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Old 08-20-2020, 05:35 PM
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Post Door Jambs (cont.)

The focus moved to the door jamb at the rear of the door. For this one, I needed to do a cardboard mockup. I find cardboard from breakfast cereal boxes works well for this.



I’ve chosen to attach the rubber weather seal to the door frame instead of the door jamb. To ensure a good seal in the door latch area the seal will need to be positioned so it will clear the striker bolt. Thus the door jamb needs to have a sealing surface above the top of striker bolt. In addition, the door jamb needs to be bowed more vertical above the striker bolt and I mocked this up with a scrap of aluminum sheet.

To build the jamb in aluminum, I started with a 24” section having the same channel profile as the lower door sill. To add the curve for the bowed area, I cut the channel section top and back side out and then used a shrinker on the channel front side upward pointing edge until the desired curve was present. I bent up another channel shaped section, welded it on top and then metal finished it.







For now, the rear door jamb is held in place with only the striker bolt. I won’t weld it to the door sill until a later step. I want to keep the door jamb in a workable size until I figure out how best to flow it into the outer body skin.
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