dhutch
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| posted on 6/12/09 at 11:47 AM |
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Waterproof Piano Hinge?
Im planning to get around to doing a bit of tidying up of my trailer over christmas.
One of the main annoyances is that the half height removable pannel at the front is just a flat unbraced sheet of aluminum held on with wing nuts.
- This means everytime i want to strapdown or unload the car i have to undo six wing nuts in the rain. Also it leaks a lot both when stood on the
driveand when being towed so the front 6inches of the floor is always wet and (another job)
rotten.
What i thought i would do would be to weld up a light 3/8in angle frame to keep the pannel a bit stiff and have a hinge along the top edge.
Pannel then open up along hinge and flops back onto the 45deg upper half of the front. Secured at the bottom with catches when close.
SOooooo. All i need now is a 2m long waterproof hinge.
Daniel
[Edited on 6/12/2009 by dhutch]
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rgrs
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| posted on 6/12/09 at 12:07 PM |
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Have a search for something like this:
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Roger
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trikerneil
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| posted on 6/12/09 at 02:20 PM |
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I have a piano hinge on the galley lid of my teardrop trailer, which leaks.
I screwed a length of bicycle inner tube over the top to waterproof it.
You could look at THIS type of hinge.
HTH
Neil
ACE Cafe - Just say No.
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dhutch
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| posted on 6/12/09 at 03:27 PM |
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Plastic/Rubber Piano Hinge replacment. Now there is an idea.
- I had thought of covering it with some rubber (ie, inner tube) or gumming it up with sikaflex a bit. But as it has to open around 225 degrees round
i wasnt very happy with that idea.
I do like my conventional/rigid fixings but a decently engineered peice of rubber proberbly is indeed upto the job. Partiuarly if the lower/side
catches would prevent total loss should it fail.
Daniel
quote:
You could look at THIS type of hinge.
HTH
Neil
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andkilde
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| posted on 6/12/09 at 04:13 PM |
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You can score a strip of Lexan and use that in place of a piano hinge. It goes against everything you'd think is right and proper but the Lexan
has good fatigue properties and will last ages as a hinge. You just use a steel rule and score the hinge-line in the lexan with a utility knife, or if
you want to get fancy you could cut a light v-notch with a router.
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