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Contrary to the one line drawing, Touche's head door opens forward, i.e., the hinges are on the aft side. The door is a rectangular frame with a vertical member on either side, a horizontal member top and bottom and 2 intermediate horizontal members equidistant from top and bottom. Panels of 1/4 teak plywood are glued to either side to make inside and outside. Sometimes the door gets away from the user and bangs against the mast. I installed a small rubber stop on the mast to prevent damage to the wood on the door. Unfortunately, due to the closeness on the stop to the hinge, the weight of the rest of the door creates a lot of leverage on the hinges and the door frame. I previously epoxied and reinforced the door jam where the leverage caused it to crack. Now the door has separated. The inside and outside panels separated from the frame. The separation occurred when the vertical frame member on the hinge side twisted with the leverage. I have epoxied the panels back to the vertical member. I have put 3 inch screws into the 4 horizontal members to prevent twisting. I located the intermediate members with a stud finder. (BTW, if you ever need a stud finder, buy a Franklin ProSensor 710. The rest of them don't work 100% of the time.) Now to eliminate the leverage, I'm installing a commercial dome style floor mount door stop (Stanley from Lowes) in the headliner at the mast partners. This will move the stop 3-4 inches further away from the hinges. Hopefully, this will prevent recurrence of this issue. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA
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