, that means, let's take care of the big items first, and we'll take care of the easier items later.

[nohurry]

That came out good. You may still have to put slats, or rods etc at the front of the shelves. Otherwise the contents will end up on the floor when you open one of doors.

[fulltimin]

That also means I need to update the spreadsheet. The 3 sets total cost including state tax amounted to .... $8.52. Since we had a prior total of $11,291.63, our new total amount to $11,300.15.

By the way, the door frames were cut from a single 2 x 3 x8' piece of lumber, which cost me less than $3.00. I also used 1/8" thick hardwood plywood, which was about $10 a sheet. All totaled, those 3 doors probably cost me less than $10, not including the hinges.

Yes, if you pick your lumber carefully, 2 x 3's and 2 x 4's can be used for things other than framing. Just sayin...

Also, the plywood and 2 x 3's were bought a while ago, and have already been added into the spreadsheet, so I didn't need to add them here.

Getting ready for more cold weather this weekend - single digits tomorrow night, and snow Sunday into Monday.

Yea, I know, Bruce. That's a heat wave for you guys up in northern NY. Lol.

[fulltimin]

And they even work! Yay!

Yeah, I'll need to install latches to hold them shut. I don't have them yet.

[fulltimin]

After a little drilling, and screwing, we end up with this! Wahoo!

[fulltimin]

Yes, 3 of these doors.

[fulltimin]

Sooooooo, I went to Lowes today, and bought a 3 sets of hinges for the doors I just made.

[fulltimin]

I got my router out and proceeded to cut a groove on the backside of the frames I made, so I could put a panel in the center.

Then I cut some 1/8" thick plywood and glued them in place. Just waiting for the glue to dry.

[fulltimin]

Well, I didn't end up where I wanted to today, but I did get some sanding done on the door frames. After spending some time sanding, I then rounded off the edges, both inside and outside on the top, or front edges, if you will.

I had hoped to get the panels cut and glued in today, but it just did not happen.

[fulltimin]

Then it was a matter of applying glue and clamps, after making sure they are square, and by tomorrow the glue will be cured, and I can make the panel which will fit inside the frame rails.

I have 3 of these sitting, clamped, just waiting for the glue to dry.

[fulltimin]

For the last cut, I set the fence to the proper depth, then used a block behind the frame to keep it square, and it made a very small trim cut to finish making the uneven edge straight.

[fulltimin]

As you can see making multiple cuts with the router yields an uneven cut at the end of the cut. After moving the fence a few times, these cuts were done, and the uneven section will be cleaned up with the last cut.

[fulltimin]

I managed to get my lumber cut up into pieces that would work for the doors I wanted to build.

I cut all of them at once, since it saves time, and I only have to setup the equipment once.

After I cut the boards to size I setup the router and cut the half lap with it.

Here's the setup, with a fence, and a stop block. The fence holds the door frame from moving away from the router bit, and the stop block prevents the frame from moving too far.

[fulltimin]

Old Islander wrote:
I had to make a bunch of frames similar to that and found a half-lap joint to work well. If you set up your table saw, you can cut a bunch of them very quickly, in one operation. Run the piece through a number of times, nibbling away the material so the depth and length of the lap are the same on each. A bandsaw works too but requires two set-ups. Assembly with glue and a couple of small brads, and the wood will bust before the joint.

Thanks for the post. Not sure why my brain went blank on this section, but it did.

That's not a joint I normally use, but in this case, I am going to make an excepion.

Thanks.