One of the DW's requests was to change the Convenience Center door as she did not like having to open and close it to turn on the lights, water pump, etc. In addition, at the top there's access to the upper portion of the hutch so when the door was left open (by you-know-who) buggies could fly in. Which makes DW not happy.
I could have made a new door but I first tried cutting down the door. DW is content with the result--it was easy.
The "new" door you'll see below is 13" from top to bottom. To get there the bottom 8 1/2" of the lower portion of the original door and 4 1/2" from the upper portion was retained. That left the original handle, bumpers and hinges attached in their original position. The only changes were where the lower hinge screwed into the hutch and the "catch" had to be reattached to the door. The now smaller door will probably never get opened again.
To join the two pieces a Kreg tool was used with 1" screws. Wood glue was liberally applied, too. The DW sealed up the small front gap and restained the door. The line is visible but it's not awful (IMHO).
Now I have to redo my labels on the panel so they look better. Always something...
BEFORE PIC (OLD ONE FROM MY ARCHIVES)
AFTER PIC
WHAT THE BACK LOOKS LIKE
I could have made a new door but I first tried cutting down the door. DW is content with the result--it was easy.
The "new" door you'll see below is 13" from top to bottom. To get there the bottom 8 1/2" of the lower portion of the original door and 4 1/2" from the upper portion was retained. That left the original handle, bumpers and hinges attached in their original position. The only changes were where the lower hinge screwed into the hutch and the "catch" had to be reattached to the door. The now smaller door will probably never get opened again.
To join the two pieces a Kreg tool was used with 1" screws. Wood glue was liberally applied, too. The DW sealed up the small front gap and restained the door. The line is visible but it's not awful (IMHO).
Now I have to redo my labels on the panel so they look better. Always something...
BEFORE PIC (OLD ONE FROM MY ARCHIVES)
AFTER PIC
WHAT THE BACK LOOKS LIKE
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